2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 2001 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 5.000 metres event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 35 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday August 10, 2001.

Medalists

Gold	Richard Limo Kenya (KEN)
Silver	Million Wolde Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	John Kibowen Kenya (KEN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	12:39.36	June 13, 1998	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Salah Hissou (MAR)	12:58.13	August 28, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)	12:58.57	June 29, 2001	Rome, Italy

Final

Rank	Name	Result
	Richard Limo (KEN)	13:00.77
	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:03.47
	John Kibowen (KEN)	13:05.20
4.	Alberto García (ESP)	13:05.60
5.	Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA)	13:07.71
6.	Sammy Kipketer (KEN)	13:08.46
7.	Abiyote Abate (ETH)	13:14.07
8.	Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)	13:20.24
9.	Marius Bakken (NOR)	13:22.07
10.	Adam Goucher (USA)	13:24.00
11.	Driss El Himer (MAR)	13:28.14
12.	Mohammed El Amyn (MAR)	13:28.90
13.	Mohamed Said Wardi (MAR)	13:43.40
14.	Isaac Viciosa (ESP)	14:01.32
—	Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)	DSQ

Qualifying heats

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Result
1.	Million Wolde (ETH)	13:28.76
2.	Richard Limo (KEN)	13:28.78
3.	Driss El Himer (FRA)	13:28.87
4.	Abiyote Abate (ETH)	13:28.88
5.	Sammy Kipketer (KEN)	13:28.90
6.	Marius Bakken (NOR)	13:32.34
7.	Isaac Viciosa (ESP)	13:32.39
8.	Mohamed Saïd El Wardi (MAR)	13:36.24
9.	Mark Carroll (IRL)	13:37.27
10.	Mauricio Díaz (CHI)	13:38.07
11.	Khoudir Aggoune (ALG)	13:43.95
12.	Pablo Olmedo (MEX)	14:02.90
13.	Mohammed Yagoub (SUD)	14:03.27
14.	Ali Mabruk El-Zaidi (LBA)	14:16.08
15.	Nicholas Rogers (USA)	14:33.39
16.	Esam Salah Musleh Juaim (YEM)	15:21.11
17.	Chamkaur Singh Dhaliwal (SIN)	15:23.56
—	Ali Saïdi-Sief (ALG)	DSQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Result
1.	Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)	13:32.11
2.	Ismaïl Sghyr (FRA)	13:32.60
3.	Adam Goucher (USA)	13:32.92
4.	Alberto García (ESP)	13:33.64
5.	Mohammed Amyn (MAR)	13:34.54
6.	John Kibowen (KEN)	13:35.09
7.	Samir Moussaoui (ALG)	13:40.09
8.	Ahmed Ibrahim Hashim (QAT)	13:41.07
9.	Sergiy Lebid (UKR)	13:43.78
10.	Yonas Kifle (ERI)	13:44.16
11.	Enrique Molina (ESP)	13:45.97
12.	Dennis Jensen (DEN)	13:47.90
13.	Michael Openshaw (GBR)	14:00.84
14.	Jafar Babakhani (IRI)	14:14.64
15.	Rodwell Kamwendo (MAW)	14:21.44
16.	Tom Compernolle (BEL)	14:27.83
17.	Jeremy Deere (CAN)	14:30.92

References

Results

5000 metres at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics

Complete event overview

Men

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Women

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