World Athletics Championships 2017/5000 m men

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 5000 meter run
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Attendees	42 athletes from 23 countries
Competition phase	August 9, 2017 (preliminary) August 12, 2017 (final)
Medalist
gold	Muktar Edris ( ETH )
silver	Mo Farah ( GBR )
bronze	Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo ( USA )

5000 meter final in the decisive final round

The men's 5000 meter race at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 9-12, 2017 .

The Ethiopian Muktar Edris became world champion. He won ahead of the British Mo Farah . The American Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	Kenenisa Bekele	12: 37.35 min	Hengelo , Netherlands	May 31, 2004
Championship record	Eliud Kipchoge	12: 52.79 min	World Cup in Paris / Saint-Denis , France	August 31, 2003

Prelims

The Belgian Bashir Abdi - here on the left behind Mo Farah - was eliminated in sixth place in his heat

The American Eric Jenkins finished tenth in the first run and failed in the preliminary round

Jamal Dierieh from Djibouti did not reach the final as eleventh of his preliminary run

As seventeenth of the second heat, the German Richard Ringer had no chance and was eliminated

From the two preliminary races, the top five of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the five fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 9, 2017, 8:05 p.m. local time (9:05 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	13: 30.07
2	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13: 30.18
3	Muktar Edris	Ethiopia	13: 30.22
4th	Justyn Knight	Canada	13: 30.27
5	Aron Kifle	Eritrea	13: 30.36
6th	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	13: 30.71
7th	Morgan McDonald	Australia	13: 30.73
8th	Soufiane Bouqantar	Morocco	13: 30.78
9	Jacob Kiplimo	Uganda	13: 30.92
10	Eric Jenkins	United States	13: 31.09
11	Sam McEntee	Australia	13: 31.58
12	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13: 32.15
13	Emmanuel Giniki Gisamoda	Tanzania	13: 32.31
14th	Albert Kibichii Rop	Bahrain	13: 32.40
15th	Govindan Lakshmanan	India	13: 35.69 PB
16	Iliad Fifa	Spain	13: 47.90
17th	Kadar Omar Abdullah	Athlete Refugee Team	14: 32.67 PB
18th	Mohamed Daud Mohamed	Somalia	14: 34.27 PB
19th	Davis Kiplangat	Kenya	14: 52.98
20th	David Kulang	South Sudan	14: 53.19 SB
21st	Mohamed Sambe	Mauritania	16: 16.29 PB

Run 2

August 9, 2017, 8:05 p.m. local time (9:05 p.m. CEST )

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	13: 21.50
2	Birhanu Balew	Bahrain	13: 21.91
3	Cyrus Rutto	Kenya	13: 22.45
4th	Patrick Tiernan	Australia	13: 22.52
5	Ryan Hill	United States	13: 22.79
6th	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada	13: 22.97
7th	Andrew Butchart	Great Britain	13: 24.78
8th	Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo	United States	13: 24.88
9	Kemoy Campbell	Jamaica	13: 26.67
10	Awet had	Eritrea	13: 27.70
11	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium	13: 28.64
12	Jamal Abdi Dirieh	Djibouti	13: 28.98
13	Zouhair Aouad	Bahrain	13: 29.28
14th	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	13: 31.71
15th	Stephen Kissa	Uganda	13: 32.86
16	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	Kenya	13: 35.68
17th	Richard Ringer	Germany	13: 36.87
18th	Marc Scott	Great Britain	13: 58.11
DNF	Brahim Kaazouzi	Morocco
DNS	Gabriel Gerald Geay	Tanzania
	Hagos Gebrhiwet	Ethiopia

final

August 12, 2017, 8:20 p.m. local time (9:20 p.m. CEST )

One of the main questions in this race was how long Mo Farah's dominance would last. Since 2009 he had won the world championship over 5000 meters four times. He had been the double winner in the 5000 and 10,000 meters three times since 2011 and had won the 10,000 meter run here in London the week before . Also at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016 , Farah was a double winner over the two long-distance railways. The two runners who occupied the places after Farah at the last World Championships did not start here. Except for the fourth placed Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha in 2015, the other athletes with top placings were also not there this year. In addition to Kejelcha, the US Olympic runner-up in 2016 Paul Chelimo and Canadian Olympic champion Mohammed Ahmed were among Farah's strongest competitors. In addition, more runners from Ethiopia and Kenya were to be expected, who had not yet made such a clear appearance.

