2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9−12 August.[1] This race was announced as the last track race of Mo Farah's career as he intends to focus on marathon running and road racing. Farah had been in every final since 2007, winning three straight since 2011.

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
The final.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
12 August (final)
Competitors40 from 23 nations
Winning time13:32.79
Medalists
    Ethiopia
    Great Britain
    United States
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

In the final, Farah (GBR) started faster than normal, after the pack congealed landing in second place behind Paul Chelimo (USA) who ran around the crowd to get to the front. Chelimo took the field through an aggressive 62 second lap. The second lap was a decidedly more relaxed 71 seconds, bringing Andrew Butchart (GBR) to the front, to look at Chelimo then take the point with his teammate Farah in tow. But Butchart didn't increase the pace, instead it slowed slightly to 72 seconds. Muktar Edris (ETH) came forward. After running shoulder to shoulder with Farah for 200 metres, Edris went out into the lead, but the pace didn't quicken. After another slow lap, he slowed and left Farah exposed on the front. 17 year old 2016 World Junior Champion Selemon Barega came from the back of the pack to take the lead. Barega increased the pace opening up several metres on Farah at the head of the pack with a 65 second lap, then he slowed again an Ethiopian leaving Farah exposed on the front of the pack. Another 66 second lap as Chelimo came back to take a turn at the front.

With five laps to go Patrick Tiernan ran around the field to take the lead. Tiernan moved the pace up to 64 seconds but the rest of the field didn't chase, letting him break away to a 10 metre lead. The next lap was under 63 seconds, with Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) coming to the front of the pack but leaving Farah to lead the group. Into the last two laps, a time when Farah does not like to get passed, he stayed ahead of Kejelcha, the overall quicken pace overtaking Tiernan with 600 metres to go. Shortly after passing Tiernan, Butchart rushed forward to get on Farah's shoulder to form a British wall similar to the ending stages of the Olympics. Through the turn, Kejelcha fought his way around the outside of the wall and onto the homestretch to take the lead going into the bell with the rest of the Ethiopian team, Edris and Barega lining up on the outside, next to Farah, Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), and Chelimo on the inside. At the bell, Edris was shoulder to shoulder with Farah.

Through the penultimate turn, Edris got ahead of Farah and onto the back of Kejelcha. The two Ethiopians opened up a 2 metre lead on Farah on the backstretch, leaving Farah in the unfamiliar position of having to sprint to catch up. But Chelimo had more speed, catching Farah from behind and moving to his outside shoulder as they gained on the Ethiopian duo, effectively leaving Farah boxed in on the curb. Coming off the final turn, Farah was looking for running room, which suddenly materialized in front of him as Kejelcha drifted out. Edris sprinted away from his teammate while Farah was still weaving his way past Kejelcha, with Chelimo going the outside route, both two metres behind Edris. Farah's race was for second place, with Edris expanding his lead to the finish. Farah was able to barely hold off Chelimo for silver. Unlike the spring in his step following his previous string of victories, it was Farah lying exhausted on the track.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Championship 12:52.79 Eliud Kipchoge  KEN 31 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
World leading 12:55.23 Muktar Edris  ETH 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Asian 12:51.96 Albert Kibichii Rop  BHR 19 Jul 2013 Monaco
NACAC 12:53.60 Bernard Lagat  USA 22 Jul 2011 Monaco
South American 13:19.43 Marilson dos Santos  BRA 8 Jun 2006 Kassel, Germany
European 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit  BEL 25 Aug 2000 Brussels, Belgium
Oceanian 12:55.76 Craig Mottram  AUS 30 Jul 2004 London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:22.60.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
9 August20:05Heats
12 August20:20Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 9 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat12
Start time 20:0620:29
Photo finish

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Selemon Barega Ethiopia (ETH)13:21.50Q
22Birhanu Balew Bahrain (BHR)13:21.91Q
32Cyrus Rutto Kenya (KEN)13:22.45Q
42Patrick Tiernan Australia (AUS)13:22.52Q
52Ryan Hill United States (USA)13:22.79Q
62Mohammed Ahmed Canada (CAN)13:22.97q
72Andrew Butchart Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:24.78q
82Paul Chelimo United States (USA)13:24.88q
92Kemoy Campbell Jamaica (JAM)13:26.67q
102Awet Habte Eritrea (ERI)13:27.70q
112Soufiane Bouchikhi Belgium (BEL)13:28.64
122Jamal Abdi Dirieh Djibouti (DJI)13:28.98
132Zouhair Aouad Bahrain (BHR)13:29.28
141Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia (ETH)13:30.07Q
151Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:30.18Q
161Muktar Edris Ethiopia (ETH)13:30.22Q
171Justyn Knight Canada (CAN)13:30.27Q
181Aron Kifle Eritrea (ERI)13:30.36Q
191Bashir Abdi Belgium (BEL)13:30.71
201Morgan McDonald Australia (AUS)13:30.73
211Soufiyan Bouqantar Morocco (MAR)13:30.78
221Jacob Kiplimo Uganda (UGA)13:30.92
231Eric Jenkins United States (USA)13:31.09
241Sam McEntee Australia (AUS)13:31.58
252Sondre Nordstad Moen Norway (NOR)13:31.71
261Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)13:32.15
271Emanuel Giniki Gisamoda Tanzania (TAN)13:32.31
281Albert Kibichii Rop Bahrain (BHR)13:32.40
292Stephen Kissa Uganda (UGA)13:32.86
302Josphat Kiprono Menjo Kenya (KEN)13:35.68
311Govindan Lakshmanan India (IND)13:35.69PB
322Richard Ringer Germany (GER)13:36.87
332Marc Scott Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:58.11
341Ilias Fifa Spain (ESP)13:47.90
351Kadar Omar Abdullahi Athlete Refugee Team (ART)14:32.67PB
361Mohamed Daud Mohamed Somalia (SOM)14:34.27PB
371Davis Kiplangat Kenya (KEN)14:52.98
381David Kulang South Sudan (SSD)14:53.19SB
391Mohamed Sambe Mauritania (MTN)16:16.29PB
2Brahim Kaazouzi Morocco (MAR)DNF
2Gabriel Gerald Geay Tanzania (TAN)DNS
2Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia (ETH)DNS

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:21. The results were as follows (photo finish):[8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Muktar Edris Ethiopia (ETH)13:32.79
Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:33.22
Paul Chelimo United States (USA)13:33.30
4Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia (ETH)13:33.51
5Selemon Barega Ethiopia (ETH)13:35.34
6Mohammed Ahmed Canada (CAN)13:35.43
7Aron Kifle Eritrea (ERI)13:36.91
8Andrew Butchart Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:38.73
9Justyn Knight Canada (CAN)13:39.15
10Kemoy Campbell Jamaica (JAM)13:39.74
11Patrick Tiernan Australia (AUS)13:40.01
12Birhanu Balew Bahrain (BHR)13:43.25
13Cyrus Rutto Kenya (KEN)13:48.64
14Awet Habte Eritrea (ERI)13:58.68
Ryan Hill United States (USA)DNS

References

  1. Start list
  2. "5000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "5000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "5000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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