Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

The Men's 5000 metres
5000 metres
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at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
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as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday September 30, 2000.

The top six runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes.

Medalists

Records

World Record	12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	13 June 1998
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita Said Aouita Saïd Aouita is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 5000 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and former world record holder at 1500m , 2000m , 3000m , and twice at 5000m [ and ]...	Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	11 August 1984

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
q denotes qualification by overall place.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi is a retired long-distance runner who represented Morocco during his active career. He acquired French citizenship on 6 April 2002, but represented Morocco again from 15 March 2007....		7	13:22.70	Q
2	2	Million Wolde		4	13:22.75	Q
3	3	Fita Bayissa		16	13:22.92	Q
4	4	Reda Benzine Réda Benzine Réda Benzine is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:41.36 min 3000 metres - 7:41.85 min *5000 metres - 13:21.88 min...		11	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	5	Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi is a Kenyan long-distance runner.-Achievements:- References :*...		3	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	6	Richard Limo Richard Limo Richard Kipkemei Limo is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		15	13:23:17	Q
7	7	Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Adam Goucher is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University of Colorado cross country team.-Background:Goucher attended Doherty High...		6	13:24.34	q
8	8	Mizan Mehari		13	13:24.56	q	SB
9	9	Jirka Arndt		2	13:26.18	q
10	23	Katsuhiko Hanada		12	13:41.31		SB
11	25	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....		9	13:44.80
12	26	Nicholas Rogers		18	13:46.18
13	28	Michael Power		8	13:51.00
14	29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38...		14	14:00.30
15	30	Kristen Bowditch		1	14:08.92
16	31	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...		18	14:11.65
17	33	Helder Ornelas Hélder Ornelas Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas is a Portuguese long-distance runner.He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of Prague International Marathon...		10	14:29.01
18		David Galván David Galván José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...		5	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	10	Ali Saïdi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde....		1	13:29.34	Q
2	11	Serhiy Lebid		17	13:29.69	Q
3	12	Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in cross-country running.-Achievements:-External links:...		11	13:29.98	Q
4	13	David Chelule David Chelule David Chelule is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon, having run the 5000 and 10,000 metres earlier in his career....		8	13:29.98	Q
5	14	Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...		6	13:29.99	Q
6	15	Mohamed Suleiman		12	13:30:12	Q
7	16	Mark Carroll Mark Carroll (athlete) Mark Carroll is a former Irish runner that went to school in The North Monastery, who specialized in the 5000 metres...		9	13:30.60
8	17	Craig Mottram Craig Mottram Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...		2	13:31.06
9	18	Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Serhani is a Spanish long-distance runner.He finished fifth in the 3000 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championshipsand eleventh in the short race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships....		5	13:34.49
10	19	Mohamed Said El-Wardi		13	13:35.18
11	20	Bradley Hauser		18	13:39.41
12	21	Pablo Olmedo Pablo Olmedo Pablo Olmedo Castañon is a middle-distance runner from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...		14	13:40.34
13	22	Mustapha Essaid		7	13:40.82
14	24	Sam Mfula Mwape		19	13:41.72
15	27	Venuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1996, he became the first Olympic medalist from Burundi by winning the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics...		10	13:49.57
16	32	Bolota Asmeron		16	14:15.26
17	34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara		20	14:34.15		NR
18	35	Houna Murad Murad Shihab		3	14:49.40
19	36	Maung Nge Maung		15	15:12.93
20		Mohammed Mourhit Mohammed Mourhit Mohammed Mourhit is a Belgian top cross country, middle and long distance runner who holds two European records, in the 3000 m and 5000 m. He is also a former European 10000 m record holder...		4	DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi is a retired long-distance runner who represented Morocco during his active career. He acquired French citizenship on 6 April 2002, but represented Morocco again from 15 March 2007....		1	7	1	13:22.70	Q
2	Million Wolde		1	4	2	13:22.75	Q
3	Fita Bayissa		1	16	3	13:22.92	Q
4	Reda Benzine Réda Benzine Réda Benzine is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:41.36 min 3000 metres - 7:41.85 min *5000 metres - 13:21.88 min...		1	11	4	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi is a Kenyan long-distance runner.-Achievements:- References :*...		1	3	5	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	Richard Limo Richard Limo Richard Kipkemei Limo is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		1	15	6	13:23:17	Q
7	Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Adam Goucher is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University of Colorado cross country team.-Background:Goucher attended Doherty High...		1	6	7	13:24.34	q
8	Mizan Mehari		1	13	8	13:24.56	q	SB
9	Jirka Arndt		1	2	9	13:26.18	q
10	Ali Saïdi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde....		2	1	1	13:29.34	Q
11	Serhiy Lebid		2	17	2	13:29.69	Q
12	Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in cross-country running.-Achievements:-External links:...		2	11	3	13:29.98	Q
13	David Chelule David Chelule David Chelule is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon, having run the 5000 and 10,000 metres earlier in his career....		2	8	4	13:29.98	Q
14	Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...		2	6	5	13:29.99	Q
15	Mohamed Suleiman		2	12	6	13:30.12	Q
16	Mark Carroll Mark Carroll (athlete) Mark Carroll is a former Irish runner that went to school in The North Monastery, who specialized in the 5000 metres...		2	9	7	13:30.60
17	Craig Mottram Craig Mottram Craig Mottram is an Australian long distance and middle distance runner.-Biography:Born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria, Mottram specialises in the 5000 m event. He attended the prestigious Geelong Grammar School. At 6 feet 2 inches he is unusually tall for a distance runner.Amongst...		2	2	8	13:31.06
18	Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Serhani is a Spanish long-distance runner.He finished fifth in the 3000 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championshipsand eleventh in the short race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships....		2	5	9	13:34.49
19	Mohamed Said El-Wardi		2	13	10	13:35.18
20	Bradley Hauser		2	18	11	13:39.41
21	Pablo Olmedo Pablo Olmedo Pablo Olmedo Castañon is a middle-distance runner from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 5.000 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:*...		2	14	12	13:40.34
22	Mustapha Essaid		2	7	13	13:40.82
23	Katsuhiko Hanada		1	12	10	13:41.31		SB
24	Sam Mfula Mwape		2	19	14	13:41.72
25	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....		1	9	11	13:44.80
26	Nicholas Rogers		1	18	12	13:46.18
27	Venuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo Vénuste Niyongabo is a middle distance runner from Burundi. In 1996, he became the first Olympic medalist from Burundi by winning the 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics...		2	10	15	13:49.57
28	Michael Power		1	8	13	13:51.00
29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama is a retired Qatari runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres.-Achievements:In addition he has medals from the Asian Championships, the Gulf Cooperation Council Championships, the West Asian Games and the Pan Arab Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.38...		1	14	14	14:00.30
30	Kristen Bowditch		1	1	15	14:08.92
31	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...		1	18	16	14:11.65
32	Bolota Asmeron		2	16	16	14:15.26
33	Helder Ornelas Hélder Ornelas Hélder Mendes Abreu Ornelas is a Portuguese long-distance runner.He finished eighth in the long race at the 2001 World Cross Country Championships, fifteenth in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and won the 2007 edition of Prague International Marathon...		1	10	17	14:29.01
34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara		2	20	17	14:34.15		NR
35	Houna Murad Murad Shihab		2	3	18	14:49.40
36	Maung Nge Maung		2	15	19	15:12.93
	David Galván David Galván José David Galván Martínez is a Mexican long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres...		1	5	18	DNS
	Mohammed Mourhit Mohammed Mourhit Mohammed Mourhit is a Belgian top cross country, middle and long distance runner who holds two European records, in the 3000 m and 5000 m. He is also a former European 10000 m record holder...		2	4	20	DNS

