2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.

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2011 World Championships
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Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race.

The tactical final was almost full contact, with a pack of 14 staying close into the penultimate lap. Galen Rupp tried to take the kick out early. As the pack began to break up, Eliud Kipchoge went down while the leaders began to string out the field. Mo Farah led through the final lap as a host of Kenyan and finally Ethiopian athletes Imane Merga and Dejen Gebremeskel took a charge at him. Bernard Lagat worked his way through the traffic, coming up behind the final two Ethiopian runners pulling past them in lane 3 on the final straight. Lagat couldn't catch Farah. Merga finished in third but was later disqualified for stepping on the curb, giving the bronze to Gebremeskel.

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Mo Farah
 Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)		 Bernard Lagat
 United States (USA)		 Dejen Gebremeskel
 Ethiopia (ETH)

Records

Prior to the competition, the 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  Mo Farah (GBR) 12:53.11 Monaco 22 July 2011
African record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Asian record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 12:51.98 Rome, Italy 14 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Bernard Lagat (USA) 12:53.60 Monaco 22 July 2011
South American record  Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 13:19.43 Kassel, Germany 8 June 2006
European record  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 12:49.71 Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2000
Oceanian record  Craig Mottram (AUS) 12:55.76 London, Great Britain 30 July 2004

Qualification standards
A time B time
13:20.00 13:27.00

Schedule
Date Time Round
September 1, 201110:05Heats
September 4, 201119:40Final

Results
KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Bernard Lagat United States (USA)13:33.90Q
21Thomas Longosiwa Kenya (KEN)13:34.46Q
31Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia (ETH)13:34.48Q
41Isaiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya (KEN)13:34.54Q
51Galen Rupp United States (USA)13:34.91Q
61Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah Saudi Arabia (KSA)13:35.47q
71Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain (BHR)13:35.86q
82Imane Merga Ethiopia (ETH)13:37.96Q
92Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:38.03Q
102Abera Kuma Ethiopia (ETH)13:38.41Q
112Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)13:39.02Q
122Alistair Cragg Ireland (IRL)13:39.36Q
131Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA)13:39.90q
142Amanuel Mesel Eritrea (ERI)13:39.97q
152Jesús España Spain (ESP)13:40.38q
162Abraham Kiplimo Uganda (UGA)13:44.09
172Andrew Bumbalough United States (USA)13:44.38
181Javier Carriqueo Argentina (ARG)13:47.51
191Collis Birmingham Australia (AUS)13:47.88
202Elroy Gelant South Africa (RSA)13:48.33
211Mumin Gala Djibouti (DJI)13:48.19
221Rui Silva Portugal (POR)13:50.16
232Ben St Lawrence Australia (AUS)13:51.64
242Jake Robertson New Zealand (NZL)13:53.57q
252Geofrey Kusuro Uganda (UGA)13:54.58
261Craig Mottram Australia (AUS)13:56.60
272Dejene Regassa Bahrain (BHR)13:56.83
282Sylvain Rukundo Rwanda (RWA)13:58.92
292Rabah Aboud Algeria (ALG)14:00.34
301Moses Kibet Uganda (UGA)14:05.15
311Goitom Kifle Eritrea (ERI)14:06.42
322Gérard Gahungu Burundi (BDI)14:09.15PB
332Kazuya Watanabe Japan (JPN)14:20.64
342Baek Seung-ho South Korea (KOR)15:01.37
351Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle Somalia (SOM)15:13.64PB
362Christian Ngningba Gabon (GAB)18:44.06PB
2Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud Saudi Arabia (KSA)DNF
1Francisco Javier Alves Spain (ESP)DNF
1Mounir Miout Algeria (ALG)DNF
1Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)DNS
1Adrian Blincoe New Zealand (NZL)DNS

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)13:23.36
Bernard Lagat United States (USA)13:23.64
Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia (ETH)13:23.92
4Isiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya (KEN)13:24.95
5Abera Kuma Ethiopia (ETH)13:25.50
6Thomas Longosiwa Kenya (KEN)13:26.73
7Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)13:27.27
8Bilisuma Shugi Bahrain (BHR)13:27.67
9Galen Rupp United States (USA)13:28.64
10Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA)13:29.11
11Amanuel Mesel Eritrea (ERI)13:33.99
12Jesús España Spain (ESP)13:33.99
13Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah Saudi Arabia (KSA)13:34.83
14Alistair Cragg Ireland (IRL)13:45.33
15Jake Robertson New Zealand (NZL)14:03.09
Imane Merga Ethiopia (ETH)13:23.78DQ
  • Ethiopia's Imane Merga was originally awarded the bronze medal, but he was later disqualified for having stepped onto the curb of the running track. His teammate Dejen Gebremeskel was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.[1]

References
  1. Britain's Mo Farah wins 5000m world title. AFP (2011-09-04). Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
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