Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
(Redirected from 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] The winning margin was 4.98 seconds.
Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 20 (heats) August 23 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard).[2]
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:
World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
Olympic record | Saïd Aouita (MAR) | 13:05.59 | Los Angeles, United States | 11 August 1984 |
World Leading | Moses Masai (KEN) | 12:50.55 | Berlin, Germany | 1 June 2008 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
23 August 2008 | Final | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:57.82 | OR |
Results
editHeat 1
editQualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
To sort this table by heat, athlete, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.
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 | Myanmar | 15:50.56 |
Heat 2
editRank | 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
editRank | 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 | 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
edit23 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
editIntermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
---|---|---|---|
1000m | Tariku Bekele | 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ wikirun.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120216084329/http://wikirun.com/5000M_men#Finals. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
{{cite web}}
: Missing or empty|title=
(help)[title missing]