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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
The final of the men's 10,000 meters at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Date
  • 2 August 2024
Competitors27 from 15 nations
Winning time26:43.14 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grant Fisher  United States
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 August 2024. This was the 26th time in which the men's 10,000 metres has been contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 27 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking. Unlike other Olympic events, this event did not have heats or semifinals, with all qualified athletes instead competing in a single final.

Summary

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Through the season 20 athletes ran sub 27 minutes, but all of these occurred in just three races, two were used as the Olympic Trials for Ethiopia and Kenya; the third was The TEN, a set up evening race that qualified the eventual American team and individuals from four other countries. World record holder Joshua Cheptegei and several other likely contenders had never attempted the distance during the season. With no qualifying round, they were unknown commodities.[2]

25 athletes started 25 laps around the stadium. After the first few laps all three Ethiopian runners, defending champion Selemon Barega, Yomif Kejelcha and Berihu Aregawi congealed to the front of the large pack. It was clear they intended to control the race from the front, switching position and clearly communicating. Immediately behind them Grant Fisher, Benard Kibet and Mohammed Ahmed positioned themselves to watch the proceedings, but with the games being played at the front of the pack, very few athletes were falling off the back. After 6000 metres, Kejelcha expanded his turn to lead into a 5m gap on his teammates. Seeing the change, Ahmed and Kibet rushed to fill the gap. At that same moment, Fisher caught the heel of a slowing Aregawi, stepping on the curb and nearly falling. With three laps to go, Aregawi and Kejelcha went to the front, looking to set up a wall, but there were 10 athletes bunched up behind. After hovering toward the back of the pack throughout the race, Cheptegei moved up to the front. With 600 to go, Cheptegei ran around the wall, trading elbows with Kejelcha and into the lead. Taking a lesson from Mo Farah, he did not intend to relinquish that lead. The chase was on behind him. Ahmed was the first to get around, followed by Kibet and Fisher. Coming onto the home stretch, Cheptegei had a 3-metre lead on Ahmed. Fisher got around Kibet and everybody sprinted to the finish. Fisher slowly gained and passed Ahmed, clear for silver. But after falling back to 7th place in the re-shuffling, Aregawi sprinted around the outside to roar past everyone but Cheptegei to steal the silver from Fisher by 2 hundredths of a second.[3]

Cheptegei's winning time took 18 seconds off the Olympic record, but the first 13 places all beat the old record because the Ethiopians kept the pace serious from the beginning in far contrast to the usual, slow strategic races in Championship finals. Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Adriaan Wildschutt and Jimmy Gressier set new national records for Spain, South Africa and France respectively.

Background

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The men's 10,000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00[4] Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Olympic record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 27:01.17 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
World leading  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 26:31.01[5] Nerja, Spain 14 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[6]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00 WR
Asia (records)  Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (QAT) 26:38.76
Europe (records)  Mo Farah (GBR) 26:46.57
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Grant Fisher (USA) 26:33.84
Oceania (records)  Jack Rayner (AUS) 27:09.57
South America (records)  Marílson dos Santos (BRA) 27:28.12

Qualification

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For the men's 10,000 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[7] 27 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 27:00.00 seconds or faster, or by their World Athletics Ranking for either this event or the Cross Country event.[7]

Results

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Final

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The final was held on 2 August, starting at 21:20 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1][8]

Rank Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda 26:43.14 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Berihu Aregawi  Ethiopia 26:43.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grant Fisher  United States 26:43.46 SB
4 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada 26:43.79 SB
5 Benard Kibet  Kenya 26:43.98 PB
6 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 26:44.02
7 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia 26:44.48
8 Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda 26:46.39 SB
9 Thierry Ndikumwenayo  Spain 26:49.49 NR
10 Adriaan Wildschutt  South Africa 26:50.64 NR
11 Daniel Mateiko  Kenya 26:50.83
12 Nico Young  United States 26:58.11
13 Jimmy Gressier  France 26:58.67 NR
14 Nicholas Kipkorir  Kenya 27:23.97
15 Merhawi Mebrahtu  Eritrea 27:24.25
16 William Kincaid  United States 27:29.40
17 Birhanu Balew  Bahrain 27:30.94 SB
18 Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed  Refugee Olympic Team 27:35.92 PB
19 Isaac Kimeli  Belgium 27:51.52
20 Jun Kasai  Japan 27:53.18
21 Yves Nimubona  Rwanda 27:54.12
22 Martin Magengo Kiprotich  Uganda 28:20.72
23 Abdessamad Oukhelfen  Spain 28:21.90
24 Tomoki Ota  Japan 29:12.48
Yann Schrub  France DNF
Rodrigue Kwizera  Burundi DNS
Célestin Ndikumana  Burundi DNS

References

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  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "10,000 Metres - men - senior - all - 2024".
  3. ^ "Men's 10,000m - Final race analysis" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 10,000 Metres men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 10,000 Metres men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Records – 10,000 Metres men". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Men's 10,000m - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.