2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

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Olympic rings
Chelimo, Farah, Lagat react to Rio Games 5K finish (28517081564) .jpg
sport athletics
discipline 5000 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 51 athletes from 28 countries
Competition location Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase August 17th, 2016 (preliminary)
August 20th, 2016 (final)
Medalist
gold medal Mo Farah ( GBR ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Silver medal Paul Chelimo ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
Bronze medal Hagos Gebrhiwet ( ETH ) EthiopiaEthiopia 

The men's 5000 meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 17 and 20, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 51 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was Mo Farah from Great Britain. He won ahead of the American Paul Chelimo and the Ethiopian Hagos Gebrhiwet .

Florian Orth and Richard Ringer started for Germany, both of whom were eliminated in the preliminary stages.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion Mo Farah ( Great Britain ) United KingdomUnited Kingdom  13: 41.66 min London 2012
World Champion 13: 50.38 min Beijing 2015
European champion Ilias Fifa ( Spain ) SpainSpain  13: 40.85 min Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions Lopez Lomong ( USA ) United StatesUnited States  13: 57.53 min San José 2015
South America champion Víctor Aravena ( Chile ) ChileChile  14:06:14 min Lima 2015
Asian champion Mohamad Al-Garni ( Qatar ) QatarQatar  13; 34.47 min Wuhan 2015
African champions Douglas Kipserem ( Kenya ) KenyaKenya  13: 13.35 min Durban 2016
Oceania Champion Joshua Torley ( Australia ) AustraliaAustralia  15: 34.31 min Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record Kenenisa Bekele ( Ethiopia ) EthiopiaEthiopia  12: 37.35 min Hengelo , Netherlands May 31, 2004
Olympic record 12: 57.82 min Beijing Final , People's Republic of China August 23, 2008

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The athletes competed in a total of two preliminary runs. The first five runners per run qualified for the final. In addition, the five fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

August 17, 2016, 10:05 am

During the race, there was a last lap incident in which US runner Hassan Mead and Brit Mo Farah stumbled after contact. Farah managed to hold on while Mead fell to the ground. Both continued the race. After a protest by the US representatives, Mead was admitted to the final because of the disadvantage that had arisen.

space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Hagos Gebrhiwet EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 13: 24.65
2 Albert Rop BahrainBahrain Bahrain 13: 24.95
3 Mo Farah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 13: 25.25
4th Joshua Cheptegei UgandaUganda Uganda 13: 25.70
5 Bernard Lagat United StatesUnited States United States 13: 26.02
6th Caleb Ndiku KenyaKenya Kenya 13: 26.63
7th Hayle Ibrahimov AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 13: 27.11
8th Aron Kifle EritreaEritrea Eritrea 13: 29.45
9 Iliad Fifa SpainSpain Spain 13: 30.23
10 Kemoy Campbell JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 13: 30.32
11 Jacob Kiplimo UgandaUganda Uganda 13: 30.40
12 Charles Muneria KenyaKenya Kenya 13: 30.95
13 Hassan Mead United StatesUnited States United States 13: 34.27 admitted to the finals
14th Younès Essalhi MoroccoMorocco Morocco 13: 41.41
15th Namakoe Nkhasi LesothoLesotho Lesotho 13: 41.92
16 Bashir Abdi BelgiumBelgium Belgium 13: 42.83
17th Olivier Irabaruta BurundiBurundi Burundi 13: 44.08
18th Sam McEntee AustraliaAustralia Australia 13: 50.55
19th Lucas Bruchet CanadaCanada Canada 14: 02.02
20th Richard Ringer GermanyGermany Germany 14: 05.01
21st Mukhlid Al-Otaibi Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 14: 18.48
22nd Kota Murayama JapanJapan Japan 14: 26.72
23 Hari Kumar Rimal NepalNepal Nepal 14: 54.42
24 Mohamed Daud Mohamed SomaliaSomalia Somalia 14: 57.84
25th Rosefelo Siosi Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands Solomon Islands 15: 47.76

  • The Kenyan Caleb Ndiku missed the final by just one place

  • Hayle İbrahimov from Azerbaijan finished seventh in the first heat and was eliminated

  • The Belgian Bashir Abdi finished sixteen in his preliminary run, which was not enough to advance

