Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The final was held on July 29, 1996.

Medalists

Gold Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver Paul Tergat
Kenya (KEN)
Bronze Salah Hissou
Morocco (MAR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 26:43.53 Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Hengelo (NED) June 5, 1995
Olympic Record 27:21.46 Morocco Brahim Boutayeb Seoul (KOR) September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Final classification

RANK FINAL TIME
 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:07.34
 Paul Tergat (KEN) 27:08.17
 Salah Hissou (MAR) 27:24.67
4.  Aloys Nizigama (BDI) 27:33.79
5.  Josphat Machuka (KEN) 27:35.08
6.  Paul Koech (KEN) 27:35.19
7.  Khalid Skah (MAR) 27:46.98
8.  Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) 27:50.73
9.  Stephane Franke (GER) 27:59.08
10.  Jon Brown (GBR) 27:59.72
11.  Armando Quintanilla (MEX) 28:09.46
12.  Marko Hhawu (TAN) 28:20.58
13.  Abel Antón (ESP) 28:29.37
14.  Carlos de la Torre (ESP) 28:32.11
15.  Alejandro Gómez (ESP) 28:39.11
16.  Zoltán Káldy (HUN) 28:45.48
17.  Worku Bikila (ETH) 28:59.15
18.  Stefano Baldini (ITA) 29:07.77
19.  Alyan Al-Qahtani (KSA) DNF
20.  Paul Evans (GBR) DNF

Non-qualifiers

RANK NON-QUALIFIERS TIME
 Silvio Guerra (ECU) 28:30.15
 Abraham Assefa (ETH) 28:32.24
 Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 28:38.18
 Robbie Johnston (NZL) 28:40.60
 Shaun Creighton (AUS) 28:44.29
 Alfredo Braz (POR) 28:50.28
 Katsuhiko Hanada (JPN) 28:52.22
 Róbert Štefko (SVK) 29:03.80
 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 29:07.81
 Brad Barquist (USA) 29:11.20
 Charles Mulinga (ZAM) 29:14.99
 Carlos Patrício (POR) 29:15.41
 Miroslav Vanko (SVK) 29:17.53
 Sean Dollman (IRL) 29:19.03
 Hamid Sadjadi (IRI) 29:22.65
 Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 29:26.58
 Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 29:47.79
 Dan Middleman (USA) 29:50.72
 Mohamed Ezzher (FRA) 29:55.34
 Martín Pitayo (MEX) 30:32.20
 Herder Vasquez (COL) 33:26.15
 Majed Abu Maraheel (PLE) 34:40.50
 Larbi Zeroual (MAR) DNF
 Abdellah Béhar (FRA) DNF
 Paulo Guerra (POR) DNF
 Todd Williams (USA) DNF
 Julian Paynter (AUS) DNS
 Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN) DNS

See also

References

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