Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 5000 m (men)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 5000 meter run |
| gender | Men |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 43 athletes from 25 countries |
| Competition phase | 20./23. August 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Kenenisa Bekele ( ETH )
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 silver |
Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN )
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 bronze |
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi ( KEN )
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The 5000-meter race of the men at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was on 20 and 23 August 2008 at the National Stadium Beijing held. 43 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele . The other medals went to two Kenyan runners, silver to Eliud Kipchoge and bronze to Edwin Cheruiyot Soi . Like over 800 meters , there were only African medalists.
Current title holders
| Olympic champion 2004 |
Hicham El Guerrouj ( Morocco )
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13: 14.39 min | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 |
Bernard Lagat ( Kenya )
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13: 45.87 min | Osaka 2007 |
| European champion 2006 |
Jesús España ( Spain )
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13: 44.70 min | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
Ed Moran ( USA )
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13: 25.60 min | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champions 2008 | Jhon Tello ( Colombia )
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14: 21.21 min | Cali 2008 |
| South America Champion 2007 | Javier Alexander Guarín ( Colombia )
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13: 51.19 min | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian champion 2007 | Felix Kibore ( Qatar )
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14:07:12 min | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 |
Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia )
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13: 49.67 min | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | Brendan Whelan ( Australia )
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16:02:19 min | Saipan 2008 |
Existing records
| World record | 12: 37.35 min |
Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia )
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Hengelo , Netherlands | May 31, 2004 |
| Olympic record | 13:05:59 min |
Saïd Aouita ( Morocco )
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Los Angeles final , USA | August 11, 1984 |
Prelims
There were three preliminary runs. The first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest athletes - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
August 20, 2008 , 8:15 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Tegenkamp |
United States
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13: 37.36 min | |
| 2 | Eliud Kipchoge |
Kenya
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13: 37.50 min | |
| 3 | Tariku Bekele |
Ethiopia
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13: 37.63 min | |
| 4th | Kidane Tadasse |
 Eritrea
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13: 37.72 min | |
| 5 | Alemayehu Bezabeh |
Spain
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13: 37.88 min | |
| 6th | Alistair Ian Cragg |
 Ireland
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13: 38.57 min | |
| 7th | Juan Luis Barrios |
 Mexico
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13: 42.39 min | |
| 8th | Anise Selmouni |
Morocco
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13: 43.70 min | |
| 9 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis |
 Bahrain
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13: 44.76 min | |
| 10 | Collis Birmingham |
Australia
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13: 44.90 min | |
| 11 | Geofrey Kusuro |
 Uganda
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13: 50.50 min | |
| 12 | Sultan Khamis Zaman |
Qatar
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13: 53.38 min | |
| 13 | Takayuki Matsumiya |
 Japan
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14: 20.24 min | |
| 14th | Soe Min Thu |
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15: 50.56 min |
Forward 2
August 20, 2008 , 8:35 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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| 1 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi |
Kenya
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13: 46.41 min | |
| 2 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro |
Uganda
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13: 46.58 min | |
| 3 | Abreham Cherkos |
Ethiopia
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13: 47.60 min | |
| 4th | Jesús España |
Spain
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13: 48.88 min | |
| 5 | Ali Abdalla |
Eritrea
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13: 49.68 min | |
| 6th | Mo Farah |
 Great Britain
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13: 50.95 min | |
| 7th | Adrian Blincoe |
 New Zealand
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13: 55.27 min | |
| 8th | Mourad Marofit |
Morocco
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14: 00.76 min | |
| 9 | Ian Dobson |
United States
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14: 05.47 min | |
| 10 | Tonny Wamulwa |
 Zambia
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14: 06.96 min | |
| 11 | Kevin Sullivan |
 Canada
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14: 09.16 min | |
| 12 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |
 Algeria
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14: 15.00 min | |
| 13 | Nader Al-Masri |
 Palestine
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14: 41.10 min | |
| DNS | Rashid Ramzi |
Bahrain
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Forward 3
August 20, 2008 , 8:55 pm
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Lagat |
United States
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13: 39.70 min | |
| 2 | James Kwalia C'Kurui |
Qatar
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13: 39.96 min | |
| 3 | Kenenisa Bekele |
Ethiopia
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13: 40.13 min | |
| 4th | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa |
Kenya
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13: 41.30 min | |
| 5 | Craig Mottram |
Australia
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13: 44.39 min | |
| 6th | Mukhlid Al-Otaibi |
 Saudi Arabia
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13: 47.00 min | |
| 7th | Kensuke Takezawa |
Japan
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13: 49.42 min | |
| 8th | Moon Rizki |
 Belgium
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13: 54.41 min | |
| 9 | Alberto García |
Spain
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13: 58.20 min | |
| 10 | Philippe Bandi |
 Switzerland
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13: 59.68 min | |
| 11 | Abdelaziz El Idrissi |
Morocco
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14: 04.30 min | |
| 12 | Abdinasir Said Ibrahim |
 Somalia
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14: 21.58 min | |
| DNS | Selim Bayrak |
 Turkey
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| Hasan Mahboob |
Bahrain
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| David Galvan |
Mexico
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Sultan Khamis Zaman from Qatar fails in the first run
The later so successful Brit Mo Farah is eliminated in preliminary two
The Australian Craig Mottram fails in preliminary three
The Saudi Mukhlid Al-Otaibi is eliminated
Out in the third heat for the Spaniard Alberto García
The Japanese Kensuke Takezawa does not reach the final either
final
August 23, 2008 , 8:10 p.m.
