The men's 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 10 and August 13.

Farah took the lead with 1000 m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkaş

Halil Akkas

Halil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...

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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....	Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...	Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos....

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	17:40	Semifinals
August 13, 2006	16:40	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Khalid Zoubaa Khalid Zoubaa Khalid Zoubaa is a French long-distance runner.He finished fifth in the 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup....		13:46.32	Q
	2	Eduard Bordukov		13:46.72	Q
	2	Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...		13:46.77	Q
	2	Monder Rizki Monder Rizki Monder Rizki is a Belgian long-distance runner.At the 2006 European Athletics Championships Rizki finished eleventh in the 5000 metres and seventeenth in the 10,000 metres.-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:42.84 min...		13:47.51	Q
	1	Halil Akkaş Halil Akkas Halil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...		13:48.79	Q
	2	Tom Compernolle Tom Compernolle Tom Compernolle was a Belgian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born in Bruges.Compernolle finished thirteenth at the 2002 European Championships and tenth at the 2006 European Championships...		13:49.14	Q
	1	Gert-Jan Liefers Gert-Jan Liefers Gerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships....		13:49.73	Q
	2	Henrik Skoog Henrik Skoog Henrik Skoog is a Swedish middle distance runner.He finished sixth in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		13:49.99	q
	1	Alistair Cragg		13:50.12	Q
10	1	Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fifth in the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. In 2003 created of campoatraves.com, a Spanish website about...		13:51.17	q
11	1	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		13:52.33	Q
12	1	Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos....		13:52.66	Q
13	2	Nick McCormick		13:52.87	q
14	1	Tom Van Hooste		13:53.50	q
15	1	Marius Bakken Marius Bakken Marius Bakken is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, having run distances from 800 to 10,000 metres in his early career. He represents IL Runar....		13:56.84	q
16	1	Martin Steinbauer		13:59.17
17	1	Barnabás Bene		14:08.16	SB
18	1	Chris Thompson		14:10.27

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Arne Gabius

Arne Gabius is an German long distance runner.- Achievements :- References :...

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Christian Belz

Christian Belz is a Swiss long-distance runner. He was initially a steeplechaser and represented Switzerland in the event at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999 and 2001 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics. He broke the national record with a run of 8:22.24 in June 2001...

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		13:44.70
	Mohammed Farah Mohammed Farah Mohammed "Mo" Farah is a Somalia-born British international track and field athlete. On the track, he generally competes over 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, but also runs the 3000 metres and occasionally the 1500 metres...		13:44.79
	Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Juan Carlos Higuero Mate is a Spanish middle distance runner, who mostly concentrates on the 1500 metres. He was born in Aranda de Duero, Burgos....		13:46.48
4	Halil Akkaş Halil Akkas Halil Akkaş is a Turkish middle distance runner. He was born in Kütahya.He won the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2005 World Student Games...		13:46.53
5	Khalid Zoubaa Khalid Zoubaa Khalid Zoubaa is a French long-distance runner.He finished fifth in the 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and sixth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup....		13:55.09
6	Henrik Skoog Henrik Skoog Henrik Skoog is a Swedish middle distance runner.He finished sixth in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....		13:56.34
7	Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos Pablo Villalobos is a Spanish long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the 5,000m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fifth in the marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona. In 2003 created of campoatraves.com, a Spanish website about...		13:58.25
8	Gert-Jan Liefers Gert-Jan Liefers Gerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships....		13:58.70
9	Eduard Bordukov		14:00.30
10	Tom Compernolle Tom Compernolle Tom Compernolle was a Belgian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres. He was born in Bruges.Compernolle finished thirteenth at the 2002 European Championships and tenth at the 2006 European Championships...		14:03.37
11	Monder Rizki Monder Rizki Monder Rizki is a Belgian long-distance runner.At the 2006 European Athletics Championships Rizki finished eleventh in the 5000 metres and seventeenth in the 10,000 metres.-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:42.84 min...		14:04.96
12	Nick McCormick		14:06.18
13	Tom Van Hooste		14:15.32

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Marius Bakken

Marius Bakken is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, having run distances from 800 to 10,000 metres in his early career. He represents IL Runar....

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