1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1999 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 28 August 1999 at 21:30h.

Medalists

Gold	Salah Hissou Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Benjamin Limo Kenya (KEN)
Bronze	Mohammed Mourhit Belgium (BEL)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in minutes:seconds:hundreds

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Heats

• Held on Wednesday 25 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Brahim Lahlafi (MAR)	13:34.26
2.	Fita Bayissa (ETH)	13:35.33
3.	Salah Hissou (MAR)	13:36.60
4.	Benjamin Limo (KEN)	13:36.79
5.	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:36.89
6.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:37.51
7.	Mustapha Essaïd (FRA)	13:37.87
8.	Alberto García (ESP)	13:39.56
9.	Mizan Mehari (AUS)	13:48.43
10.	Serhiy Lebid (UKR)	13:52.10
11.	Philip Mosima (KEN)	13:52.56
12.	Marius Bakken (NOR)	13:53.07
13.	Keith Cullen (GBR)	13:53.92
14.	David Galván (MEX)	13:54.29
15.	Joseph Nsengiyumya (RWA)	14:10.16
16.	Samuli Vasala (FIN)	14:11.20
17.	Mustapha Hassan Dukal (DJI)	14:33.74
18.	Moussa Yelli (NIG)	14:57.22
	Karl Keska (GBR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	13:28.96
2.	Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)	13:29.00
3.	Daniel Komen (KEN)	13:29.39
4.	Brahim Jabbour (MAR)	13:29.42
5.	Adam Goucher (USA)	13:29.49
6.	Pablo Olmedo (MEX)	13:29.95
7.	Isaac Viciosa (ESP)	13:31.27
8.	Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)	13:32.61
9.	Mark Carroll (IRL)	13:34.98
10.	Halez Taguelmint (FRA)	13:40.57
11.	Robert Denmark (GBR)	13:41.28
12.	Lee Troop (AUS)	13:42.96
13.	Yonas Kifle (ERI)	13:46.82
14.	Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)	13:47.44
15.	Salvatore Vicenti (ITA)	14:03.36
16.	Eric Quiros (CRC)	14:04.64
17.	Daniel Browne (USA)	14:18.51
	António Pinto (POR)	DNS

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Salah Hissou (MAR)	12:58.13 (CR)
	Benjamin Limo (KEN)	12:58.72
	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	12:58.80
4.	Brahim Lahlafi (MAR)	12:59.09
5.	Daniel Komen (KEN)	13:04.71
6.	Fita Bayissa (ETH)	13:13.86
7.	Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)	13:18.97
8.	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:20.81
9.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:23.52
10.	Pablo Olmedo (MEX)	13:27.74
11.	Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)	13:32.12
12.	Adam Goucher (USA)	13:39.24
13.	Isaac Viciosa (ESP)	13:49.59
14.	Mark Carroll (IRL)	13:52.23
	Brahim Jabbour (MAR)	DNF

References

• IAAF
• todor66