The favorites for this competition were world record holder Kenenisa Bekele, who had already become Olympic champion over 10,000 meters six days earlier , and US world champion Bernard Lagat, who, however, was also eliminated as world champion in the semifinals over 1,500 meters . The competition came primarily from Africa. The Kenyan Vice World Champion Eliud Kipchoge and the World Cup third Moses Ndiema Kipsiro from Uganda had high expectations . The US World Cup fourth Matthew Tegenkamp and Kenenisa Bekele's brother Tariku, fifth in the World Cup, were among the wider group of athletes with good prospects for top positions .
The race started very quickly - first kilometer in 2: 45.49 min. In front were the three Ethiopians Tariku Bekele, his brother Kenenisa and Abreham Cherkos. It was followed by the Irishman Alistair Ian Cragg and with him the still closed field. Then the pace was really tightened again, the second kilometer was run in 2: 36.80 minutes. The field together with the three Ethiopians remained at the top. Cragg was now passed through to the rear and later gave up the race. At three thousand meters - last kilometer: 2: 38.56 min - the field drew more and more apart. Kenenisa Bekele took hold of the reins and tore a small gap to the pursuers, but the Kenyan Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa caught up again. The two Ethiopians followed him with other runners. One lap further, a group of six had formed, which a few hundred meters later became a group of five consisting of K. Bekele, the two Kenyans Kipchoge and Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, the world champion Lagat and Kepsiro. K. Bekele continued to push in a leading position, Lagat now also had to let go. For the fourth kilometer, the top group of four now needed 2: 31.67 minutes. In the following lap, Kipsiro also had problems and only three runners were ahead with K. Bekele, who was getting faster and faster, and the two Kenyans Kipchoge and Soi. In the end, Kenenisa Bekele pulled away from his opponents and won this race with ease, ahead of Eliud Kipchoge and Edwin Cheruiyot Soi. The Olympic champion covered the last lap in 53.5 s - just as fast as Asbel Kiprop as the winner over 1500 meters. Moses Ndiema Kipsiro came fourth ahead of the two Ethiopians Abreham Cherkos and Tariku Bekele. The best non-African in seventh place was the Mexicans Juan Luis Barrios. The top ten included eight African runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Qatar and Eritrea.
For the first time, the winner of the Olympic final over 5000 meters was under thirteen minutes. Second- placed Eliud Kipchoge was also faster than Saïd Aouita's Olympic record from 1984 .
It was the second gold medal for Kenenisa Bekele, who ran here in the final together with his younger brother Tariku. Six days earlier, Kenenisa Bekele had also won the 10,000 meter race. After the Finn Paavo Nurmi ( 1920 - 10,000 m / 1924 - 5000 m), the Czechoslovak Emil Zátopek ( 1952 - 5000 m and 10,000 m), the Finn Lasse Virén ( 1972 - 5000 m and 10,000 m / 1976 - 5000 m and 10,000 m) m) and the Ethiopian Miruts Yifter ( 1980 - 5000 m and 10,000 m), Bekele is the fifth athlete to become Olympic champion over both track long distances and the fourth after Zátopek, Virén and Yifter, who has a double success on these distances at the same games succeeded. Only Virén had managed this twice.
| Split times | |||
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| Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 1000 m time |
| 1000 m | 2: 45.49 min | Tariku Bekele in front of the closed field | 2: 45.49 min |
| 2000 m | 5: 22.29 min | Tariku Bekele in front of the closed field | 2: 36.80 min |
| 3000 m | 8: 00.85 min | Kenenisa Bekele in front of a large leading group | 2: 38.56 min |
| 4000 m | 10: 32.52 min | Kenenisa Bekele in front of a leading group of four | 2: 31.67 min |
| 5000 m | 12: 57.82 min | Kenenisa Bekele | 2: 25.30 min |
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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| 1 | Kenenisa Bekele |
Ethiopia
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12: 57.82 min | OR |
| 2 | Eliud Kipchoge |
Kenya
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13: 02.80 min | |
| 3 | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi |
Kenya
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13: 06.22 min | |
| 4th | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro |
Uganda
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13: 10.56 min | |
| 5 | Abreham Cherkos |
Ethiopia
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13: 16.46 min | |
| 6th | Tariku Bekele |
Ethiopia
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13: 19.06 min | |
| 7th | Juan Luis Barrios |
Mexico
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13: 19.79 min | |
| 8th | James Kwalia C'Kurui |
Qatar
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13: 23.48 min | |
| 9 | Bernard Lagat |
United States
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13: 26.89 min | |
| 10 | Kidane Tadasse |
Eritrea
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13: 28.40 min | |
| 11 | Alemayehu Bezabeh |
Spain
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13: 30.48 min | |
| 12 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa |
Kenya
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13: 31.34 min | |
| 13 | Matthew Tegenkamp |
United States
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13: 33.13 min | |
| 14th | Jesús España |
Spain
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13: 55.94 min | |
| DNF | Alistair Ian Cragg |
Ireland
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Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia
Silver medal for Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya
Bronze medal for the Kenyan Edwin Cheruiyot Soi
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro from Uganda finished fourth
Tariku Bekele from Ethiopia, the winner's brother, came in sixth
Eighth place for James Kwalia C'Kurui from Qatar
The American Bernard Lagat came in ninth
Alemayehu Bezabeh, starting for Spain, crosses the finish line in eleventh place
The US starter Matthew Tegenkamp finished thirteenth
Fourteenth place for Jesús España from Spain
Irishman Alistair Ian Cragg cannot finish the final race
Web links
- SportsReference 5000m , accessed May 31, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 kB), accessed on May 31, 2018
Video
- 5000m Final Beijing 2008 Kenenisa Bekele Full , published December 28, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed 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, 5000 m men , accessed on May 31, 2018
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