The men's 5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

 was held at the Nagai Stadium

Nagai Stadium

is an athletic stadium in Osaka, Japan. It is the home ground of J. League club Cerezo Osaka. The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000.-History:...

 on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...	Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at Olympic and World level....	Moses Kipsiro Moses Kipsiro Moses Ndiema Kipsiro is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...

Records

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

World record		12:37.35	Hengelo Hengelo Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	31 May 2004
Championship record		12:52.79	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	31 August 2003
World leading		12:49.53	Zaragoza Zaragoza Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	28 July 2007

Schedule

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

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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
	2	Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at Olympic and World level....		13:33.37	Q
	2	Abreham Cherkos		13:33.62	Q
	2	Matt Tegenkamp Matt Tegenkamp Matthew Tegenkamp is a professional distance runner from Lee's Summit, Missouri. He is the American two-mile record holder, with a time of 8:07.07, set at the Prefontaine Classic in 2007....		13:35.05	Q
	2	Craig Mottram Craig Mottram Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...		13:36.18	Q
	2	Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican athlete. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg . He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres...		13:37.12	Q
	2	Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...		13:39.13	q, SB
	2	Benjamin Limo Benjamin Limo Benjamin Kipkoech Limo is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He runs every distance from 1500 m to 10,000 m, but mainly competes in 5,000 m, where he has won international medals....		13:41.47	q
	2	Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Adam Goucher is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University of Colorado cross country team.-Background:Goucher attended Doherty High...		13:41.65	q
	2	Ali Abdalla		13:42.00	q
10	2	Felix Kikwai Kibore		13:46.23	q
11	1	Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres...		13:46.42	Q
12	1	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		13:46.45	Q
13	1	Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...		13:46.57	Q
14	1	Hicham Bellani Hicham Bellani Hicham Bellani is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:33.71 min *3000 metres - 7:33.71 min *5000 metres - 12:55.52 min...		13:46.64	Q
15	1	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro		13:46.86	Q
16	2	Dieudonné Disi Dieudonné Disi Dieudonné Disi is a Rwandan long-distance and cross country runner.In 2009 he competed in the marathon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but pulled out at the 28 km mark due to an injury...		13:47.30	SB
17	1	Khoudir Aggoune Khoudir Aggoune Khoudir Aggoune is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:38.58 min *3000 metres - 7:43.63 min...		13:47.36
18	1	Isaac Kiprono Songok		13:47.42
19	1	Ahmed Baday Ahmed Baday Ahmed Ibrahim Baday is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and cross-country running but now competes in road running competitions....		13:47.83
20	1	Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:...		13:48.21
21	2	Jan Fitschen Jan Fitschen Jan Fitschen is a German long-distance runner, competing for TV Wattenscheid 01.At the 1999 Under 23 European Championships he finished fifth over the 5 000 m...		13:48.39
22	2	Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Aadam Ismaeel Khamis is a long-distance runner now representing Bahrain after his switch from Kenya.According to Bahraini officials, he was born Hosea Kosgei on 12 February 1989 in Kenya. Like fellow Bahraini runners Belal Mansoor Ali and Tareq Mubarak Taher, his age is surrounded by controversy...		13:50.30
23	1	Tonny Wamulwa Tonny Wamulwa Tonny Wamulwa is a Zambian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.As a junior athlete finished tenth at the 2005 World Youth Championships, tenth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, seventh at the 2006 World Junior Championships and fifth at the 2008 World Junior Championships...		13:50.95	SB
24	1	Bekana Daba Bekana Daba Bekana Daba is an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and marathon distances....		13:53.16
25	1	Charles Bett Koech		13:53.36
26	2	Mourad Marofit		13:54.65
27	2	Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya Takayuki Matsumiya is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in marathon races. He holds the Asian record and Japanese record over 25 km and 30 km. He has a twin brother, Yuko, who is also a top-level marathon runner....		13:54.95
28	1	Alistair Cragg		13:59.45
29	2	Stephen Kiprotich		14:04.22
30	1	Erik Sjöqvist		14:05.69
31	1	Yu Mitsuya		14:07.38
32	2	Cleveland Forde		15:25.12
33	2	Thura Aung	Myanmar	15:41.08

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Nader al-Masri

Nader al-Masri is a Palestinian Olympic athlete from Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip. He participated in the 5,000-metre race at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. He was the only person from the Gaza Strip and one of the only four Palestinians who participated in the Olympics in 2008...

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David Galván

José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bernard Lagat Bernard Lagat Bernard Kipchirchir Lagat is an American middle and long distance champion athlete.Lagat was born in Kapsabet, Kenya...		13:45.87
	Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long distance runner who has won medals at Olympic and World level....		13:46.00
	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro		13:46.75
	Matt Tegenkamp Matt Tegenkamp Matthew Tegenkamp is a professional distance runner from Lee's Summit, Missouri. He is the American two-mile record holder, with a time of 8:07.07, set at the Prefontaine Classic in 2007....		13:46.78
	Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres...		13:47.33
	Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...		13:47.54
	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		13:50.55
	Abreham Cherkos		13:51.01
	Felix Kikwai Kibore		13:51.18
10	Ali Abdalla		13:52.69
11	Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Adam Goucher is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University of Colorado cross country team.-Background:Goucher attended Doherty High...		13:53.17
12	Hicham Bellani Hicham Bellani Hicham Bellani is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:33.71 min *3000 metres - 7:33.71 min *5000 metres - 12:55.52 min...		13:55.44
13	Craig Mottram Craig Mottram Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...		13:56.24
14	Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican athlete. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg . He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres...		13:59.86
15	Benjamin Limo Benjamin Limo Benjamin Kipkoech Limo is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He runs every distance from 1500 m to 10,000 m, but mainly competes in 5,000 m, where he has won international medals....		14:01.25