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

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

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	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	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

• 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1997 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1998 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres

References

• Official Report
• Results