1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997.

Final

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RANK FINAL TIME
    Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:07.38
    Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:09.34
    Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:11.09
4.   Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:17.45
5.   Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:17.64
6.   Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:19.45
7.   El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:20.52
8.   Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:24.54
9.   Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.78
10.   Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:25.98
11.   Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:29.10
12.   Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:30.02
13.   Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:30.25
14.   Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:31.74
15.   Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 14:05.59

Qualifying heats

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  • Held on Friday 1997-08-08
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:19.69
2.   Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:19.81
3.   Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:19.87
4.   Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:22.74
5.   Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:24.85
6.   Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:26.50
7.   Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:31.18
8.   Alan Culpepper (USA) 13:34.74
9.   Anacleto Jimenez (ESP) 13:36.55
10.   Keith Cullen (GBR) 13:42.40
11.   Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim (QAT) 13:49.55
12.   Sergey Drygin (RUS) 13:55.56
13.   Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 13:57.31
14.   Mark Carroll (IRL) 13:57.88
15.   Robert Denmark (GBR) 13:58.08
16.   Ali Zayed (LBA) 13:58.26
17.   Nestor García (URU) 14:12.15
18.   Francis Munthali (MAW) 14:14.80
  Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) DNF
  Marco Condori (BOL) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:23.07
2.   Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:23.46
3.   Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:23.55
4.   El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:23.75
5.   Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:24.51
6.   Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.71
7.   Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 13:27.65
8.   Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:28.54
9.   Ismael Kirui (KEN) 13:34.52
10.   Ayele Mezgebu (ETH) 13:38.96
11.   Mustapha Essaid (FRA) 13:39.11
12.   Panagiotis Papoulias (GRE) 13:58.27
13.   Brian Baker (USA) 14:03.95
14.   Adrian Passey (GBR) 14:07.49
15.   Samuli Vasala (FIN) 14:10.92
16.   Yohannes Ghirmai (ERI) 14:59.47
17.   Anatola Lekade (TOG) 15:00.21
18.   Yeli Moussa (NIG) 15:00.61

See also

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References

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