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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
Sileshi Sihine
 Ethiopia
Martin Mathathi
 Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:49.57 Paris, France 24 August 2003
World leading  Sileshi Sihine (ETH) 26:48.73 Hengelo, Netherlands 26 May 2007

Schedule

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Date Time Round
August 27, 2007 21:40 Final

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 27:05.90 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia 27:09.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Mathathi  Kenya 27:12.17
4 Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 27:21.37
5 Josephat Ndambiri  Kenya 27:31.41
6 Gebregziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia 27:44.58
7 Abdihakem Abdirahman  United States 27:56.62
8 Josphat Kiprono Menjo  Kenya 28:25.67
9 Dathan Ritzenhein  United States 28:28.59 SB
10 Boniface Toroitich Kiprop  Uganda 28:30.99
11 Galen Rupp  United States 28:41.71
12 Kensuke Takezawa  Japan 28:51.69
13 Tadese Tola  Ethiopia 28:51.75
14 Alejandro Suárez  Mexico 28:52.19
15 Wilson Busienei  Uganda 29:24.72 SB
16 Dickson Marwa  Tanzania 29:25.91
17 Kazuhiro Maeda  Japan 29:48.17
18 Michael Aish  New Zealand 30:34.16
Khalid El Aamri  Morocco DNF
Simon Bairu  Canada DNF
Ahmad Hassan Abdullah  Qatar DNF
Essa Ismail Rashed  Qatar DNF
Hasan Mahboob  Bahrain DNS
David Galván  Mexico DNS

References

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