Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 10,000 meter run |
| gender | Men |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 39 athletes from 21 countries |
| Competition phase | August 17, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH )
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 silver |
Sileshi Sihine ( ETH )
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 bronze |
Micah Kipkemboi Kogo ( KEN )
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The 10,000-meter race of the men at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was launched on 17 August 2008 at the National Stadium Beijing held. 39 athletes took part.
There was a double victory for Ethiopia . The gold medal was won by Kenenisa Bekele ahead of Sileshi Sihine . The Kenyan Micah Kipkemboi Kogo won bronze.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 2004 |
Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia )
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27: 05.10 min | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 | 27: 05.90 min | Osaka 2007 | |
| European Champion 206 |
Jan Fitschen ( Germany )
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28: 10.94 min | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
David Galván ( Mexico )
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28: 08.74 min | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2008 | William de Jesús Naranjo ( Colombia )
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29: 30.29 min | Cali 2008 |
| South America Champion 2007 | Sergio da Silva ( Brazil )
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29: 57.80 min | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian champion 2007 |
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah ( Qatar )
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29: 45.95 min | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 |
Gebregziabher Gebremariam ( Ethiopia )
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28: 17.11 min | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | 10,000 meter run not in the championship program | Saipan 2008 | |
Existing records
| World record | 26: 17.53 min |
Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia )
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Brussels , Belgium | August 26, 2005 |
| Olympic record | 27: 05.10 min | Athens Final , Greece | August 20, 2004 |
run
August 17, 2008 , 10:45 p.m.
As in Athens four years ago, the competition at these games was held without preliminary heats.
The clear favorite was the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele. He had won all the major championships in recent years, he was Olympic champion in 2004 and world champion in 2005 and 2007 . He was also the holder of the world record . Bekeles strongest competitor was his compatriot Sileshi Sihine, who had finished second in each of the mentioned races. Other serious candidates for top positions all came from Africa. There were Kenyan WM -Third Martin Mathathi, Zersenay Tadese from Eritrea as WM -Vierter of 2007 World Cup -Sechster of 2005 Olympic fourth from 2004 and the third Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, who had dominated this track for much of the 1990s and was last Olympic champion in 2000 in Sydney . However, he no longer had the strength of his very big time.
The first thousand meters - 2: 50.85 min - in this final were not particularly fast, but there was not too much loitering. The large field remained closed together. The second kilometer, on the other hand, was fast with 2: 36.47 minutes, accordingly the athletes ran one behind the other like on a long string. It remained very fast on the next 1000 meter section, but the field was still largely closed. It stayed that way for now, because it slowed down a bit. Up to the seventh kilometer, the 1000 meter times were above the 2:40 mark. On the last three kilometers it gradually got faster again and so more and more runners fell behind as the distance increased. Two kilometers from the finish, a seven-man leading group remained in the lead with Zersenay Tadese, Kogo, his compatriots Moses Ndiema Masai and Martin Irungu Mathathi, and the Ethiopians Bekele, Sileshi and Gebrselassie. The pace remained high now, but even at the 9000 meter mark, these seven runners were still together in front. At the beginning of the final lap, Bekele attacked and resolutely took the lead. Sileshi and Gebrselassie made an Ethiopian three-way tour perfect. But Kogo and Masai now passed Gebrselassie. At the very front, the two Ethiopians were once again unbeatable. Kenenisa Bekele was the second Olympic champion in the 10,000 meter distance, behind him Sileshi Sihine won silver. It was very close in the battle for bronze. Masai almost reached the declining Kogo with the last steps. But Micah Kipkemboi Kogo was able to save his third place by a razor thin layer and won bronze ahead of his fellow countryman Moses Ndiema Masai. Zersenay Tadese was fifth ahead of Haile Gebrselassie. Bekele's final lap, which he covered in 53.5 seconds, was again remarkable. This time was identical to the final lap of the 1500-meter Olympic champion Abel Kiprop and Bekeles own last lap in the later 5000-meter race .
In the first ten places there were only African runners and Selim Bayrak, who started eleventh for Turkey, was of Ethiopian origin. Behind Kidane Tadese from Eritrea followed in thirteenth place with the US-American Galen Rupp, the first non-African athlete.
For the fourth time in a row there was the same run-in on the first two places at major events: Kenenisa Bekele in front of his compatriot Sileshi Sihine.
Kenenisa Bekeles victory was the fourth Olympic victory in a row by an Ethiopian over 10,000 meters .
For the first time, the 10,000 meter runners stayed in the first four places below the current Olympic record .
| Split times | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 1000 m time |
| 1000 m | 2: 50.85 min | Alejandro Suárez in front of the closed field | 2: 50.85 min |
| 2000 m | 5: 27.32 min | Kidane Tadese in front of the closed field | 2: 36.47 min |
| 3000 m | 8: 09.93 min | Kidane Tadese in front of the closed field | 2: 42.61 min |
| 4000 m | 10: 59.51 min | Kidane Tadese in front of the closed field | 2: 49.58 min |
| 5000 m | 13: 48.00 min | Kidane Tadese in front of the closed field | 2: 47.49 min |
| 6000 m | 16: 33.92 min | Haile Gebrselassie in front of the closed field | 2: 45.92 min |
| 7000 m | 19: 14.71 min | Zersenay Tadese in front of a large leading group | 2: 40.79 min |
| 8000 m | 21: 53.78 min | Zersenay Tadese in front of a top group of seven | 2: 39.07 min |
| 9000 m | 24: 34.07 min | Micah Kipkemboi Kogo in front of a top group of seven | 2: 40.29 min |
| 10,000 m | 27: 01.17 min | Kenenisa Bekele | 2: 27.10 min |
result
Silver medal for the Ethiopian Sileshi Sihine
Bronze medal for the Kenyan Micah Kipkemboi Kogo
Moses Ndiema Masai from Kenya finished fourth
Zersenay Tadese from Eritrea: fifth place
The American Galen Rupp ranks thirteenth
Abdihakem Abdirahman from the USA: 15th place
24th place for the Spaniard Ayad Lamdassem
27th place for the Austrian Günther Weidlinger
The Japanese Kensuke Takezawa reached rank 28
Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrea: 32nd place
33rd place for the Canadian Eric Gillis
The Portuguese Rui Pedro Silva turns 34.
Cuthbert Nyasango from Zimbabwe had to give up
Also failed to finish: the Mexican David Galván
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Web links
- SportsReference 10,000m , accessed May 31, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 kB), accessed on May 31, 2018
Video
- Kenenisa Bekele - 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's 10,000m Final full video , posted on September 12, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed on May 31, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on May 31, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on May 31, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 kB), accessed May 31, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 kB), accessed on May 31, 2018
- ^ IAAF, 10,000 m men , accessed on May 31, 2018
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