2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 2010 European Athletics 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		women
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

The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.

Medalists

Gold	Mo Farah Great Britain (GBR)
Silver	Jesús España Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Hayle Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
European record	Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)	12:49.71	Brussels, Belgium	25 August 2000
Championship record	Jack Buckner (GBR)	13:10.15	Stuttgart, West Germany	31 August 1986
World Leading	Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)	12:51.21	Doha, Qatar	14 May 2010
European Leading	Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)	12:57.25	Oslo, Norway	4 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 July 2010	18:45	Round 1
31 July 2010	21:20	Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13:32.98	Q, NR
2	15	Alemayehu Bezabeh	Spain	13:34.44	Q
3	12	Daniele Meucci	Italy	13:35.02	Q, SB
4	13	Christopher Thompson	Great Britain	13:35.58	Q
5	4	Mert Girmalegese	Turkey	13:36.32	Q
6	11	Alistair Cragg	Ireland	13:37.66	q
7	8	Arne Gabius	Germany	13:39.78	q
8	9	Aleksandr Orlov	Russia	13:41.44	q
9	3	Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia	13:49.19
10	7	Eduard Mbengani	Portugal	13:50.22
11	1	Gezachw Yossef	Israel	13:55.97
12	5	Philipp Bandi	Switzerland	13:58.11
13	10	Matti Räsänen	Finland	14:01.35
14	6	Sindre Buraas	Norway	14:03.93
-	14	Oskar Käck	Sweden	-	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13:38.26	Q
2	5	Jesús España	Spain	13:38.47	Q
3	10	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	13:38.48	Q
4	12	Noureddine Smaïl	France	13:38.49	Q
5	1	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	13:38.51	Q
6	13	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	13:38.71	q
7	11	Kemal Koyuncu	Turkey	13:47.41	q
8	4	Yevgeniy Rybakov	Russia	13:52.58
9	9	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	13:53.69
10	14	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	14:07.42
11	6	Mark Christie	Ireland	14:12.68
12	3	Jussi Utriainen	Finland	14:17.07
13	8	Johan Wallerstein	Sweden	14:43.34
-	7	Youssef El Kalay	Portugal	-	DNS

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	2	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan	13:32.98	Q, NR
2	1	15	Alemayehu Bezabeh	Spain	13:34.44	Q
3	1	12	Daniele Meucci	Italy	13:35.02	Q, SB
4	1	13	Christopher Thompson	Great Britain	13:35.58	Q
5	1	4	Mert Girmalegese	Turkey	13:36.32	Q
6	1	11	Alistair Cragg	Ireland	13:37.66	q
7	2	2	Mo Farah	Great Britain	13:38.26	Q
8	2	5	Jesús España	Spain	13:38.47	Q
9	2	10	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	13:38.48	Q
10	2	12	Noureddine Smaïl	France	13:38.49	Q
11	2	1	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	13:38.51	Q
12	2	13	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	13:38.71	q
13	1	8	Arne Gabius	Germany	13:39.78	q
14	1	9	Aleksandr Orlov	Russia	13:41.44	q
15	2	11	Kemal Koyuncu	Turkey	13:47.41	q
16	1	3	Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia	13:49.19
17	1	7	Eduard Mbengani	Portugal	13:50.22
18	2	4	Yevgeniy Rybakov	Russia	13:52.58
19	2	9	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	13:53.69
20	1	1	Gezachw Yossef	Israel	13:55.97
21	1	5	Philipp Bandi	Switzerland	13:58.11
22	1	10	Matti Räsänen	Finland	14:01.35
23	1	6	Sindre Buraas	Norway	14:03.93
24	2	14	Halil Akkaş	Turkey	14:07.42
25	2	6	Mark Christie	Ireland	14:12.68
26	2	3	Jussi Utriainen	Finland	14:17.07
27	2	8	Johan Wallerstein	Sweden	14:43.34
	1	14	Oskar Käck	Sweden		DNF
	2	7	Youssef El Kalay	Portugal		DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mo Farah	Great Britain (GBR)	13:31.18
	12	Jesús España	Spain (ESP)	13:33.12
	10	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan (AZE)	13.34.15
4	2	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine (UKR)	13:38.69
5	9	Noureddine Smaïl	France (FRA)	13:38.70
6	11	Daniele Meucci	Italy (ITA)	13:40.17
7	1	Alemayehu Bezabeh	Spain (ESP)	13:43.23
8	15	Christopher Thompson	Great Britain (GBR)	13:44.42
9	13	Mert Girmalegese	Turkey (TUR)	13:45.25
10	7	Stefano La Rosa	Italy (ITA)	13:46.58
11	14	Aleksandr Orlov	Russia (RUS)	13:58.69
12	5	Arne Gabius	Germany (GER)	13:59.11
13	6	Kemal Koyuncu	Turkey (TUR)	14:17.32
	3	Alistair Cragg	Ireland (IRE)		DNF
	8	Sergio Sánchez	Spain (ESP)		DNF

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results