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2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
The final.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
12 August (final)
Competitors40 from 23 nations
Winning time13:32.79
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    United States
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Video on YouTube
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The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9−12 August.[1] This race was announced as the last track race of Mo Farah's career as he intends to focus on marathon running and road racing. Farah had been in every final since 2007, winning three straight since 2011.

Summary

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In the final, Farah (GBR) started faster than normal, after the pack congealed landing in second place behind Paul Chelimo (USA) who ran around the crowd to get to the front. Chelimo took the field through an aggressive 62 second lap. The second lap was a decidedly more relaxed 71 seconds, bringing Andrew Butchart (GBR) to the front, to look at Chelimo then take the point with his teammate Farah in tow. But Butchart didn't increase the pace, instead it slowed slightly to 72 seconds. Muktar Edris (ETH) came forward. After running shoulder to shoulder with Farah for 200 metres, Edris went out into the lead, but the pace didn't quicken. After another slow lap, he slowed and left Farah exposed on the front. 17 year old 2016 World Junior Champion Selemon Barega came from the back of the pack to take the lead. Barega increased the pace opening up several metres on Farah at the head of the pack with a 65-second lap, then he slowed again an Ethiopian leaving Farah exposed on the front of the pack. Another 66 second lap as Chelimo came back to take a turn at the front.

With five laps to go Patrick Tiernan ran around the field to take the lead. Tiernan moved the pace up to 64 seconds but the rest of the field didn't chase, letting him break away to a 10-metre lead. The next lap was under 63 seconds, with Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) coming to the front of the pack but leaving Farah to lead the group. Into the last two laps, a time when Farah does not like to get passed, he stayed ahead of Kejelcha, the overall quicken pace overtaking Tiernan with 600 metres to go. Shortly after passing Tiernan, Butchart rushed forward to get on Farah's shoulder to form a British wall similar to the ending stages of the Olympics. Through the turn, Kejelcha fought his way around the outside of the wall and onto the homestretch to take the lead going into the bell with the rest of the Ethiopian team, Edris and Barega lining up on the outside, next to Farah, Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), and Chelimo on the inside. At the bell, Edris was shoulder to shoulder with Farah.

Through the penultimate turn, Edris got ahead of Farah and onto the back of Kejelcha. The two Ethiopians opened up a 2-metre lead on Farah on the backstretch, leaving Farah in the unfamiliar position of having to sprint to catch up. But Chelimo had more speed, catching Farah from behind and moving to his outside shoulder as they gained on the Ethiopian duo, effectively leaving Farah boxed in on the curb. Coming off the final turn, Farah was looking for running room, which suddenly materialized in front of him as Kejelcha drifted out. Edris sprinted away from his teammate while Farah was still weaving his way past Kejelcha, with Chelimo going the outside route, both two metres behind Edris. Farah's race was for second place, with Edris expanding his lead to the finish. Farah was able to barely hold off Chelimo for silver. Unlike the spring in his step following his previous string of victories, it was Farah lying exhausted on the track.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Championship 12:52.79 Eliud Kipchoge  KEN 31 Aug 2003 Saint-Denis, France
World leading 12:55.23 Muktar Edris  ETH 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  ETH 31 May 2004 Hengelo, Netherlands
Asian 12:51.96 Albert Kibichii Rop  BHR 19 Jul 2013 Monaco
NACAC 12:53.60 Bernard Lagat  USA 22 Jul 2011 Monaco
South American 13:19.43 Marilson dos Santos  BRA 8 Jun 2006 Kassel, Germany
European 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit  BEL 25 Aug 2000 Brussels, Belgium
Oceanian 12:55.76 Craig Mottram  AUS 30 Jul 2004 London, Great Britain

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:22.60.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
9 August 20:05 Heats
12 August 20:20 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first round took place on 9 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat 1 2
Start time 20:06 20:29
Photo finish link link

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:21.50 Q
2 2 Birhanu Balew  Bahrain (BHR) 13:21.91 Q
3 2 Cyrus Rutto  Kenya (KEN) 13:22.45 Q
4 2 Patrick Tiernan  Australia (AUS) 13:22.52 Q
5 2 Ryan Hill  United States (USA) 13:22.79 Q
6 2 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada (CAN) 13:22.97 q
7 2 Andrew Butchart  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:24.78 q
8 2 Paul Chelimo  United States (USA) 13:24.88 q
9 2 Kemoy Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 13:26.67 q
10 2 Awet Habte  Eritrea (ERI) 13:27.70 q
11 2 Soufiane Bouchikhi  Belgium (BEL) 13:28.64
12 2 Jamal Abdi Dirieh  Djibouti (DJI) 13:28.98
13 2 Zouhair Aouad  Bahrain (BHR) 13:29.28
14 1 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:30.07 Q
15 1 Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:30.18 Q
16 1 Muktar Edris  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:30.22 Q
17 1 Justyn Knight  Canada (CAN) 13:30.27 Q
18 1 Aron Kifle  Eritrea (ERI) 13:30.36 Q
19 1 Bashir Abdi  Belgium (BEL) 13:30.71
20 1 Morgan McDonald  Australia (AUS) 13:30.73
21 1 Soufiyan Bouqantar  Morocco (MAR) 13:30.78
22 1 Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda (UGA) 13:30.92
23 1 Eric Jenkins  United States (USA) 13:31.09
24 1 Sam McEntee  Australia (AUS) 13:31.58
25 2 Sondre Nordstad Moen  Norway (NOR) 13:31.71
26 1 Hayle Ibrahimov  Azerbaijan (AZE) 13:32.15
27 1 Emanuel Giniki Gisamoda  Tanzania (TAN) 13:32.31
28 1 Albert Kibichii Rop  Bahrain (BHR) 13:32.40
29 2 Stephen Kissa  Uganda (UGA) 13:32.86
30 2 Josphat Kiprono Menjo  Kenya (KEN) 13:35.68
31 1 Govindan Lakshmanan  India (IND) 13:35.69 PB
32 2 Richard Ringer  Germany (GER) 13:36.87
33 1 Ilias Fifa  Spain (ESP) 13:47.90
34 2 Marc Scott  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:58.11
35 1 Kadar Omar Abdullahi  Athlete Refugee Team (ART) 14:32.67 PB
36 1 Mohamed Daud Mohamed  Somalia (SOM) 14:34.27 PB
37 1 Davis Kiplangat  Kenya (KEN) 14:52.98
38 1 David Kulang  South Sudan (SSD) 14:53.19 SB
39 1 Mohamed Sambe  Mauritania (MTN) 16:16.29 PB
2 Brahim Kaazouzi  Morocco (MAR) DNF
2 Gabriel Gerald Geay  Tanzania (TAN) DNS
2 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia (ETH) DNS

Final

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The final took place on 12 August at 20:21. The results were as follows (photo finish):[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Muktar Edris  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:32.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:33.22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Chelimo  United States (USA) 13:33.30
4 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:33.51
5 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:35.34
6 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada (CAN) 13:35.43
7 Aron Kifle  Eritrea (ERI) 13:36.91
8 Andrew Butchart  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:38.73
9 Justyn Knight  Canada (CAN) 13:39.15
10 Kemoy Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 13:39.74
11 Patrick Tiernan  Australia (AUS) 13:40.01
12 Birhanu Balew  Bahrain (BHR) 13:43.25
13 Cyrus Rutto  Kenya (KEN) 13:48.64
14 Awet Habte  Eritrea (ERI) 13:58.68
Ryan Hill  United States (USA) DNS

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "5000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 13 August 2017.