2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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
  Bernard Lagat   United States 13:45.87
  Eliud Kipchoge   Kenya 13:46.00
  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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