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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4 August
Competitors24 from 14 nations
Winning time26:49.51 WL
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Uganda
bronze medal    Kenya
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4 August.[1][2] This was billed to be the final 10,000 metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with Paul Tanui of Kenya finishing third. The win was Farah's third consecutive World 10,000 metres title, and his fifth consecutive major (Olympic or world) 10,000 metres title.

Summary

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Joshua Cheptegei, Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Moses Kurong formed an early breakaway, Kurong taking the lead for a few laps before Cheptegei went back to the front, and nine laps into the race, Kamworor, and then Paul Tanui, took the lead. By 6,000 metres, there was a lead group of 14 runners at the front, but this group gradually got smaller. Farah hit the front just before four laps to go. He let Abadi Hadis resume the lead, and at one point Kamworor had his heels caught by Farah as he cut across in front. Just before two laps to go, Farah went back into the lead.

During the penultimate turn, Tanui clipped the back of Farah's heels causing him to briefly lose his stride. Tanui sprinted through the final turn trying to get even with Farah at the head of the final straight. Farah turned to look at him, then accelerated away, already celebrating his win with ten metres remaining. Cheptegei sprinted around Tanui, but could not catch Farah and took second.[3]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[4]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 26 Aug 2005 Brussels, Belgium
Championship 26:46.31 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 17 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
World leading 27:08.26 Abadi Hadis  ETH 11 Jun 2017 Hengelo, Netherlands
African 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 26 Aug 2005 Brussels, Belgium
Asian 26:38.76 Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  QAT 5 Sep 2003 Brussels, Belgium
NACAC 26:44.36 Galen Rupp  USA 30 May 2014 Eugene, United States
South American 27:28.12 Marilson dos Santos  BRA 2 Jun 2007 Neerpelt, Belgium
European 26:46.57 Mo Farah  GBR 3 Jun 2011 Eugene, United States
Oceanian 27:24.95 Ben St Lawrence  AUS 1 May 2011 Palo Alto, United States

The following records were set at the competition:[5]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
World leading 26:49.51 Mo Farah  GBR 4 Aug 2017
Canadian 27:02.35 Mohammed Ahmed  CAN
Bahraini 27:11.08 Abraham Cheroben  BHR

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:45.00.[6]

Results

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The final took place on 4 August at 21:20. The results were as follows (photo finish):[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 26:49.51 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda (UGA) 26:49.94 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Tanui  Kenya (KEN) 26:50.60 SB
4 Bedan Karoki Muchiri  Kenya (KEN) 26:52.12 PB
5 Jemal Yimer  Ethiopia (ETH) 26:56.11 PB
6 Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor  Kenya (KEN) 26:57.77 SB
7 Abadi Hadis  Ethiopia (ETH) 26:59.19 SB
8 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada (CAN) 27:02.35 NR
9 Shadrack Kipchirchir  United States (USA) 27:07.55 PB
10 Andamlak Belihu  Ethiopia (ETH) 27:08.94 PB
11 Aron Kifle  Eritrea (ERI) 27:09.92 PB
12 Abraham Cheroben  Bahrain (BHR) 27:11.08 NR
13 Leonard Korir  United States (USA) 27:20.18 PB
14 Timothy Toroitich  Uganda (UGA) 27:21.09 PB
15 Hassan Mead  United States (USA) 27:32.49 PB
16 Zane Robertson  New Zealand (NZL) 27:48.59 SB
17 Hiskel Tewelde  Eritrea (ERI) 27:49.62 SB
18 Moses Kurong  Uganda (UGA) 27:50.71
19 Onesphore Nzikwinkunda  Burundi (BDI) 28:09.98 PB
20 Stephen Mokoka  South Africa (RSA) 28:14.67 SB
21 Bayron Piedra  Ecuador (ECU) 28:50.72 SB
22 Patrick Tiernan  Australia (AUS) 29:23.72
Nguse Amlosom  Eritrea (ERI) DNF
Polat Kemboi Arıkan  Turkey (TUR) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "10,000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ "World Athletics Championships 2017: Mo Farah wins 10,000m gold – as it happened". The Guardian. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ "10,000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "10,000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.