Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 20 (heats)
August 23 (final)
Competitors43 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  2004
2012  

The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 4.98 seconds.

The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard). [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World recordFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004
Olympic recordFlag of Morocco.svg  Saïd Aouita  (MAR)13:05.59 Los Angeles, United States11 August 1984
World LeadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Moses Masai  (KEN)12:50.55 Berlin, Germany1 June 2008

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
23 August 2008FinalFlag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)12:57.82 OR

Results

Heat 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

To sort this table by heat, athlete, or any other column, click on the Sort both.gif icon next to the column title.

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes [3]
1 Matthew Tegenkamp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:37.36Q
2 Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:37.50Q
3 Tariku Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 13:37.63Q
4 Kidane Tadasse Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 13:37.72Q
5 Alemayehu Bezabeh Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:37.88q
6 Alistair Ian Cragg Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 13:38.57q
7 Juan Luis Barrios Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13:42.39q
8 Anis Selmouni Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 13:43.70
9 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 13:44.76
10 Collis Birmingham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:44.90
11 Geofrey Kusuro Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:50.50
12 Sultan Khamis Zaman Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 13:53.38
13 Takayuki Matsumiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14:20.24
14 Soe Min Thu Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 15:50.56

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:46.41Q
2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:46.58Q
3 Abreham Cherkos Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 13:47.60Q
4 Jesús España Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:48.88Q
5 Ali Abdalla Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 13:49.68
6 Mo Farah Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 13:50.95
7 Adrian Blincoe Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13:55.27
8 Mourad Marofit Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 14:00.76
9 Ian Dobson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:05.47
10 Tonny Wamulwa Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 14:06.96
11 Kevin Sullivan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14:09.16
12 Ali Saïdi-Sief Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 14:15.00
13 Nader Almassri Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 14:41.10
Rashid Ramzi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DNS

Heat 3

2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3.jpg
2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3
RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
1 Bernard Lagat Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13:39.70Q
2 James Kwalia C'Kurui Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg  Qatar 13:39.96Q
3 Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 13:40.13Q
4 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:41.30Q
5 Craig Mottram Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:44.39
6 Moukheld Al-Outaibi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 13:47.00
7 Kensuke Takezawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13:49.42SB
8 Monder Rizki Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:54.41
9 Alberto García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:58.20
10 Philippe Bandi Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 13:59.68
11 Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 14:05.30
12 Abdinasir Said Ibrahim Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 14:21.58
Selim Bayrak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS
Hasan Mahboob Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain DNS
David Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNS

Final

23 August 2008 - 20:10

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes [4]
Gold medal icon.svg Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 12:57.82 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Eliud Kipchoge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:02.80
Bronze medal icon.svg Edwin Cheruiyot Soi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:06.22SB
4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 13:10.56
5 Abreham Cherkos Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 13:16.46
6 Tariku Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 13:19.06
7 Juan Luis Barrios Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 13:19.79SB
8 James Kwalia C'Kurui Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 13:23.48
9 Bernard Lagat Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13:26.89
10 Kidane Tadasse Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 13:28.40
11 Alemayehu Bezabeh Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:30.48
12 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 13:31.34
13 Matthew Tegenkamp Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 13:33.13
14 Jesús España Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13:55.94
Alistair Cragg Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNF

Splits

IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
1000m Tariku Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:45.49
2000m Tariku Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 5:22.29
3000m Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 8:00.85
4000m Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 10:32.52

References

  1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. "5000 Metres - M Heats". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  4. "5000M men". wikirun.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2008-08-23.