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10,000 metres, Men

Date23 – 26 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationOl-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants52 from 35 countries

No clear favorite existed. Italy’s Salvatore Antibo opened the final with a 62.2 first lap and ran the 800 in 2:07.4. But he slowed and the pack came together. On the sixth lap, he surged to a 62.4 lap, dropping all but Moses Tanui (KEN), Kipkemboi Kimeli (KEN), and Morocco’s Brahim Boutayeb. That group passed 5K in 13:35.32, world record pace. Boutayeb stepped on it at 7K and started dropping runners, after the pace had slowed somewhat. At 9K he had a 25 metre lead on Kimeli, and ran a steady last few laps to the gold medal comfortably. Antibo was five metres back of Kimeli with 800 left but his fast kick brought him the silver medal.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1Final
1734Brahim BoutayebMAR28:17.61 (1 h2)27:21.46 (1)GoldOR
2576Salvatore AntiboITA28:09.35 (4 h1)27:23.55 (2)Silver
3654Kipkemboi KimeliKEN28:00.39 (1 h1)27:25.16 (3)Bronze
4347Jean-Louis PrianonFRA28:08.38 (2 h1)27:36.43 (4)
5756Arturo BarriosMEX28:08.63 (3 h1)27:39.32 (5)
6467Hansjörg KunzeGDR28:22.09 (3 h2)27:39.35 (6)
7317Paul ArpinFRA28:25.56 (6 h2)27:39.36 (7)
8674Moses TanuiKEN28:20.98 (2 h2)27:47.23 (8)
9516Marti ten KateNED28:23.23 (12 h1)27:50.30 (9)
10279Antonio PrietoESP28:22.52 (4 h2)27:52.78 (10)
11762Mauricio GonzálezMEX28:36.66 (8 h2)27:59.90 (11)
12133Evgeni IgnatovBUL28:15.63 (5 h1)28:09.32 (12)
13872António PintoPOR28:15.63 (6 h1)28:09.53 (13)
14625Kozo AkutsuJPN28:16.43 (8 h1)28:09.70 (14)
151199Rolando VeraECU28:17.88 (9 h1)28:17.64 (15)
16811John HalvorsenNOR28:22.25 (11 h1)28:29.21 (16)
17645Shuichi YoneshigeJPN28:26.04 (7 h2)29:04.44 (17)
181073Bruce BickfordUSA28:16.16 (7 h1)29:09.74 (18)
AC r2/2437Eamonn MartinGBR28:25.46 (5 h2)– (DNF)
AC r2/2662Boniface MerandeKEN28:21.84 (10 h1)– (DNF)
9 h2 r1/2859Ezequiel CanárioPOR28:43.02 (9 h2)
10 h2 r1/2580Alberto CovaITA28:43.84 (10 h2)
11 h2 r1/21122Pat PorterUSA28:45.04 (11 h2)
12 h2 r1/2285Antonio SerranoESP29:01.13 (12 h2)
13 h1 r1/2405Steve BinnsGBR28:52.88 (13 h1)
13 h2 r1/21176Ahmed Musa JoudaSUD29:03.87 (13 h2)
14 h1 r1/2224Pedro OrtizCOL29:08.25 (14 h1)
14 h2 r1/2755Marcos BarretoMEX29:18.14 (14 h2)
15 h1 r1/2966Boay AkonayTAN29:19.06 (15 h1)
15 h2 r1/2169Paul McCloyCAN29:34.07 (15 h2)
16 h1 r1/2885Ahmed Ibrahim WarsamaQAT29:37.99 (16 h1)
16 h2 r1/2696Lee Sang-GeunKOR29:37.14 (16 h2)
17 h1 r1/2541Edward NabunomeINA29:55.23 (17 h1)
17 h2 r1/21173Stanley MandebeleZIM29:50.99 (17 h2)
18 h1 r1/2104Policarpio CalizayaBOL30:35.01 (18 h1)
18 h2 r1/2239Talal Omar AbdillahiDJI30:08.53 (18 h2)
19 h1 r1/2190Ismael YayaCHA30:47.29 (19 h1)
19 h2 r1/2785Hari RokayaNEP30:48.16 (19 h2)
20 h1 r1/2744Charles NavekoMAW31:23.53 (20 h1)
20 h2 r1/2805Aaron DupnaiPNG32:50.63 (20 h2)
21 h1 r1/21148Abdul Karim DaoudYAR32:33.04 (21 h1)
21 h2 r1/2295Binesh PrasadFIJ33:30.43 (21 h2)
22 h2 r1/2925John MaekeSOL35:16.93 (22 h2)
AC h1 r1/242Andrew LloydAUS– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2182Paul WilliamsCAN– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2253José Manuel AlbentosaESP– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2441Mike McLeodGBR– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2860Dionísio CastroPOR– (DNF h1)
AC h2 r1/21164Kamana KojiCOD– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2627Tsukasa EndoJPN– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2990Martin VrábeľTCH– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/21121Steve PlasenciaUSA– (DNF h2)

