2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9−12 August.[1] This race was announced as the last track race of Mo Farah's career as he intends to focus on marathon running and road racing. Farah had been in every final since 2007, winning three straight since 2011.

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
The final.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
12 August (final)
Competitors40 from 23 nations
Winning time13:32.79
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    United States
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Video on YouTube
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Summary

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In the final, Farah (GBR) started faster than normal, after the pack congealed landing in second place behind Paul Chelimo (USA) who ran around the crowd to get to the front. Chelimo took the field through an aggressive 62 second lap. The second lap was a decidedly more relaxed 71 seconds, bringing Andrew Butchart (GBR) to the front, to look at Chelimo then take the point with his teammate Farah in tow. But Butchart didn't increase the pace, instead it slowed slightly to 72 seconds. Muktar Edris (ETH) came forward. After running shoulder to shoulder with Farah for 200 metres, Edris went out into the lead, but the pace didn't quicken. After another slow lap, he slowed and left Farah exposed on the front. 17 year old 2016 World Junior Champion Selemon Barega came from the back of the pack to take the lead. Barega increased the pace opening up several metres on Farah at the head of the pack with a 65-second lap, then he slowed again an Ethiopian leaving Farah exposed on the front of the pack. Another 66 second lap as Chelimo came back to take a turn at the front.

With five laps to go Patrick Tiernan ran around the field to take the lead. Tiernan moved the pace up to 64 seconds but the rest of the field didn't chase, letting him break away to a 10-metre lead. The next lap was under 63 seconds, with Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) coming to the front of the pack but leaving Farah to lead the group. Into the last two laps, a time when Farah does not like to get passed, he stayed ahead of Kejelcha, the overall quicken pace overtaking Tiernan with 600 metres to go. Shortly after passing Tiernan, Butchart rushed forward to get on Farah's shoulder to form a British wall similar to the ending stages of the Olympics. Through the turn, Kejelcha fought his way around the outside of the wall and onto the homestretch to take the lead going into the bell with the rest of the Ethiopian team, Edris and Barega lining up on the outside, next to Farah, Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), and Chelimo on the inside. At the bell, Edris was shoulder to shoulder with Farah.

Through the penultimate turn, Edris got ahead of Farah and onto the back of Kejelcha. The two Ethiopians opened up a 2-metre lead on Farah on the backstretch, leaving Farah in the unfamiliar position of having to sprint to catch up. But Chelimo had more speed, catching Farah from behind and moving to his outside shoulder as they gained on the Ethiopian duo, effectively leaving Farah boxed in on the curb. Coming off the final turn, Farah was looking for running room, which suddenly materialized in front of him as Kejelcha drifted out. Edris sprinted away from his teammate while Farah was still weaving his way past Kejelcha, with Chelimo going the outside route, both two metres behind Edris. Farah's race was for second place, with Edris expanding his lead to the finish. Farah was able to barely hold off Chelimo for silver. Unlike the spring in his step following his previous string of victories, it was Farah lying exhausted on the track.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele   ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Championship 12:52.79 Eliud Kipchoge   KEN 31 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
World leading 12:55.23 Muktar Edris   ETH 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele   ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Asian 12:51.96 Albert Kibichii Rop   BHR 19 Jul 2013 Monaco
NACAC 12:53.60 Bernard Lagat   USA 22 Jul 2011 Monaco
South American 13:19.43 Marilson dos Santos   BRA 8 Jun 2006 Kassel, Germany
European 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit   BEL 25 Aug 2000 Brussels, Belgium
Oceanian 12:55.76 Craig Mottram   AUS 30 Jul 2004 London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:22.60.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
9 August 20:05 Heats
12 August 20:20 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first round took place on 9 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat 1 2
Start time 20:06 20:29
Photo finish link link

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:21.50 Q
2 2 Birhanu Balew   Bahrain (BHR) 13:21.91 Q
3 2 Cyrus Rutto   Kenya (KEN) 13:22.45 Q
4 2 Patrick Tiernan   Australia (AUS) 13:22.52 Q
5 2 Ryan Hill   United States (USA) 13:22.79 Q
6 2 Mohammed Ahmed   Canada (CAN) 13:22.97 q
7 2 Andrew Butchart   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:24.78 q
8 2 Paul Chelimo   United States (USA) 13:24.88 q
9 2 Kemoy Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 13:26.67 q
10 2 Awet Habte   Eritrea (ERI) 13:27.70 q
11 2 Soufiane Bouchikhi   Belgium (BEL) 13:28.64
12 2 Jamal Abdi Dirieh   Djibouti (DJI) 13:28.98
13 2 Zouhair Aouad   Bahrain (BHR) 13:29.28
14 1 Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:30.07 Q
15 1 Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:30.18 Q
16 1 Muktar Edris   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:30.22 Q
17 1 Justyn Knight   Canada (CAN) 13:30.27 Q
18 1 Aron Kifle   Eritrea (ERI) 13:30.36 Q
19 1 Bashir Abdi   Belgium (BEL) 13:30.71
20 1 Morgan McDonald   Australia (AUS) 13:30.73
21 1 Soufiyan Bouqantar   Morocco (MAR) 13:30.78
22 1 Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda (UGA) 13:30.92
23 1 Eric Jenkins   United States (USA) 13:31.09
24 1 Sam McEntee   Australia (AUS) 13:31.58
25 2 Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway (NOR) 13:31.71
26 1 Hayle Ibrahimov   Azerbaijan (AZE) 13:32.15
27 1 Emanuel Giniki Gisamoda   Tanzania (TAN) 13:32.31
28 1 Albert Kibichii Rop   Bahrain (BHR) 13:32.40
29 2 Stephen Kissa   Uganda (UGA) 13:32.86
30 2 Josphat Kiprono Menjo   Kenya (KEN) 13:35.68
31 1 Govindan Lakshmanan   India (IND) 13:35.69 PB
32 2 Richard Ringer   Germany (GER) 13:36.87
33 1 Ilias Fifa   Spain (ESP) 13:47.90
34 2 Marc Scott   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:58.11
35 1 Kadar Omar Abdullahi   Athlete Refugee Team (ART) 14:32.67 PB
36 1 Mohamed Daud Mohamed   Somalia (SOM) 14:34.27 PB
37 1 Davis Kiplangat   Kenya (KEN) 14:52.98
38 1 David Kulang   South Sudan (SSD) 14:53.19 SB
39 1 Mohamed Sambe   Mauritania (MTN) 16:16.29 PB
2 Brahim Kaazouzi   Morocco (MAR) DNF
2 Gabriel Gerald Geay   Tanzania (TAN) DNS
2 Hagos Gebrhiwet   Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Final

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The final took place on 12 August at 20:21. The results were as follows (photo finish):[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Muktar Edris   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:32.79
  Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:33.22
  Paul Chelimo   United States (USA) 13:33.30
4 Yomif Kejelcha   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:33.51
5 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia (ETH) 13:35.34
6 Mohammed Ahmed   Canada (CAN) 13:35.43
7 Aron Kifle   Eritrea (ERI) 13:36.91
8 Andrew Butchart   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:38.73
9 Justyn Knight   Canada (CAN) 13:39.15
10 Kemoy Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 13:39.74
11 Patrick Tiernan   Australia (AUS) 13:40.01
12 Birhanu Balew   Bahrain (BHR) 13:43.25
13 Cyrus Rutto   Kenya (KEN) 13:48.64
14 Awet Habte   Eritrea (ERI) 13:58.68
Ryan Hill   United States (USA) DNS

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.