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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kenenisa Bekele
  Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine
  Ethiopia
Martin Mathathi
  Kenya

Records

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

World record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, 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

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Date Time Round
August 27, 2007 21:40 Final

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Kenenisa Bekele   Ethiopia 27:05.90 SB
  Sileshi Sihine   Ethiopia 27:09.03
  Martin Mathathi   Kenya 27:12.17
4 Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea 27:21.37
5 Josephat Ndambiri   Kenya 27:31.41
6 Gebregziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia 27:44.58
7 Abdihakem Abdirahman   United States 27:56.62
8 Josphat Kiprono Menjo   Kenya 28:25.67
9 Dathan Ritzenhein   United States 28:28.59 SB
10 Boniface Toroitich Kiprop   Uganda 28:30.99
11 Galen Rupp   United States 28:41.71
12 Kensuke Takezawa   Japan 28:51.69
13 Tadese Tola   Ethiopia 28:51.75
14 Alejandro Suárez   Mexico 28:52.19
15 Wilson Busienei   Uganda 29:24.72 SB
16 Dickson Marwa   Tanzania 29:25.91
17 Kazuhiro Maeda   Japan 29:48.17
18 Michael Aish   New Zealand 30:34.16
Khalid El Aamri   Morocco DNF
Simon Bairu   Canada DNF
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah   Qatar DNF
Essa Ismail Rashed   Qatar DNF
Hasan Mahboob   Bahrain DNS
David Galván   Mexico DNS

References

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