Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the men's 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The event took place between 31 July and 3 August.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date31 July 1996 (heats)
1 August 1996 (semi-finals)
3 August 1996 (final)
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Winning time13:07.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vénuste Niyongabo
 Burundi
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Bitok
 Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
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Medalists

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Gold Vénuste Niyongabo
  Burundi
Silver Paul Bitok
  Kenya
Bronze Khalid Boulami
  Morocco

Summary

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After a diverse semi-final round where one heat ran a modes 14 minute strategic race and the other ran over thirty seconds faster, some athletes had an easier time of qualifying for the final.

At the gun, the entire Moroccan team went to the front, but then controlled the pace. After a lap at the back of the pack, Kenyan Tom Nyariki ran around the field to take the lead. German Dieter Baumann hung on his shoulder as it looked like an early attempt to steal the race with a quick breakaway. Several others in the field scrambled forward while Nyariki, shadowed by his teammate Shem Kororia pushed the pace, exchanging the lead position and stringing out the field into single file. American Bob Kennedy marked this action hovering around second place. With four laps to go, after an exchange of Kenyan leaders, Burundi's Vénuste Niyongabo moved into second place, squeezing back Kennedy into third. Over the next lap, Nyariki and Moroccan Brahim Lahlafi got past Kennedy. Just before two laps to go, Kennedy ran around the group and into the lead. Kennedy led for the first 300 metres of the penultimate lap before Niyongabo passed him coming off the turn, followed by the designated kickers who had protected their interests at the back of the pack; Paul Bitok (Kenya), Khalid Boulami (Morocco) and Baumann. But as one of the fastest 1500 meter runners in the world at the time, Niyongabo had the position and more speed, opening up a 5-metre gap on Boulami. At the beginning of the final turn, Bitok got around Boulami and everybody sprinted for home. Nobody was able to make any progress except that Niyongabo slowed on the final straight to celebrate Burundi's first gold medal.

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 12:44.39   Haile Gebrselassie Zürich (SUI) August 16, 1995
Olympic Record 13:05.59   Saïd Aouita Los Angeles (USA) August 11, 1984

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 8 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Fita Bayisa   Ethiopia 13:50.61 Q
2 2 Brahim Lahlafi   Morocco 13:51.25 Q
3 2 Tom Nyariki   Kenya 13:51.47 Q
4 2 Enrique Molina   Spain 13:51.55 Q
5 2 Aïssa Belaout   Algeria 13:51.96 Q
6 2 Dieter Baumann   Germany 13:52.00 Q
7 2 John Nuttall   Great Britain 13:52.16 Q
8 2 Jonathan Wyatt   New Zealand 13:52.56 Q
9 2 Jim Spivey   United States 13:53.16 q
10 2 Cormac Finnerty   Ireland 13:54.01 q
11 3 John Morapedi   South Africa 13:54.30 Q
12 3 Paul Bitok   Kenya 13:54.45 Q
13 3 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 13:54.53 Q
14 3 Bob Kennedy   United States 13:54.57 Q
15 3 Khalid Boulami   Morocco 13:54.72 Q
16 3 Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia 13:54.88 Q
17 3 Assefa Mezgebu   Ethiopia 13:54.89 Q
18 3 Stefano Baldini   Italy 13:55.41 Q
19 3 Manuel Pancorbo   Spain 13:57.42 q
20 2 Julian Paynter   Australia 14:00.25 q
21 1 Ismaïl Sghyr   Morocco 14:02.71 Q
22 1 Shem Kororia   Kenya 14:02.75 Q
23 1 Réda Benzine   Algeria 14:03.06 Q
24 1 Gennaro Di Napoli   Italy 14:03.56 Q
25 1 Shaun Creighton   Australia 14:04.08 Q
26 1 Shadrack Hoff   South Africa 14:05.97 Q
27 3 Stéphane Franke   Germany 14:06.34 q
28 3 Luís Jesus   Portugal 14:08.87 q
29 3 Khmees Abdalla Seif Eldin   Sudan 14:15.21
30 1 Anacleto Jiménez   Spain 14:16.57 Q
31 1 José Ramos   Portugal 14:17.26 Q
32 2 Adalberto García   Brazil 14:28.64
33 2 Henry Moyo   Malawi 14:30.53
34 1 Matt Giusto   United States 14:30.76
35 1 William Roldán   Colombia 14:39.50
36 3 Aboukar Hassan Adani   Somalia 15:19.80
37 1 Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou   Mauritania 15:29.16
1 Haile Gebrselassie   Ethiopia DNS
1 Armando Quintanilla   Mexico DNS
2 Aloÿs Nizigama   Burundi DNS
3 Alyan Al-Qahtani   Saudi Arabia DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Shem Kororia   Kenya 13:27.50 Q
2 1 Paul Bitok   Kenya 13:27.61 Q
3 1 Brahim Lahlafi   Morocco 13:27.73 Q
4 1 Bob Kennedy   United States 13:27.90 Q
5 1 Gennaro Di Napoli   Italy 13:28.80 Q
6 1 Khalid Boulami   Morocco 13:29.72 Q
7 1 Fita Bayisa   Ethiopia 13:30.88 q
8 1 Réda Benzine   Algeria 13:37.52 q
9 1 Stéphane Franke   Germany 13:40.94 q
10 1 Jonathan Wyatt   New Zealand 13:47.81
11 1 Anacleto Jiménez   Spain 13:50.90
12 1 Miroslav Vanko   Slovakia 13:51.45
13 1 John Morapedi   South Africa 13:54.43
14 1 Shaun Creighton   Australia 13:55.23
15 2 Tom Nyariki   Kenya 14:03.21 Q
16 2 Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 14:03.48 Q
17 2 Dieter Baumann   Germany 14:03.75 Q
18 2 Enrique Molina   Spain 14:04.08 Q
19 2 Ismaïl Sghyr   Morocco 14:04.23 Q
20 2 Aïssa Belaout   Algeria 14:04.56 Q
21 2 Assefa Mezgebu   Ethiopia 14:05.48
22 2 Stefano Baldini   Italy 14:06.45
23 2 John Nuttall   Great Britain 14:08.39
24 2 Cormac Finnerty   Ireland 14:08.88
25 2 Shadrack Hoff   South Africa 14:16.14
26 1 José Ramos   Portugal 14:24.81
27 2 Jim Spivey   United States 14:27.72
28 2 Julian Paynter   Australia 14:23.60
29 2 Manuel Pancorbo   Spain 14:39.64
2 Luís Jesus   Portugal DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Vénuste Niyongabo   Burundi 13:07.96
  Paul Bitok   Kenya 13:08.16
  Khalid Boulami   Morocco 13:08.37
4 Dieter Baumann   Germany 13:08.81
5 Tom Nyariki   Kenya 13:12.29
6 Bob Kennedy   United States 13:12.35
7 Enrique Molina   Spain 13:12.91
8 Brahim Lahlafi   Morocco 13:13.26
9 Shem Kororia   Kenya 13:14.63
10 Fita Bayisa   Ethiopia 13:18.30
11 Ismaïl Sghyr   Morocco 13:22.89
12 Gennaro Di Napoli   Italy 13:28.36
13 Réda Benzine   Algeria 13:42.34
14 Stéphane Franke   Germany 13:44.64
15 Aïssa Belaout   Algeria 14:06.52

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
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