2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.

Men's 5000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold   Mo Farah
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver   Jesús España
Spain (ESP)
Bronze   Hayle Ibrahimov
Azerbaijan (AZE)

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
European record   Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 12:49.71 Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2000
Championship record   Jack Buckner (GBR) 13:10.15 Stuttgart, West Germany 31 August 1986
World Leading   Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:51.21 Doha, Qatar 14 May 2010
European Leading   Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP) 12:57.25 Oslo, Norway 4 June 2010

Schedule

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Date Time Round
29 July 2010 18:45 Round 1
31 July 2010 21:20 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan (AZE) 13:32.98 Q, NR
2 Alemayehu Bezabeh   Spain (ESP) 13:34.44 Q
3 Daniele Meucci   Italy (ITA) 13:35.02 Q, SB
4 Chris Thompson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:35.58 Q
5 Mert Girmalegese   Turkey (TUR) 13:36.32 Q
6 Alistair Cragg   Ireland (IRL) 13:37.66 q
7 Arne Gabius   Germany (GER) 13:39.78 q
8 Aleksandr Orlov   Russia (RUS) 13:41.44 q
9 Tiidrek Nurme   Estonia (EST) 13:49.19
10 Eduard Mbengani   Portugal (POR) 13:50.22
11 Gezachw Yossef   Israel (ISR) 13:55.97
12 Philipp Bandi   Switzerland (SUI) 13:58.11
13 Matti Räsänen   Finland (FIN) 14:01.35
14 Sindre Buraas   Norway (NOR) 14:03.93
Oskar Käck   Sweden (SWE) DNF

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:38.26 Q
2 Jesús España   Spain (ESP) 13:38.47 Q
3 Sergio Sánchez   Spain (ESP) 13:38.48 Q
4 Noureddine Smaïl   France (FRA) 13:38.49 Q
5 Serhiy Lebid   Ukraine (UKR) 13:38.51 Q
6 Stefano La Rosa   Italy (ITA) 13:38.71 q
7 Kemal Koyuncu   Turkey (TUR) 13:47.41 q
8 Yevgeniy Rybakov   Russia (RUS) 13:52.58
9 Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway (NOR) 13:53.69
10 Halil Akkaş   Turkey (TUR) 14:07.42
11 Mark Christie   Ireland (IRL) 14:12.68
12 Jussi Utriainen   Finland (FIN) 14:17.07
13 Johan Wallerstein   Sweden (SWE) 14:43.34
Youssef El Kalay   Portugal (POR) DNS

Summary

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan (AZE) 13:32.98 Q, NR
2 1 Alemayehu Bezabeh   Spain (ESP) 13:34.44 Q
3 1 Daniele Meucci   Italy (ITA) 13:35.02 Q, SB
4 1 Chris Thompson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:35.58 Q
5 1 Mert Girmalegese   Turkey (TUR) 13:36.32 Q
6 1 Alistair Cragg   Ireland (IRL) 13:37.66 q
7 2 Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:38.26 Q
8 2 Jesús España   Spain (ESP) 13:38.47 Q
9 2 Sergio Sánchez   Spain (ESP) 13:38.48 Q
10 2 Noureddine Smaïl   France (FRA) 13:38.49 Q
11 2 Serhiy Lebid   Ukraine (UKR) 13:38.51 Q
12 2 Stefano La Rosa   Italy (ITA) 13:38.71 q
13 1 Arne Gabius   Germany (GER) 13:39.78 q
14 1 Aleksandr Orlov   Russia (RUS) 13:41.44 q
15 2 Kemal Koyuncu   Turkey (TUR) 13:47.41 q
16 1 Tiidrek Nurme   Estonia (EST) 13:49.19
17 1 Eduard Mbengani   Portugal (POR) 13:50.22
18 2 Yevgeniy Rybakov   Russia (RUS) 13:52.58
19 2 Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway (NOR) 13:53.69
20 1 Gezachw Yossef   Israel (ISR) 13:55.97
21 1 Philipp Bandi   Switzerland (SUI) 13:58.11
22 1 Matti Räsänen   Finland (FIN) 14:01.35
23 1 Sindre Buraas   Norway (NOR) 14:03.93
24 2 Halil Akkaş   Turkey (TUR) 14:07.42
25 2 Mark Christie   Ireland (IRL) 14:12.68
26 2 Jussi Utriainen   Finland (FIN) 14:17.07
27 2 Johan Wallerstein   Sweden (SWE) 14:43.34
1 Oskar Käck   Sweden (SWE) DNF
2 Youssef El Kalay   Portugal (POR) DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:31.18
  Jesús España   Spain (ESP) 13:33.12
  Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan (AZE) 13.34.15
4 Serhiy Lebid   Ukraine (UKR) 13:38.69
5 Noureddine Smaïl   France (FRA) 13:38.70
6 Daniele Meucci   Italy (ITA) 13:40.17
7 Alemayehu Bezabeh   Spain (ESP) 13:43.23
8 Chris Thompson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:44.42
9 Mert Girmalegese   Turkey (TUR) 13:45.25
10 Stefano La Rosa   Italy (ITA) 13:46.58
11 Aleksandr Orlov   Russia (RUS) 13:58.69
12 Arne Gabius   Germany (GER) 13:59.11
13 Kemal Koyuncu   Turkey (TUR) 14:17.32
Alistair Cragg   Ireland (IRL) DNF
Sergio Sánchez   Spain (ESP) DNF

References

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