Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 17
Competitors39 from 21 nations
Winning time27:01.17 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Micah Kogo  Kenya
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The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1] The winning margin was 1.60 seconds.

The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap of 53.42 seconds, winning his second 10,000m Olympic gold medal.

Competition format

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 27:50.00 (A standard) and 28:10.00 (B standard).[2]

The Men's 10,000m competition consisted of only one race the Final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World record Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Olympic record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 27:05.10 Athens, Greece 20 August 2004
World Leading  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:25.97 Eugene, Oregon, United States 8 June 2008

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
17 August 2008 Final  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 27:01.17 OR

Results

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes[3]
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 27:01.17 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia 27:02.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Micah Kogo  Kenya 27:04.11 SB
4 Moses Ndiema Masai  Kenya 27:04.11 SB
5 Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 27:05.11
6 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 27:06.68
7 Martin Irungu Mathathi  Kenya 27:08.25 PB
8 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  Qatar 27:23.75 SB
9 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania 27:25.33
10 Boniface Kiprop Toroitich  Uganda 27:27.28
11 Selim Bayrak  Turkey 27:29.33 NR
12 Kidane Tadese  Eritrea 27:36.11
13 Galen Rupp  United States 27:36.99 SB
14 Dickson Marwa  Tanzania 27:48.03
15 Abdihakim Abdirahman  United States 27:52.53
16 Abdellah Falil  Morocco 27:53.14
17 Juan Carlos de la Ossa  Spain 27:54.20
18 Hasan Mahboob  Bahrain 27:55.14
19 Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda 27:56.74
20 Essa Ismail Rashed  Qatar 27:58.67
21 Samwel Shauri  Tanzania 28:06.26
22 Felix Kikwai Kibore  Qatar 28:11.92
23 Carles Castillejo  Spain 28:13.68
24 Ayad Lamdassem  Spain 28:13.73
25 Jorge Torres  United States 28:13.93
26 Surendra Kumar Singh  India 28:13.97
27 Günther Weidlinger  Austria 28:14.38
28 Kensuke Takezawa  Japan 28:23.28
29 Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico 28:26.57
30 Sergey Ivanov  Russia 28:34.72
31 Takayuki Matsumiya  Japan 28:39.77
32 Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea 28:54.33
33 Eric Gillis  Canada 29:08.10
34 Rui Pedro Silva  Portugal 29:09.03
35 Alejandro Suárez  Mexico 29:24.78
Cuthbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe DNF
David Galván  Mexico DNF
Mohamed El Hachimi  Morocco DNF
Khoudir Aggoune  Algeria DNS

OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best

Splits

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
1000m Alejandro Suárez  Mexico 2:50.15
2000m Kidane Tadese  Eritrea 5:27.32
3000m Kidane Tadese  Eritrea 8:09.93
4000m Kidane Tadese  Eritrea 10:59.51
5000m Kidane Tadese  Eritrea 13:48.00
6000m Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 16:33.92
7000m Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 19:14.71
8000m Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 21:53.78
9000m Micah Kogo  Kenya 24:34.07

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-17-2008 - 10 000 Metres M Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.