2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 26 August (heats)
29 August (final)
Competitors 40 from 24 nations
Winning time 13:50.38
Medalists
 Mo Farah  Great Britain
 Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya
 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia
Events at the
2015 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 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
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26 and 29 August.[1][2]

If you looked at the world list coming in to this event, you would not be able to predict the results. Down at number 21 was the double Olympic Champion, defending champion attempting to repeat his double from two years earlier, Mo Farah, undoubtedly the favorite. At number 3 you would find returning silver medalist Hagos Gebrhiwet coming from the fastest race of the year in Rome, won by his Ethiopian teammate, World Junior Champion Yomif Kejelcha. Returning bronze medalist Isiah Koech was down at number 13. 2014 Diamond League Champion and Commonwealth Games Champion Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku was nowhere to be seen in the top 50 in the world, not having to qualify in the Kenyan trials.

In the finals, it was a slow pace at the beginning. Absurdly, the organizers placed a water station in lane 9, instead of lane 3 where it was located during the 10,000. At 1200 metres, with the pace dawdling, Farah alone chose to take advantage of the water stop, having to run all the way across the track in both directions, but still maintaining contact with the back of the field. At the front of the pack, by default, was a British uniform, but not Farah, it was Tom Farrell with eyes wandering to the TV monitors. You could sense the entire field was wanting to use a rear view mirror. What is Farah doing back there?

After five and a half laps, Farah casually jogged to the outside past the entire field to behind Farrell. Suddenly the scramble was on, people rushing for position. Imane Merga rushed to the front and took a 2 meter lead. Farah marked that and let Merga lead until four and a half laps to go still at an agonizingly slow pace, then Farah decided to take the lead and move just slightly faster. All of the other favorites jockeyed around but none of them seemed to make an attempt to pass him.

Having watched Farah launch his kick from 500 meters out in the 10,000 metres earlier in this meet, Ndiku tried to go one better and started to run for home with more than 800 to go, Farah running to stay in contact, Gebrhiwet, Galen Rupp, Ben True and Kejelcha in tow. For the next lap the field stretched out. Farah made a brief burst tor try to take the lead just before one lap to go, but Ndiku wouldn't let him by. One by one all the other suitors fell off the back, the last Gebrhiwet, finally fading on the backstretch, but Farah crept closer. Around the final turn, Kejelcha passed Gebrhiwet, while Farah moved into position to launch a final kick.[3] With a perfectly executed final sprint, Farah passed Ndiku with 70 metres to go, Ndiku had nothing in the tank to respond with.[4] Behind them Gebrhiwet executed a similar pass against his teammate Kejelcha to take the bronze.[5]

Ndiku ran the next to the last lap in 56.3 (Farah slightly slower), Farah completed the last 800 metres in 1:49.0 Despite the assortment of national affiliations listed, the entire pack, the top 13 finishers came from just four countries, three of them neighboring countries of East Africa; Somalia 1-12, Kenya 2-8-9-10-11, Ethiopia 3-4-13 and USA 5-6-7.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 Saint-Denis, France 31 August 2003
World Leading  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 12:58.39 Rome, Italy 4 June 2015
African Record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Asian Record  Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR) 12:51.96 Fontvieille, Monaco 19 July 2013
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Bernard Lagat (USA) 12:53.60 Fontvieille, Monaco 22 July 2011
South American Record  Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 13:19.43 Kassel, Germany 8 June 2006
European Record  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 12:49.71 Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2000
Oceanian record  Craig Mottram (AUS) 12:55.76 London, Great Britain 30 July 2004

