Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 17
Competitors39 from 21 nations
Medalists
Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia
Micah Kogo  Kenya
Official Video Highlights
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap of 53.42 seconds, winning his second 10,000m Olympic gold medal.

Competition format

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 27:50.00 (A standard) and 28:10.00 (B standard).[2]

The Men's 10,000m competition consisted of only one race the Final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)26:17.53Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Olympic record Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)27:05.10Athens, Greece20 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeORWR
17 AugustFinalKenenisa Bekele Ethiopia27:01.17OR

Results
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes[3]
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 27:01.17 OR
Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia 27:02.77
Micah Kogo Kenya 27:04.11 SB
4 Moses Ndiema Masai Kenya 27:04.11 SB
5 Zersenay Tadese Eritrea 27:05.11
6 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27:06.68
7 Martin Irungu Mathathi Kenya 27:08.25 PB
8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah Qatar 27:23.75 SB
9 Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania 27:25.33
10 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich Uganda 27:27.28
11 Selim Bayrak Turkey 27:29.33 NR
12 Kidane Tadese Eritrea 27:36.11
13 Galen Rupp United States 27:36.99 SB
14 Dickson Marwa Tanzania 27:48.03
15 Abdihakem Abdirahman United States 27:52.53
16 Abdellah Falil Morocco 27:53.14
17 Juan Carlos de la Ossa Spain 27:54.20
18 Hasan Mahboob Bahrain 27:55.14
19 Dieudonné Disi Rwanda 27:56.74
20 Essa Ismail Rashed Qatar 27:58.67
21 Samwel Shauri Tanzania 28:06.26
22 Felix Kikwai Kibore Qatar 28:11.92
23 Carles Castillejo Spain 28:13.68
24 Ayad Lamdassem Spain 28:13.73
25 Jorge Torres United States 28:13.93
26 Surendra Kumar Singh India 28:13.97
27 Günther Weidlinger Austria 28:14.38
28 Kensuke Takezawa Japan 28:23.28
29 Juan Carlos Romero Mexico 28:26.57
30 Sergey Ivanov Russia 28:34.72
31 Takayuki Matsumiya Japan 28:39.77
32 Teklemariam Medhin Eritrea 28:54.33
33 Eric Gillis Canada 29:08.10
34 Rui Pedro Silva Portugal 29:09.03
35 Alejandro Suárez Mexico 29:24.78
Cuthbert Nyasango Zimbabwe DNF
David Galván Mexico DNF
Mohamed El Hachimi Morocco DNF
Khoudir Aggoune Algeria DNS

OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best

Splits
IntermediateAthleteCountryMark
1000mAlejandro Suárez Mexico2:50.15
2000mKidane Tadese Eritrea5:27.32
3000mKidane Tadese Eritrea8:09.93
4000mKidane Tadese Eritrea10:59.51
5000mKidane Tadese Eritrea13:48.00
6000mHaile Gebrselassie Ethiopia16:33.92
7000mZersenay Tadese Eritrea19:14.71
8000mZersenay Tadese Eritrea21:53.78
9000mMicah Kogo Kenya24:34.07

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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