Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue
Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates20 August
Competitors24 from 14 nations
Winning time27:05.10 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea
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The men's 10,000 metres at the

Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20.[1] No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.[2]

The

calf injury, were not able to keep up. Bekele, the world record holder, assured his victory with a brilliant Olympic record finish (27:05.10 minutes), completing the final 400 metres in less than 54 seconds.[3][4]

Records

Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:20.31 Ostrava, Czech Republic 8 June 2004
Olympic record  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:07.34
Atlanta, United States
 29 July 1996

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Result Record
20 August Final Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 27:05.10 OR

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 10,000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 27:49.00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 28:06.00 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (

UTC+2
)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 22:35 Final

Results

Athletes take off at the start of the men's 10,000 metres final.
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 27:05.10 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia 27:09.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 27:22.57 NR
4
Boniface Kiprop Toroitich
  Uganda 27:25.48 SB
5 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 27:27.70
6 John Cheruiyot Korir  Kenya 27:41.91 SB
7 Moses Mosop  Kenya 27:46.61
8 Ismaïl Sghyr  France 27:57.09
9 José Manuel Martínez  Spain 27:57.61
10 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania 28:01.94 SB
11 Wilson Busienei  Uganda 28:10.75
12 Dan Browne  United States 28:14.53
13 Charles Kamathi  Kenya 28:17.08
14 Kamiel Maase  Netherlands 28:23.39
15 Abdi Abdirahman  United States 28:26.26
16 Yonas Kifle  Eritrea 28:29.87
17
Dieudonne Disi
  Rwanda 28:43.19
18
Mohammed Amyne
  Morocco 28:55.96
19 Ryuji Ono  Japan 29:06.50
20 Teodoro Vega  Mexico 29:06.55
21 David Galván  Mexico 29:38.05
John Henwood  New Zealand DNF
John Yuda Msuri  Tanzania DNF
Dathan Ritzenhein  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  2. IAAF
    . Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Brilliant Bekele takes gold". BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ Elliott, Helene (21 August 2004). "Ethiopians 1-2 in 10,000 With Gebrselassie Fifth". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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