World Athletics Championships 2001/5000 m men
| 8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | 5000 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 35 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Edmonton
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| Competition location | Commonwealth Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 6th (preliminary) August 10th (final) |
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The men's 5,000-meter race at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held on August 6 and 10, 2001 in the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city of Edmonton .
In this competition, long-distance runners from Kenya won two gold and bronze medals. Richard Limo became world champion after winning silver over 3000 meters in the 1998 African Championships . Second place went to the Ethiopian Olympic champion of 2000 million Wolde . John Kibowen won the bronze medal.
Existing records
| World record | 12: 39.36 min |
.svg){kind=small} Haile Gebrselassie
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Rome , Italy | June 13, 1998 |
| World Cup record | 12: 58.13 min |
 Salah Hissou
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1999 World Cup in Seville , Spain | August 28, 1999 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.
doping
One doping case was recorded in this discipline.
The Algerian Ali Saïdi-Sief tested positive for nandrolone . he had to return his silver medal and was banned for two years.
Two athletes in particular suffered:
- John Kibowen , Kenya - He received his bronze medal a long time ago and was unable to attend the award ceremony.
- Mark Carroll , Ireland - He was actually qualified for the final with a time of 13: 37.27 minutes.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
August 6, 2001, 9:35 a.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Million wolde |
Ethiopia
|
13: 28.76 |
| 2 | Richard Limo |
 Kenya
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13: 28.78 |
| 3 | Driss El Himer |
 France
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13: 28.87 |
| 4th | Abiyote Abate |
Ethiopia
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13: 28.88 |
| 5 | Sammy Kipketer |
Kenya
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13: 28.90 |
| 6th | Marius Bakken |
 Norway
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13: 32.34 |
| 7th | Isaac Viciosa |
 Spain
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13: 32.39 |
| 8th | Mohamed Saïd El Wardi |
Morocco
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13: 36.24 |
| 9 | Mark Carroll |
 Ireland
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13: 37.27 actually qualified for the final |
| 10 | Mauricio Díaz |
 Chile
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13: 38.07 |
| 11 | Khoudir Aggoune |
 Algeria
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13: 43.95 |
| 12 | Pablo Olmedo |
 Mexico
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14: 02.90 |
| 13 | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker |
 Sudan
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14: 03.27 |
| 14th | Ali Mabrouk El Zaidi |
.svg){kind=small} Libya
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14: 16.08 |
| 15th | Nicholas Rogers |
 United States
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14: 33.39 |
| 16 | Esam Salah Musleh Juaim |
 Yemen
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15: 21.11 |
| 17th | Chamkaur Dhaliwal Singh |
 Singapore
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15: 23.56 |
| DOP | Ali Saïdi-Sief |
Algeria
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admitted to the finals |
Forward 2
August 6, 2001, 9:55 a.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hailu Mekonnen |
Ethiopia
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13: 32.11 |
| 2 | Ismaïl Sghyr |
France
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13: 32.60 |
| 3 | Adam Goucher |
United States
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13: 32.92 |
| 4th | Alberto García |
Spain
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13: 33.64 |
| 5 | Mohammed Amyn |
Morocco
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13: 34.54 |
| 6th | John Kibowen |
Kenya
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13: 35.09 |
| 7th | Samir Moussaoui |
Algeria
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13: 40.09 |
| 8th | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama |
 Qatar
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13: 41.07 |
| 9 | Serhiy Lebid |
 Ukraine
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13: 43.78 |
| 10 | Yonas Kifle |
 Eritrea
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13: 44.16 |
| 11 | Enrique Molina |
Spain
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13: 45.97 |
| 12 | Dennis Jensen |
 Denmark
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13: 47.90 |
| 13 | Michael Openshaw |
 Great Britain
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14: 00.84 |
| 14th | Jafar Babakhani |
 Iran
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14: 14.64 |
| 15th | Rodwell Kamwendo |
 Malawi
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14: 21.44 |
| 16 | Tom Compernolle |
 Belgium
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14: 27.08 |
| 17th | Jeremy Deere |
Canada
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14: 30.92 |
Runners eliminated from the second preliminary round in the preliminary round:
Serhij Lebid
ranked ninth in 13: 43.78 min
Yonas Kifle (here at the London Marathon 2009 )
ranked tenth in 13: 44.16 min
Tom Compernolle
ranked sixteen in 14: 27.08 min
final
August 10, 2001, 10:25 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Limo |
Kenya
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13:00, 70 |
| 2 | Million wolde |
Ethiopia
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13: 03.47 |
| 3 | John Kibowen |
Kenya
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13: 05.20 |
| 4th | Alberto García |
Spain
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13: 05.60 |
| 5 | Ismaïl Sghyr |
France
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13: 07.71 |
| 6th | Sammy Kipketer |
Kenya
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13: 08.46 |
| 7th | Abiyote Abate |
Ethiopia
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13: 14.07 |
| 8th | Hailu Mekonnen |
Ethiopia
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13: 20.24 |
| 9 | Marius Bakken |
Norway
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13: 22.07 |
| 10 | Adam Goucher |
United States
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13: 24.00 |
| 11 | Driss El Himer |
France
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13: 28.14 |
| 12 | Mohammed Amyn |
Morocco
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13: 28.90 |
| 13 | Mohamed Saïd El Wardi |
Morocco
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13: 43.40 |
| 14th | Isaac Viciosa |
Spain
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14: 01.32 |
| DOP | Ali Saïdi-Sief |
Algeria
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As the best non-African runner in fourth place, Alberto García only missed a medal by four tenths of a second
Hailu Mekonnen came in eighth
Marius Bakken (center) reached ninth place
Driss El Himer (here at the Berlin Marathon 2011 ) finished eleventh
Twelfth placed Mohammed Amyn
Video
- Final 5000 Mundial Edmonton 2001 on youtube.com, accessed August 8, 2020
Web links
- 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 8, 2020
- Men 5000m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 8, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 5000 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 126 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 8, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 5000 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 8, 2020
- ↑ Ali Saidi-Sief is back , on Leichtathletik.de, September 6, 2003, accessed on August 8, 2020