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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Bernard Lagat
 United States
Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
Moses Kipsiro
 Uganda

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 Paris, France 31 August 2003
World leading  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:49.53 Zaragoza, Spain 28 July 2007

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 30, 2007 20:45 Heats
September 2, 2007 19:30 Final

Results

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KEY: q Qualified on time Q Qualified WR World record AR Area record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:33.37 Q
2 2 Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia 13:33.62 Q
3 2 Matt Tegenkamp  United States 13:35.05 Q
4 2 Craig Mottram  Australia 13:36.18 Q
5 2 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:37.12 Q
6 2 Mo Farah  United Kingdom 13:39.13 q, SB
7 2 Benjamin Limo  Kenya 13:41.47 q
8 2 Adam Goucher  United States 13:41.65 q
9 2 Ali Abdalla  Eritrea 13:42.00 q
10 2 Felix Kikwai Kibore  Qatar 13:46.23 q
11 1 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 13:46.42 Q
12 1 Jesús España  Spain 13:46.45 Q
13 1 Bernard Lagat  United States 13:46.57 Q
14 1 Hicham Bellani  Morocco 13:46.64 Q
15 1 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:46.86 Q
16 2 Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda 13:47.30 SB
17 1 Khoudir Aggoune  Algeria 13:47.36
18 1 Isaac Kiprono Songok  Kenya 13:47.42
19 1 Ahmed Baday  Morocco 13:47.83
20 1 Joseph Ebuya  Kenya 13:48.21
21 2 Jan Fitschen  Germany 13:48.39
22 2 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis  Bahrain 13:50.30
23 1 Tonny Wamulwa  Zambia 13:50.95 SB
24 1 Bekana Daba  Ethiopia 13:53.16
25 1 Charles Bett Koech  Qatar 13:53.36
26 2 Mourad Marofit  Morocco 13:54.65
27 2 Takayuki Matsumiya  Japan 13:54.95
28 1 Alistair Cragg  Ireland 13:59.45
29 2 Stephen Kiprotich  Uganda 14:04.22
30 1 Erik Sjöqvist  Sweden 14:05.69
31 1 Yu Mitsuya  Japan 14:07.38
32 2 Cleveland Forde  Guyana 15:25.12
33 2 Thura Aung  Myanmar 15:41.08
1 Kabirou Dan Mallam  Niger DNF
1 Nader al-Masri  Palestine DNS
1 David Galván  Mexico DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bernard Lagat  United States 13:45.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 13:46.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda 13:46.75
4 Matt Tegenkamp  United States 13:46.78
5 Tariku Bekele  Ethiopia 13:47.33
6 Mo Farah  United Kingdom 13:47.54
7 Jesús España  Spain 13:50.55
8 Abreham Cherkos  Ethiopia 13:51.01
9 Felix Kikwai Kibore  Qatar 13:51.18
10 Ali Abdalla  Eritrea 13:52.69
11 Adam Goucher  United States 13:53.17
12 Hicham Bellani  Morocco 13:55.44
13 Craig Mottram  Australia 13:56.24
14 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 13:59.86
15 Benjamin Limo  Kenya 14:01.25

References

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