Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 20 (heats) August 23 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 was:
| World record |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) |
12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
Results
Heat 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Tegenkamp |  United States | 13:37.36 | Q |
| 2 | Eliud Kipchoge |  Kenya | 13:37.50 | Q |
| 3 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:37.63 | Q |
| 4 | Kidane Tadasse |  Eritrea | 13:37.72 | Q |
| 5 | Alemayehu Bezabeh |  Spain | 13:37.88 | q |
| 6 | Alistair Ian Cragg |  Ireland | 13:38.57 | q |
| 7 | Juan Luis Barrios |  Mexico | 13:42.39 | q |
| 8 | Anis Selmouni |  Morocco | 13:43.70 | |
| 9 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis |  Bahrain | 13:44.76 | |
| 10 | Collis Birmingham |  Australia | 13:44.90 | |
| 11 | Geofrey Kusuro |  Uganda | 13:50.50 | |
| 12 | Sultan Khamis Zaman |  Qatar | 13:53.38 | |
| 13 | Takayuki Matsumiya |  Japan | 14:20.24 | |
| 14 | Soe Min Thu | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Myanmar | 15:50.56 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | Kenya | 13:46.41 | Q |
| 2 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 13:46.58 | Q |
| 3 | Abreham Cherkos | Ethiopia | 13:47.60 | Q |
| 4 | Jesús España | Spain | 13:48.88 | Q |
| 5 | Ali Abdalla | Eritrea | 13:49.68 | |
| 6 | Mo Farah |  Great Britain | 13:50.95 | |
| 7 | Adrian Blincoe |  New Zealand | 13:55.27 | |
| 8 | Mourad Marofit | Morocco | 14:00.76 | |
| 9 | Ian Dobson | United States | 14:05.47 | |
| 10 | Tonny Wamulwa |  Zambia | 14:06.96 | |
| 11 | Kevin Sullivan |  Canada | 14:09.16 | |
| 12 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |  Algeria | 14:15.00 | |
| 13 | Nader Almassri |  Palestine | 14:41.10 | |
| Rashid Ramzi | Bahrain | DNS |
Heat 3
2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000m Round 1 - Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 13:39.70 | Q |
| 2 | James Kwalia C'Kurui | Qatar | 13:39.96 | Q |
| 3 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:40.13 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | Kenya | 13:41.30 | Q |
| 5 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 13:44.39 | |
| 6 | Moukheld Al-Outaibi |  Saudi Arabia | 13:47.00 | |
| 7 | Kensuke Takezawa | Japan | 13:49.42 | SB |
| 8 | Monder Rizki | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 13:54.41 | |
| 9 | Alberto García | Spain | 13:58.20 | |
| 10 | Philippe Bandi |  Switzerland | 13:59.68 | |
| 11 | Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi | Morocco | 14:05.30 | |
| 12 | Abdinasir Said Ibrahim |  Somalia | 14:21.58 | |
| Selim Bayrak |  Turkey | DNS | ||
| Hasan Mahboob | Bahrain | DNS | ||
| David Galván | Mexico | DNS |
Final
23 August 2008 - 20:10
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 12:57.82 | OR |
 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya | 13:02.80 | |
 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | Kenya | 13:06.22 | SB |
| 4 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 13:10.56 | |
| 5 | Abreham Cherkos | Ethiopia | 13:16.46 | |
| 6 | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 13:19.06 | |
| 7 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 13:19.79 | SB |
| 8 | James Kwalia C'Kurui | Qatar | 13:23.48 | |
| 9 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 13:26.89 | |
| 10 | Kidane Tadasse | Eritrea | 13:28.40 | |
| 11 | Alemayehu Bezabeh | Spain | 13:30.48 | |
| 12 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | Kenya | 13:31.34 | |
| 13 | Matthew Tegenkamp | United States | 13:33.13 | |
| 14 | Jesús España | Spain | 13:55.94 | |
| Alistair Cragg | Ireland | DNF |
Splits
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000m | Tariku Bekele | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Ethiopia | 2:45.49 |
| 2000m | Tariku Bekele | Ethiopia | 5:22.29 |
| 3000m | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 8:00.85 |
| 4000m | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 10:32.52 |
References
- "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- "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.
- "5000 Metres - M Heats". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- http://wikirun.com/5000M_men#Finals Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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