Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - 5,000 meter run (men)

Athletics on 2008 Summer Olympics
Track Disciplines
100 meters	men	women
200 meters	men	women
400 meters	men	women
800 meters	men	women
1,500 meters	men	women
5000 meters	men	women
10,000 meters	men	women
100 meters with barriers		women
110 meters with barriers	men
400 meters with barriers	men	women
3000 meters with obstacles	men	women
Relay race 4 × 100 meters	men	women
Relay race 4 × 400 meters	men	women
Highway Disciplines
Marathon	men	women
20 kilometers walking	men	women
50 kilometers walking	men
Technical disciplines
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vaulting	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin-throwing	men	women
Hammer throwing	men	women
All-around
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

Men 's 5,000 meter race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held on August 20 and 23 at the Beijing National Stadium .

Content

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kenenis Bekele Ethiopia	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya	Edwin Soy Kenya

Qualification of participants

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of each country had the right to apply for participation in the competition of no more than three athletes who fulfilled the standard A (13: 21.50) in the qualification period from January 1, 2007 to July 23, 2008 . Also, the NOC could declare no more than one athlete from among those who fulfilled the standard B (13: 28.00) in the same period. Qualification standards were established by the IAAF . ^[one]

Records

Data shown at the start of the Olympic Games.

World record	Kenenis Bekele	12: 37.35 s	Hengelo ( Netherlands )	May 31, 2004
Olympic record	Said Awita	13: 05.59 s	Los Angeles ( USA )	August 11, 1984

During the race, Kenenis Bekele set a new Olympic record .

Competition

Q - qualified in place in the race
q - time qualified

WJR - Junior World Record
AR - Africa record
SB - the best result of the season
PB is the best career result

NR - national record
DNF - not finished
DQ - Disqualified

Results

First Run

Four best athletes from each race reached the final, plus three with the best time.

A place	Name	A country	Time	Result
one	Matthew Tegenkamp	USA	13: 37.36	Q
2	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	13: 37.50	Q
3	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13: 37.63	Q
four	Kidane Tadass	Eritrea	13: 37.72	Q
five	Alemayehu Bezabeh	Spain	13: 37.88	q
6	Alistair Jan Cragg	Ireland	13: 38.57	q
7	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	13: 42.39	q
eight	Anis Selmuni	Morocco	13: 43.70
9	Aadam ismaeel khamis	Brunei	13: 44.76
ten	Collis birmingham	Australia	13: 44.90
eleven	Geofrey kusuro	Uganda	13: 50.50
12	Sultan khamis zaman	Qatar	13: 53.38
13	Takayuki matsumiya	Japan	14: 20.24
14	Soe min thu	Myanmar	15: 50.56

Second Run

A place	Name	A country	Time	Result
one	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	Kenya	13: 46.41	Q
2	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	Uganda	13: 46.58	Q
3	Abreham cherkos	Ethiopia	13: 47.60	Q
four	Jesús España	Spain	13: 48.88	Q
five	Ali Abdalla	Eritrea	13: 49.68
6	Mohammed farah	Great Britain	13: 50.95
7	Adrian blincoe	New Zealand	13: 55.27
eight	Mourad marofit	Morocco	14: 00.76
9	Ian dobson	USA	14: 05.47
ten	Tonny wamulwa	Zambia	14: 06.96
eleven	Kevin sullivan	Canada	14: 09.16
12	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	14: 15.00
13	Nader almassri	State of Palestine	14: 41.10
99!	Rashid ramzi	Brunei	99: 99.00! DNS

Third Run

A place	Name	A country	Time	Result
one	Bernard lagat	USA	13: 39.70	Q
2	James Kwalia C'Kurui	Qatar	13: 39.96	Q
3	Kenenis Bekele	Ethiopia	13: 40.13	Q
four	Thomas Longosiva	Kenya	13: 41.30	Q
five	Craig mottram	Australia	13: 44.39
6	Moukheld al-outaibi	Saudi Arabia	13: 47.00
7	Kensuke takezawa	Japan	13: 49.42	SB
eight	Monder rizki	Belgium	13: 54.41
9	Alberto garcía	Spain	13: 58.20
ten	Philippe bandi	Switzerland	13: 59.68
eleven	Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi	Morocco	14: 05.30
12	Abdinasir Said Ibrahim	Somalia	14: 21.58
99!	Selim bayrak	Turkey	99: 99.00! DNS
99!	Hasan mahboob	Brunei	99: 99.00! DNS
99!	David Galván	Mexico	99: 99.00! DNS

Final

August 23, 2008 - 20:10

A place	Name	A country	Time	Result
one	Kenenis Bekele	Ethiopia	12: 57.82	OR
2	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	13: 02.80
3	Edwin Soy	Kenya	13: 06.22	SB
four	Moses Kipsiro	Uganda	13: 10.56
five	Abraham Cherkos	Ethiopia	13: 16.46
6	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13: 19.06
7	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico	13: 19.79	SB
eight	James Qualia Si-Kurui	Qatar	13: 23.48
9	Bernard Lagat	USA	13: 26.89
ten	Kidan Tadass	Eritrea	13: 28.40
eleven	Alemayehu Bezabeh	Spain	13: 30.48
12	Thomas Longosiva	Kenya	13: 31.34
13	Matthew Tegenkamp	USA	13: 33.13
14	Jesus Espana	Spain	13: 55.94
99!	Alistair Jan Krakk	Ireland	99: 99.99! DNF

Intermediate Leaders

Distance	Name	A country	Time
1000m	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	2: 45.49
2000m	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	5: 22.29
3000m	Kenenis Bekele	Ethiopia	8:00 a.m.
4000m	Kenenis Bekele	Ethiopia	10: 32.52

Notes

↑ Qualification Standards for the 2008 Summer Olympics (Neopr.) . IAAF . Date of treatment August 4, 2008. Archived March 17, 2012.

[1] Qualification Standards for the 2008 Summer Olympics (Neopr.) . IAAF . Date of treatment August 4, 2008. Archived March 17, 2012.