Final

Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
1	Million Wolde		15	13:35.49
2	Ali Saïdi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde....		11	13:36.20
3	Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi is a retired long-distance runner who represented Morocco during his active career. He acquired French citizenship on 6 April 2002, but represented Morocco again from 15 March 2007....		4	13:36.47
4	Fita Bayissa		9	13:37.03
5	David Chelule David Chelule David Chelule is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon, having run the 5000 and 10,000 metres earlier in his career....		14	13:37.13
6	Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu Dagne Alemu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in cross-country running.-Achievements:-External links:...		13	13:37.17
7	Serhiy Lebid		10	13:37.80
8	Jirka Arndt		6	13:38.57
9	Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi Julius Gitahi is a Kenyan long-distance runner.-Achievements:- References :*...		12	13:39.11
10	Richard Limo Richard Limo Richard Kipkemei Limo is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....		8	13:39.43
11	Reda Benzine Réda Benzine Réda Benzine is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:41.36 min 3000 metres - 7:41.85 min *5000 metres - 13:21.88 min...		1	13:40.95
12	Mizan Mehari		2	13:42.03
13	Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Adam Goucher is a retired American cross-country and track and field athlete. He primarily competed in distance events and is featured in Running With The Buffaloes, a book revolving around the 1998 season of the University of Colorado cross country team.-Background:Goucher attended Doherty High...		5	13:43.20
14	Mohamed Suleiman		7	13:45.10
15	Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka Toshinari Takaoka is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race...		3	13:46.90

Medalists

Records

Results

Qualifying heats

Final

See also