Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and August 28.

The final saw an epic clash between two track greats from different generations: in his final competitive international race, 1500m champion and track legend Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and 10,000 meter Olympic champion, world record holder at the distance and rising star 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethopia.

Despite finding himself boxed in with 200m remaining and trailing Bekele by several metres, El Guerrouj ran down and overhauled the Ethiopian in the final 30m to win by just 0.2s. In doing so he completed the Olympic 1500m and 5000m double, not won since 1924 and denied Bekele the Olympic 5000 and 10,000m double - which he would ultimately win 4 years later.

Medalists

Gold	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco (MAR)
Silver	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)

Records

World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
Olympic record	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	13:05.59	Los Angeles, USA	11 August 1984

Event Summary

Qualifying

The first round comprised two heats with the first five in each plus the next five fastest losers progressing to the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	2	Ali Saidi Sief	Algeria	13:18.94	Q
2	2	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	13:19.01	Q
3	2	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia	13:19.42	Q
4	2	John Kibowen	Kenya	13:19.65	Q
5	2	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	13:20.03	Q
6	2	Tim Broe	United States	13:20.29	q
7	1	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	13:21.16	Q
8	1	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	13:21.20	Q
9	1	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	13:21.87	Q
10	1	Craig Mottram	Australia	13:21.88	Q
11	2	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	13:22.17	q
12	1	Abraham Chebii	Kenya	13:22.30	Q
13	1	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	13:22.64	q
14	1	Alistair Ian Cragg	Ireland	13:23.01	q
15	1	Samir Moussaoui	Algeria	13:24.98	q
16	1	Sultan Khamis Zaman	Qatar	13:26.52
17	1	John Mayock	Great Britain	13:26.81
18	2	Samson Kiflemariam	Eritrea	13:26.97
19	2	Roberto García	Spain	13:27.71
20	1	Günther Weidlinger	Austria	13:29.32
21	2	Khoudir Aggoune	Algeria	13:29.37
22	1	Christian Belz	Switzerland	13:29.59
23	2	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Tanzania	13:31.89
24	1	Alejandro Suarez	Mexico	13:35.32
25	2	Marius Bakken	Norway	13:36.38
26	1	Jonathon Riley	United States	13:38.79
27	1	Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria	Bahrain	13:42.04
28	2	Freddy Gonzalez	Venezuela	13:42.44
29	2	Tom Compernolle	Belgium	13:43.44
30	2	Mark Carroll	Ireland	13:46.81
31	2	Carles Castillejo	Spain	13:49.16
32	2	Michael Aish	New Zealand	13:50.00
33	1	Monder Rizki	Belgium	14:03.58
34	2	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	Nepal	14:04.89	NR
35	1	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	14:10.23
99 !	1	Carlos García	Spain	DNF

Finals

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1 !	Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	13:14.39
2 !	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	13:14.59
3 !	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	13:15.10
4	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	13:15.35
5	Dejene Berhanu	Ethiopia	13:16.92
6	John Kibowen	Kenya	13:18.24
7	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	13:24.31
8	Craig Mottram	Australia	13:25.70
9	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	13:31.81
10	Ali Saidi Sief	Algeria	13:32.57
11	Tim Broe	United States	13:33.06
12	Alistair Ian Cragg	Ireland	13:43.06
13	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	13:47.27
14	Samir Moussaoui	Algeria	14:02.01
99 !	Abraham Chebii	Kenya	DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results