2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine
 Ethiopia
Martin Mathathi
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Bruxelles, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:49.57 Paris, France 24 August 2003
World leading  Sileshi Sihine (ETH) 26:48.73 Hengelo, Netherlands 26 May 2007

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 27, 200721:40Final

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia27:05.90SB
Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia27:09.03
Martin Mathathi Kenya27:12.17
4Zersenay Tadese Eritrea27:21.37
5Josephat Ndambiri Kenya27:31.41
6Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia27:44.58
7Abdihakem Abdirahman United States27:56.62
8Josphat Kiprono Menjo Kenya28:25.67
9Dathan Ritzenhein United States28:28.59SB
10Boniface Toroitich Kiprop Uganda28:30.99
11Galen Rupp United States28:41.71
12Kensuke Takezawa Japan28:51.69
13Tadese Tola Ethiopia28:51.75
14Alejandro Suárez Mexico28:52.19
15Wilson Busienei Uganda29:24.72SB
16Dickson Marwa Tanzania29:25.91
17Kazuhiro Maeda Japan29:48.17
18Michael Aish New Zealand30:34.16
Khalid El Aamri MoroccoDNF
Simon Bairu CanadaDNF
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah QatarDNF
Essa Ismail Rashed QatarDNF
Hasan Mahboob BahrainDNS
David Galván MexicoDNS

References


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