  • Olivier Irabaruta from Burundi was seventeenth of his preliminary run and was eliminated

  • The German Richard Ringer failed as the twentieth of his preliminary round in the preliminary round

  • For the Japanese Kota Murayama, rank 23 in the first heat was not possible for me

Forward 2

Scene from the 2nd preliminary:
Edris in front of Koech, Tewelde, Chelimo, Butchart, Osako and Mechaal

August 17, 2016, 10:27 am

space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Paul Chelimo United StatesUnited States United States 13: 19.54
2 Muktar Edris EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 13: 19.65
3 Dejen Gebremeskel EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 13: 19.67
4th Birhanu Balew BahrainBahrain Bahrain 13: 19.83
5 Andrew Butchart United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 13: 20.08
6th Mohammed Ahmed CanadaCanada Canada 13: 21.00
7th Elroy Gelant South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 13: 22.00
8th Abrar Osman EritreaEritrea Eritrea 13: 22.56
9 Brett Robinson AustraliaAustralia Australia 13: 22.81
10 David Torrence PeruPeru Peru 13: 23.20 NO
11 Phillip Kipyeko UgandaUganda Uganda 13: 24.66
12 Isiah Koech KenyaKenya Kenya 13: 25.15
13 Patrick Tiernan AustraliaAustralia Australia 13: 28.48
14th Florian Orth GermanyGermany Germany 13: 28.88
15th Hiskel Tewelde EritreaEritrea Eritrea 13: 30.23
16 Suguru Osako JapanJapan Japan 13: 31.45
17th Nobility Mechaal SpainSpain Spain 13: 34.42
18th Soufiane Bouqantar MoroccoMorocco Morocco 13: 56.55
19th Ali Kaya TurkeyTurkey Turkey 14: 05.34
20th Tom Farrell United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 14: 11.65
21st Tariq Ahmed al-Amri Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 14: 26.90
22nd Antonio Abadía SpainSpain Spain 14: 33.20
23 Kefasi Chitsala MalawiMalawi Malawi 14: 52.89
24 San Naing MyanmarMyanmar Myanmar 15: 51.05
25th Romário Leitão Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe 15: 53.32
DNF Zouhair Aouad BahrainBahrain Bahrain

  • With eleventh place Phillip Kipyeko from Uganda retired in the preliminary run

  • The Australian Patrick Tiernan was thirteenth in the second heat and was eliminated

  • The German Florian Orth did not reach the final with rank fourteen in his preliminary run

  • Hiskel Tewelde from Eritrea failed as fifteenth of his preliminary round in the preliminary round

  • Sixteenth place in the second round was not enough for the Japanese Suguru Osako to reach the final

  • The Spaniard Adel Mechaal was seventeenth in his preliminary run and was eliminated

  • As nineteenth in the second heat, the Turk Ali Kaya did not reach the final

final

Scene from the finale: in
front Gebremeskel and Gebrhiwet, behind Rop, Chelimo, Butchart and Cheptegei, followed by Lagat, Gelant, Edris and Balew
Finish:
Farah in front of Chelimo, Chelimo conceals third-placed Gebrhiwet, followed by Edris, Ahmed and Lagat

August 20, 2016, 9:30 p.m.

All three Americans and Ethiopians each qualified. There were also two participants each from Great Britain and Bahrain. The final field was completed by one athlete each from Australia, Eritrea, Canada, Peru, South Africa and Uganda.

The 2012 British Olympic Champion Mo Farah was the favorite. The reigning world champion , double Olympic champion in 2012 over 5000 and 10,000 meters , here in Rio already Olympic champion over 10,000 meters, had the chance to imitate Finn Lasse Virén and repeat his double victory in 1972 in Munich and 1976 in Montreal . Farah had strong opponents in the Ethiopians, especially the 2012 silver medalist Dejen Gebremeskel. For the first time since 1980 , Kenya was not represented in the finals. However, three native Kenyans took part, who started for other nations: Paul Chelimo and Bernard Lagat for the USA and Albert Rop for Bahrain.