The final race wasn't particularly fast at the beginning - 2: 48.20 minutes for the first thousand meters - and it got even slower on the second kilometer, which was run in 2: 59.88 minutes. At this point Farah took the lead and accelerated again. A little later he was replaced by the Australian Patrick Tiernan, who kept the pace up - kilometer three in 2: 44.85 min - and then pushed it again, the fourth kilometer was completed in 2: 36.74 min. The field of runners was still completely together. The favorites were right at the front. Behind the leading Australian were Farah, Kejelcha, Chelimo, the Kenyan Cyrus Rutto, the two Ethiopians Selemon Barega and Muktar Edris and Ahmed.

The pace increased more and more, the winner should finally cover the last thousand meters in 2: 23.12 minutes. In the final lap, Farah first took the lead. In view of the extremely high pace, a surprising number of athletes were still promising in the race. On the back straight, the two Ethiopians attacked Kejelcha and Edris. Farah, Barega and Chelimo followed. In the final corner Barega lost touch. Kejelcha hit the home straight as the leader. Edris, Chelimo and Farah were right behind, these four now sprinted for the world championship title and the medals. Edris passed Kejelcha on the outside, who opened the inside lane and gave Farah the chance to break through on the inside. Ultimately, Muktar Edris had the most reserves and won the race ahead of Mo Farah and Paul Chelimo. Yomif Kejelcha finished fourth, just like two years earlier. Selemon Barega followed by a clear margin in fifth ahead of Mohammed Ahmed. The ranks seven and eight went to Aron Kifle from Eritrea and the Briton Andrew Butchart.

Split times
Intermediate mark	Meanwhile	Leading	1000 m time
1000 m	2: 48.20 min	Andrew Butchart in front of the closed field	2: 48.20 min
2000 m	5: 48.08 min	Mo Farah the closed field	2: 59.88 min
3000 m	8: 32.93 min	Patrick Tiernan in front of the closed field	2: 44.85 min
4000 m	11: 09.67 min	Patrick Tiernan in front of the closed field	2: 36.74 min
5000 m	13: 32.79 min	Muktar Edris	2: 23.12 min

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
	Muktar Edris	Ethiopia	13: 32.79
	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13: 33.22
	Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo	United States	13: 33.30
4th	Yomif Kejelcha	Ethiopia	13: 33.51
5	Selemon Barega	Ethiopia	13: 35.34
6th	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada	13: 35.43
7th	Aron Kifle	Eritrea	13: 36.91
8th	Andrew Butchart	Great Britain	13: 38.73
9	Justyn Knight	Canada	13: 39.15
10	Kemoy Campbell	Jamaica	13: 39.74
11	Patrick Tiernan	Australia	13: 40.01
12	Birhanu Balew	Bahrain	13: 43.25
13	Cyrus Rutto	Kenya	13: 48.64
14th	Awet had	Eritrea	13: 58.68
DNS	Ryan Hill	United States

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  World champion Muktar Edris, Ethiopia

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  Vice World Champion Mo Farah from Great Britain

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  Bronze medalist Paul Chelimo, USA

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  As in 2015 , the Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha took fourth place

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  Fifth place for Selemon Barega from Ethiopia

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  The Canadian Mohammed Ahmed came in sixth place

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  Aaron Kifle from Eritrea finished seventh

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  The Briton Andrew Butchart finished eighth in the final

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  The Australian Patrick Tiernan took eleventh place

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  Birhanu Balew from Bahrain came in twelfth

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  The US American Ryan Hill did not appear in the 5000 meter final

Web links

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 5000 m men on the IAAF website (English), accessed on November 24, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 24, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 24, 2018

Video

• 5000m Final - Mo Farah lost London the world title 2017 on youtube.com, published August 13, 2017, accessed November 24, 2018