Qualification standards

Entry standards[7]
13:23.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
26 August 2015 09:35 Heats
29 August 2015 19:30 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[8]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:19.38 Q
2 2 Mo Farah  Great Britain (GBR) 13:19.44 Q
3 2 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada (CAN) 13:19.58 Q, SB
4 2 Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya (KEN) 13:19.58Q, SB
5 2 Albert Kibichii Rop  Bahrain (BHR) 13:19.61 Q
6 2 Ryan Hill  United States (USA) 13:19.67 q
7 2 Richard Ringer  Germany (GER) 13:19.84 q
8 2 Galen Rupp  United States (USA) 13:20.78 q
9 2 Ali Kaya  Turkey (TUR) 13:21.46 q
10 2 Isiah Koech  Kenya (KEN) 13:23.51 q
11 2 Aron Kifle  Eritrea (ERI) 13:25.85
12 2 Phillip Kipyeko  Uganda (UGA) 13:26.20
13 2 Illias Fifa  Spain (ESP) 13:28.29
14 2 Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan (AZE) 13:28.77
15 2 Collis Birmingham  Australia (AUS) 13:34.58
16 1 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:45.00 Q
17 1 Ben True  United States (USA) 13:45.09 Q
18 1 Edwin Soi  Kenya (KEN) 13:45.28 Q
19 1 Tom Farrell  Great Britain (GBR) 13:45.29 Q
20 1 Imane Merga  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:45.41 Q
21 1 Abrar Osman  Eritrea (ERI) 13:45.55
22 1 Suguru Osako  Japan (JPN) 13:45.82
23 1 Emmanuel Kipsang  Kenya (KEN) 13:46.43
24 1 Cameron Levins  Canada (CAN) 13:48.72
25 1 Brett Robinson  Australia (AUS) 13:49.63
26 2 Jesús España  Spain (ESP) 13:51.47
27 1 Alemayehu Bezabeh  Spain (ESP) 13:54.13
28 1 Dennis Licht  Netherlands (NED) 13:57.61
29 1 Othmane El Goumri  Morocco (MAR) 13:58.06
30 1 Sindre Buraas  Norway (NOR) 13:59.07
31 1 Kemoy Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 14:00.55
32 2 Kota Murayama  Japan (JPN) 14:07.11
33 1 Aweke Ayalew  Bahrain (BHR) 14:07.18
34 2 Duo Bujie  China (CHN) 14:07.35
35 1 Félicien Muhitira  Rwanda (RWA) 14:11.12 PB
36 1 Víctor Aravena  Chile (CHI) 14:29.34
37 1 Stuart Banda  Malawi (MAW) 14:49.31 PB
38 2 Suleiman Abdille Borai  Somalia (SOM) 15:26.65 PB
39 2 Abdullah Al-Qwabani  Yemen (YEM) 16:02.55 PB
40 2 Younes Essalhi  Morocco (MAR) DNF
40 1 Bashir Abdi  Belgium (BEL) DNS

Final

The final was started at 19:30[9]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Mo Farah  Great Britain (GBR) 13:50.38
2nd Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya (KEN) 13:51.75
3rd Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:51.86
4 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:52.43
5 Galen Rupp  United States (USA) 13:53.90
6 Ben True  United States (USA) 13:54.07
7 Ryan Hill  United States (USA) 13:55.10
8 Isiah Koech  Kenya (KEN) 13:55.98
9 Ali Kaya  Turkey (TUR) 13:56.51
10 Edwin Soi  Kenya (KEN) 13:59.02
11 Albert Kibichii Rop  Bahrain (BHR) 14:00.12
12 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada (CAN) 14:00.38
13 Imane Merga  Ethiopia (ETH) 14:01.60
14 Richard Ringer  Germany (GER) 14:03.72
15 Tom Farrell  Great Britain (GBR) 14:08.87

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ "Mo Farah wins historic World Championships 5,000m gold". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mo Farah wins unique triple-double with 5,000m world championship gold". Guardian. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "All hail King Mo! Farah dons crown to celebrate World Championship 5,000m gold after winning the race despite running further than all of his opponents so he could quench his thirst". Daily Mail. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  8. ↑ Heats results
  9. ↑ Final results
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