2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
2007 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Bernard Lagat
 United States 		Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya 		Moses Kipsiro
 Uganda

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 Paris, France 31 August 2003
World leading  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:49.53 Zaragoza, Spain 28 July 2007

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 30, 2007 20:45 Heats
September 2, 2007 19:30 Final

Results

KEY: q Qualified on time Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:33.37 Q
2 2 Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia 13:33.62 Q
3 2 Matt Tegenkamp  United States 13:35.05 Q
4 2 Craig Mottram  Australia 13:36.18 Q
5 2 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:37.12 Q
6 2 Mo Farah  United Kingdom 13:39.13 q, SB
7 2 Benjamin Limo  Kenya 13:41.47 q
8 2 Adam Goucher  United States 13:41.65 q
9 2 Ali Abdalla  Eritrea 13:42.00 q
10 2 Felix Kikwai Kibore  Qatar 13:46.23 q
11 1 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 13:46.42 Q
12 1 Jesús España  Spain 13:46.45 Q
13 1 Bernard Lagat  United States 13:46.57 Q
14 1 Hicham Bellani  Morocco 13:46.64 Q
15 1 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:46.86 Q
16 2 Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda 13:47.30 SB
17 1 Khoudir Aggoune  Algeria 13:47.36
18 1 Isaac Kiprono Songok  Kenya 13:47.42
19 1 Ahmed Baday  Morocco 13:47.83
20 1 Joseph Ebuya  Kenya 13:48.21
21 2 Jan Fitschen  Germany 13:48.39
22 2 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis  Bahrain 13:50.30
23 1 Tonny Wamulwa  Zambia 13:50.95 SB
24 1 Bekana Daba  Ethiopia 13:53.16
25 1 Charles Bett Koech  Qatar 13:53.36
26 2 Mourad Marofit  Morocco 13:54.65
27 2 Takayuki Matsumiya  Japan 13:54.95
28 1 Alistair Cragg  Ireland 13:59.45
29 2 Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda 14:04.22
30 1 Erik Sjöqvist  Sweden 14:05.69
31 1 Yu Mitsuya  Japan 14:07.38
32 2 Cleveland Forde  Guyana 15:25.12
33 2 Thura Aung  Myanmar 15:41.08
1 Kabirou Dan Mallam  Niger DNF
1 Nader al-Masri  Palestine DNS
1 David Galván  Mexico DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernard Lagat  United States 13:45.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:46.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:46.75
4 Matt Tegenkamp  United States 13:46.78
5 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 13:47.33
6 Mo Farah  United Kingdom 13:47.54
7 Jesús España  Spain 13:50.55
8 Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia 13:51.01
9 Felix Kikwai Kibore  Qatar 13:51.18
10 Ali Abdalla  Eritrea 13:52.69
11 Adam Goucher  United States 13:53.17
12 Hicham Bellani  Morocco 13:55.44
13 Craig Mottram  Australia 13:56.24
14 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:59.86
15 Benjamin Limo  Kenya 14:01.25

References

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