In the final race, Gebremeskel and Hagos Gebrhiwet, another Ethiopian, took the lead, while Farah stayed in the back of the field as usual. The pace was high right from the start, the first two 1000 meter sections were each covered well under 2:40 minutes. The field of runners had expanded accordingly, but a larger group of leaders remained together for a long time. The third and fourth kilometers were not quite as fast with times of just over 2:40 minutes each. With five and a half laps to go, Chelimo took the lead and tried to break up the group. Gebrhiwet fell back, Farah replaced the American at the top. With Farah, Chelimo, the Canadian Mohammed Ahmed, Gebrhiwet, the American Bernard Lagat, Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda and Albert Rop from Bahrain, seven runners were still together in the penultimate lap. The Ethiopian Muktar Edris sat behind them.

With a lap and a half to go, Cheptegei launched an attack and the race was now really fast. In the leading group there was a collision between the Ethiopians Edris and Gebrhiwet shortly before the start of the last lap, without anyone falling. Gebrhiwet kept up with the group while Edris had to let go. Gebrhiwet went into the last lap as the leader, Farah ran right next to him. Chelimo and Cheptegei were close behind, but now they were in trouble. On the back straight Gebrhiwet attacked the British and tried to pull past him on the outside. But Farah countered and went into the home straight as the leader and broke away from his rivals. Gebrhiwet now also had to let Chelimo pass. As is so often the case, Mohamed Farah was the runner with the best final sprint and made his second double success over the two long-distance tracks perfect after 2012. Paul Chelimo won the silver medal ahead of Hagos Gebrhiwet. Behind them were Mohammed Ahmed, Bernard Lagat and the Briton Andrew Butchart. Muktar Edris crossed the finish line in fourth, but was later disqualified for crossing the inside edge of the track.

Split times
Intermediate
mark 		Meanwhile Leader 1000 m time
1000 m 2: 37.40 min Dejen Gebremeskel 2: 37.40 min
2000 m 5: 15.96 min Hagos Gebrhiwet 2: 38.56 min
3000 m 7: 57.15 min Dejen Gebremeskel 2: 41.19 min
4000 m 10: 39.38 min Mo Farah 2: 42.23 min
5000 m 13: 03.30 min Mo Farah 2: 23.92 min
space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Mo Farah United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 13: 03.30
2 Paul Chelimo United StatesUnited States United States 13: 03.90
3 Hagos Gebrhiwet EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 13: 04.35
4th Mohammed Ahmed CanadaCanada Canada 13: 05.94
5 Bernard Lagat United StatesUnited States United States 13: 06.78
6th Andrew Butchart United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 13: 08.61
7th Albert Rop BahrainBahrain Bahrain 13: 08.79
8th Joshua Cheptegei UgandaUganda Uganda 13: 09.17
9 Birhanu Balew BahrainBahrain Bahrain 13: 09.26
10 Abrar Osman EritreaEritrea Eritrea 13: 09.56
11 Hassan Mead United StatesUnited States United States 13: 09.81
12 Dejen Gebremeskel EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia 13: 15.91
13 Elroy Gelant South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 13: 17.47
14th Brett Robinson AustraliaAustralia Australia 13: 32.30
15th David Torrence PeruPeru Peru 13: 43.12
DSQ Muktar Edris EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia IAAF Rule 163.3 b - Crossing the inside edge of the web

  • The medal winners:
    left (silver): Paul Chelimo, USA / middle (gold): Mo Farah, Great Britain / right (bronze): Hagos Gebrhiwet. Ethiopia

  • The Canadian Mohammed Ahmed took fourth place

  • The American Bernard Lagat came in fifth

  • British Olympic sixth Andrew Butchart

  • Albert Rop from Bahrain came in seventh

  • Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda, came eighth

  • Birhanu Balew from Bahrain became an Olympic competitor

  • The American Hassan Mead took eleventh place

  • The Olympic twelfth Dejen Gebremeskel from Ethiopia

  • The South African Elroy Gelant came in thirteenth place

  • Fifteenth place for David Torrence from Peru

  • The Ethiopian Muktar Edris was disqualified for crossing the inside edge of the track

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 672 , accessed on October 1, 2018
  2. ↑ TwinCities Pioneer Press, August 17, 2016 (English) , accessed October 1, 2018
  3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 , accessed on October 1, 2018