2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 July.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationAmsterdam
Dates
  • 10 July (final)
Competitors20 from 12 nations
Winning time13:40.85
Medalists
gold medal    Spain
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Germany
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Summary

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The race

This race had one of the closest finishes in championship distance racing. Coming off the turn, Ethiopian born Azerbaijani Hayle Ibrahimov held the curb and lead position. He held off all challenges to the position until reaching the final straightaway, when the crowd of trailers passed him. Spaniard Adel Mechaal was pressuring in the more common outside shoulder position, so Ibrahimov came off the turn a little wide to force Mechaa to run extra distance, but that opened the door for Frenchman Mourad Amdouni to squeeze through on the inside. Behind them German Richard Ringer went wider into lane 2, followed by Norwegian Henrik Ingebrigtsen on the outside of lane 2. Trailing the group down the backstretch, Moroccan born Spaniard Ilias Fifa had just about made up the gap and was catching the back of the lead group as the sprinting began. Ibrahimov was unable to keep up, overstriding Mechaal held the edge over Amdouni, but Ringer and Ingebrigtsen were closing fast on the outside, still trailed by Fifa. Similar to Ibrahimov earlier, Ringer went wide to force Ingebrigtsen to run wider. That opened up a gap for Fifa to squeeze by on the inside of Ringer, outside of his teammate Mechaal. Fifa, Mechaal, Ringer, Ingebrigtsen and Amdouni hit the finish line as a wall, Amdouni clearly the loser but the other four having to be separated by photo finish. It was ruled that the fast closing Fifa won, Mechaal second and Ringer third, all given the same time 13:40.85 accurate to a hundredth of a second. Ingebrigtsen was the odd man out, given a time of 13:40.86. Fifth place Amdouni was only .09 behind the winner. As comparison at these championships, fifth place in the 100 metres was .12 behind the winner (though the first two places did receive the same time in that race too).

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
European record   Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 12:49.71 Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2000
Championship record   Jack Buckner (GBR) 13:10.15 Stuttgart, West Germany 31 August 1986
World Leading   Muktar Edris (ETH) 12:59.43 Eugene, United States 28 May 2016
European Leading   Ilias Fifa (ESP) 13:11.83 Huelva, Spain 3 June 2016

Schedule

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Date Time Round
10 July 2016 18:10 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Ilias Fifa   Spain 13:40.85
  Adel Mechaal   Spain 13:40.85
  Richard Ringer   Germany 13:40.85 SB
4 Henrik Ingebrigtsen   Norway 13:40.86
5 Mourad Amdouni   France 13:40.94
6 Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan 13:42.20
7 Florian Orth   Germany 13:45.40
8 Yemaneberhan Crippa   Italy 13:46.30
9 Aras Kaya   Turkey 13:47.42
10 Martin Sperlich   Germany 13:48.81
DQ Jamel Chatbi   Italy 13:49.93
11 Dennis Licht   Netherlands 13:54.21
12 Jonathan Taylor   Great Britain 13:55.20
13 Carlos Mayo   Spain 13:58.22
14 Brenton Rowe   Austria 13:58.96
15 Jonny Davies   Great Britain 14:04.13
16 Kevin Batt   Ireland 14:20.50
17 Sindre Buraas   Norway 14:26.05
18 Mykola Nyzhnyk   Ukraine 14:28.24
Ali Kaya   Turkey DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Programme - European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  2. ^ Results Archived 2016-08-04 at the Wayback Machine
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