2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...

in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Helsinki Olympic Stadium

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...

. The final was held on 8 August 2005.

Medalists

Gold	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events... Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... (ETH)
Silver	Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine Sileshi Sihine is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Sihine achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003... Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2... (ETH)
Bronze	Moses Mosop Moses Mosop Moses Cheruiyot Mosop is a Kenyan middle and long distance athlete. He competed for Kenya at the 2004 Olympic Games and went on to take 10,000 metres bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics... Kenya Kenya Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east... (KEN)

Finishing times

Rank	Name	Result
		27:08.33
		27:08.87
		27:08.96 (PB)
4.		27:10.98 (SB)
5.		27:12.51
6.		27:12.82 (NR)
7.		27:13.09
8.		27:14.64
9.		27:16.22 (SB)
10.		27:33.42
11.		27:35.72
12.		27:37.82
13.		27:52.01
14.		27:53.16 (NR)
15.		27:53.19
16.		27:53.33
17.		27:53.51 (PB)
18.		27:57.31
19.		27:57.67
20.		28:12.59
21.		28:37.72
22.		28:59.46
—		DNF

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