Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Dates25–28 August
Competitors36 from 22 nations
Winning time13:14.39
Medalists
 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco
 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya
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The men's 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and 28.

The final witnessed an epic clash between two track greats from different generations: in his final competitive international race, 1500m champion and track legend Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and 10,000 meter Olympic champion, world record holder at the distance and rising star 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.

Despite finding himself boxed in with only 200 metres remaining and trailing Bekele by several metres, El Guerrouj ran down and overhauled the Ethiopian in the final stride to win by just two tenths of a second. With this, El Guerrouj set a historic milestone as the first ever athlete to strike a distance double (1500–5000) since Paavo Nurmi did so in 1924, denying Bekele a chance to do the Olympic 5000 and 10000 m double – which he would ultimately win four years later in Beijing.[1][2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Olympic record  Saïd Aouita (MAR) 13:05.59 Los Angeles, United States 11 August 1984

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 1500 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 13:21.50 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 13:25.40 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 25 August 2004 19:50 Round 1
Saturday, 28 August 2004 21:05 Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first five finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next five fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the final.[3]

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 13:21.16Q
2 Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia 13:21.20Q
3 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 13:21.87Q
4 Craig Mottram Australia 13:21.88Q
5 Abraham Chebii Kenya 13:22.30Q
6 Hicham Bellani Morocco 13:22.64q
7 Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland 13:23.01q
8 Samir Moussaoui Algeria 13:24.98q
9 Sultan Khamis Zaman Qatar 13:26.52
10 John Mayock Great Britain 13:26.81
11 Günther Weidlinger Austria 13:29.32
12 Christian Belz Switzerland 13:29.59
13 Alejandro Suárez Mexico 13:35.32
14 Jonathon Riley United States 13:38.79
15 Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria Bahrain 13:42.04
16 Monder Rizki Belgium 14:03.58
17 Serhiy Lebid Ukraine 14:10.23
18 Carlos García Spain DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Ali Saidi Sief Algeria 13:18.94Q
2 Eliud Kipchoge Kenya 13:19.01Q
3 Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia 13:19.42Q
4 John Kibowen Kenya 13:19.65Q
5 Abderrahim Goumri Morocco 13:20.03Q
6 Tim Broe United States 13:20.29q
7 Zersenay Tadese Eritrea 13:22.17q
8 Samson Kiflemariam Eritrea 13:26.97
9 Roberto García Spain 13:27.71
10 Khoudir Aggoune Algeria 13:29.37
11 Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania 13:31.89
12 Marius Bakken Norway 13:36.38
13 Freddy González Venezuela 13:42.44
14 Tom Compernolle Belgium 13:43.44
15 Mark Carroll Ireland 13:46.81
16 Carles Castillejo Spain 13:49.16
17 Michael Aish New Zealand 13:50.00
18 Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari Nepal 14:04.89NR

Final

[4]

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco 13:14.39
2nd Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 13:14.59
3rd Eliud Kipchoge Kenya 13:15.10
4 Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia 13:15.35
5 Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia 13:16.92
6 John Kibowen Kenya 13:18.24
7 Zersenay Tadese Eritrea 13:24.31
8 Craig Mottram Australia 13:25.70
9 Hicham Bellani Morocco 13:31.81
10 Ali Saidi Sief Algeria 13:32.57
11 Tim Broe United States 13:33.06
12 Alistair Ian Cragg Ireland 13:43.06
13 Abderrahim Goumri Morocco 13:47.27
14 Samir Moussaoui Algeria 14:02.01
15 Abraham Chebii Kenya DNF

References

  1. ↑ "El Guerrouj wins historic gold". BBC Sport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Patrick, Dick (28 August 2004). "Second gold secures legacy for El Guerrouj". USA Today. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 5000m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 5000m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

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