Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	13 April
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning time	27:19.62 GR
Medalists
Joshua Cheptegei    Uganda   Mohammed Ahmed    Canada   Jacob Kiplimo    Uganda
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 13 April 2018. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: ^[2]

World record	Kenenisa Bekele  (ETH)	26:17.53	Brussels, Belgium	26 August 2005
Games record	Wilberforce Talel  (KEN)	27:45.39	Manchester, England	26 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Friday 13 April 2018	21:10	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With fifteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final. ^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	8	Joshua Cheptegei  (UGA)	27:19.62	GR
	12	Mohammed Ahmed  (CAN)	27:20.56
4	4	Jacob Kiplimo  (UGA)	27:30.25	SB
5	15	Jake Robertson  (NZL)	27:30.90	NR
6	9	Stephen Mokoka  (RSA)	27:44.58	SB
7	11	Timothy Toroitich  (UGA)	27:47.35
8	2	Jonathan Ndiku  (KEN)	27:56.24
9	13	Andy Vernon  (ENG)	28:17.11
10	10	Josphat Bett Kipkoech  (KEN)	28:56.22
11	5	Stewart McSweyn  (AUS)	28:58.22
12	6	Kefasi Chitsala  (MAW)	29:21.68	PB
13	3	Toka Badboy  (LES)	31:22.38
–	14	Rodgers Kwemoi  (KEN)	DQ
–	1	Patrick Tiernan  (AUS)	DQ	R 163.3b
–	7	Simon Charley  (VAN)	DNS

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule – Men's 10,000m". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Men's 10,000m – Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.