Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueBusan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates10 October
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Saudi Arabia
silver medal    Bahrain
bronze medal    Qatar
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The men's 5000 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 10 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.[1]

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Thursday, 10 October 2002 14:30 Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 12:39.36 Helsinki, Finland 13 June 1998
Asian Record  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 13:13.40 Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium 1 August 1998
Games Record  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 13:38.37 Hiroshima, Japan 16 October 1994

Results

Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish
Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA) 13:41.48
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Abdelhak Zakaria (BRN) 13:43.82
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) 13:44.42
4  Toshihiro Iwasa (JPN) 13:48.24
5  Dou Zhaobo (CHN) 13:51.34
6  Wu Wen-chien (TPE) 13:54.42
7  Ji Young-jun (KOR) 13:56.00
8  Tomohiro Seto (JPN) 13:58.33
9  Eduardo Buenavista (PHI) 13:58.43
10  Cho Keun-hyung (KOR) 14:12.61
11  Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) 14:34.50
12  Esam Salah Juaim (YEM) 14:59.57
13  Nader Al-Masri (PLE) 15:05.97
 Nasir Ahmed Taib (QAT) DNF

References

  1. ^ "Men 5000m Asian Games 2002 Busan (KOR)". todor66.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.