Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	46 from 30 nations
Winning time	27:07.34 OR
Medalists
Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Paul Tergat  Kenya Salah Hissou  Morocco

Official Video Highlights

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The final was held on July 29, 1996.

Medalists

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
Silver	Paul Tergat  Kenya
Bronze	Salah Hissou  Morocco

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Final classification

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:07.34
	Paul Tergat (KEN)	27:08.17
	Salah Hissou (MAR)	27:24.67
4.	Aloys Nizigama (BDI)	27:33.79
5.	Josphat Machuka (KEN)	27:35.08
6.	Paul Koech (KEN)	27:35.19
7.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:46.98
8.	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	27:50.73
9.	Stephane Franke (GER)	27:59.08
10.	Jon Brown (GBR)	27:59.72
11.	Armando Quintanilla (MEX)	28:09.46
12.	Marko Hhawu (TAN)	28:20.58
13.	Abel Antón (ESP)	28:29.37
14.	Carlos de la Torre (ESP)	28:32.11
15.	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	28:39.11
16.	Zoltán Káldy (HUN)	28:45.48
17.	Worku Bikila (ETH)	28:59.15
18.	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	29:07.77
19.	Alyan Al-Qahtani (KSA)	DNF
20.	Paul Evans (GBR)	DNF

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
—	Silvio Guerra (ECU)	28:30.15
—	Abraham Assefa (ETH)	28:32.24
—	Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)	28:38.18
—	Robbie Johnston (NZL)	28:40.60
—	Shaun Creighton (AUS)	28:44.29
—	Alfredo Brás (POR)	28:50.28
—	Katsuhiko Hanada (JPN)	28:52.22
—	Róbert Štefko (SVK)	29:03.80
—	Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	29:07.81
—	Brad Barquist (USA)	29:11.20
—	Charles Mulinga (ZAM)	29:14.99
—	Carlos Patrício (POR)	29:15.41
—	Miroslav Vanko (SVK)	29:17.53
—	Sean Dollman (IRL)	29:19.03
—	Hamid Sadjadi (IRI)	29:22.65
—	Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)	29:26.58
—	Jeff Schiebler (CAN)	29:47.79
—	Dan Middleman (USA)	29:50.72
—	Mohamed Ezzher (FRA)	29:55.34
—	Martín Pitayo (MEX)	30:32.20
—	Herder Vasquez (COL)	33:26.15
—	Majed Abu Maraheel (PLE)	34:40.50
—	Larbi Zéroual (MAR)	DNF
—	Abdellah Béhar (FRA)	DNF
—	Paulo Guerra (POR)	DNF
—	Todd Williams (USA)	DNF
—	Julian Paynter (AUS)	DNS
—	Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN)	DNS

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1997 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1998 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results