Round One (23 September 1988)

Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (16:30)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
118Kipkemboi KimeliKEN28:00.39Q
210Jean-Louis PrianonFRA28:08.38Q
32Arturo BarriosMEX28:08.63Q
41Salvatore AntiboITA28:09.35Q
520Evgeni IgnatovBUL28:15.63Q
624António PintoPOR28:15.63Q
717Bruce BickfordUSA28:16.16Q
813Kozo AkutsuJPN28:16.43Q
94Rolando VeraECU28:17.88q
1025Boniface MerandeKEN28:21.84q
1115John HalvorsenNOR28:22.25q
123Marti ten KateNED28:23.23q
1314Steve BinnsGBR28:52.88
147Pedro OrtizCOL29:08.25
1511Boay AkonayTAN29:19.06
1612Ahmed Ibrahim WarsamaQAT29:37.99
176Edward NabunomeINA29:55.23
1826Policarpio CalizayaBOL30:35.01
1919Ismael YayaCHA30:47.29
208Charles NavekoMAW31:23.53
2123Abdul Karim DaoudYAR32:33.04
DNF5José Manuel AlbentosaESP
DNF22Mike McLeodGBR
DNF16Paul WilliamsCAN
DNF9Dionísio CastroPOR
DNF21Andrew LloydAUS

Splits

1000 m2:59
2000 m5:43
3000 m8:32
4000 m11:22
5000 m14:06
6000 m16:46
7000 m19:37
8000 m22:25Kipkemboi Kimeli
9000 m25:11Kipkemboi Kimeli

Heat Two (17:10)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
111Brahim BoutayebMAR28:17.61Q
28Moses TanuiKEN28:20.98Q
34Hansjörg KunzeGDR28:22.09Q
41Antonio PrietoESP28:22.52Q
55Eamonn MartinGBR28:25.46Q
616Paul ArpinFRA28:25.56Q
719Shuichi YoneshigeJPN28:26.04Q
87Mauricio GonzálezMEX28:36.66Q
96Ezequiel CanárioPOR28:43.02
1012Alberto CovaITA28:43.84
113Pat PorterUSA28:45.04
1218Antonio SerranoESP29:01.13
139Ahmed Musa JoudaSUD29:03.87
1423Marcos BarretoMEX29:18.14
152Paul McCloyCAN29:34.07
1621Lee Sang-GeunKOR29:37.14
1710Stanley MandebeleZIM29:50.99
1813Talal Omar AbdillahiDJI30:08.53
1914Hari RokayaNEP30:48.16
2015Aaron DupnaiPNG32:50.63
2120Binesh PrasadFIJ33:30.43
2226John MaekeSOL35:16.93
DNF17Kamana KojiCOD
DNF25Martin VrábeľTCH
DNF22Tsukasa EndoJPN
DNF24Steve PlasenciaUSA

Splits

1000 m2:59
2000 m5:47
3000 m8:40
4000 m11:32
5000 m14:18Hansjörg Kunze
6000 m17:10
7000 m21:08
8000 m23:48
9000 m26:40Brahim Boutayeb

Final (26 September 1988 — 16:20)

PosOrdAthleteNOCTime (A)
15Brahim BoutayebMAR27:21.46OR
22Salvatore AntiboITA27:23.55
31Kipkemboi KimeliKEN27:25.16
417Jean-Louis PrianonFRA27:36.43
512Arturo BarriosMEX27:39.32
611Hansjörg KunzeGDR27:39.35
715Paul ArpinFRA27:39.36
814Moses TanuiKEN27:47.23
99Marti ten KateNED27:50.30
106Antonio PrietoESP27:52.78
1113Mauricio GonzálezMEX27:59.90
1210Evgeni IgnatovBUL28:09.32
138António PintoPOR28:09.53
1418Kozo AkutsuJPN28:09.70
1519Rolando VeraECU28:17.64
167John HalvorsenNOR28:29.21
174Shuichi YoneshigeJPN29:04.44
1816Bruce BickfordUSA29:09.74
DNF20Eamonn MartinGBR
DNF3Boniface MerandeKEN

Splits

1000 m2:41.74Salvatore Antibo
2000 m5:28.50Moses Tanui
3000 m8:07.78Kipkemboi Kimeli
4000 m10:50.05Kipkemboi Kimeli
5000 m13:35.32Kipkemboi Kimeli
6000 m16:20.07Brahim Boutayeb
7000 m19:04.56Brahim Boutayeb
8000 m21:50.17Brahim Boutayeb
9000 m24:35.79Brahim Boutayeb