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5,000 metres, Men

Date	6 – 8 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	56 from 41 countries

By 1992 the distance running events were the province of the Africans, especially the Kenyan runners. In the final Dominic Kirui (KEN) set the early pace but slowed after the kilometer mark when he realized that much of the field was in contact. By 3K the lead group was six, five Africans and Dieter Baumann (FRG). The pace was still slow and that was tailor-made for Baumann’s finishing speed. On the backstretch of the final lap he was boxed in by Paul Bitok, Fita Bayissa, Moulay Brahim Boutayeb, and Yobes Ondieki. He then began his charge passing on the outside until the final stretch when he moved past Bayissa on the inside to win the gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	782	Dieter Baumann	GER	13:20.82 (1 h3)	13:12.52 (1)	Gold
2	1108	Paul Bitok	KEN	13:36.81 (2 h2)	13:12.71 (2)	Silver
3	462	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:31.24 (2 h1)	13:13.03 (3)	Bronze
4	1203	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	13:37.27 (3 h2)	13:13.27 (4)
5	1136	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:31.88 (4 h1)	13:17.50 (5)
6	463	Worku Bikila	ETH	13:32.93 (1 h2)	13:23.52 (6)
7	699	Rob Denmark	GBR	13:22.41 (2 h3)	13:27.76 (7)
8	396	Abel Antón	ESP	13:31.48 (3 h1)	13:27.80 (8)
9	1208	Mohamed Issangar	MAR	13:22.98 (3 h3)	13:28.97 (9)
10	1592	Andrew Sambu	TAN	13:36.99 (4 h4)	13:37.20 (10)
11	1390	Domingos Castro	POR	13:24.57 (5 h3)	13:38.08 (11)
12	1725	Bob Kennedy	USA	13:35.76 (2 h4)	13:39.72 (12)
13	669	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:31.16 (1 h1)	13:43.39 (13)
14	1124	Dominic Kirui	KEN	13:24.21 (4 h3)	13:45.16 (14)
15	1291	Marcel Versteeg	NED	13:35.95 (3 h4)	13:48.32 (15)
16	988	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	13:33.71 (1 h4)	14:02.47 (16)
4 h2 r1/2	958	Frank O'Mara	IRL	13:38.79 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r1/2	693	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:37.14 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r1/2	1757	Reuben Reina	USA	13:40.50 (5 h2)	–
5 h4 r1/2	716	Ian Hamer	GBR	13:40.20 (5 h4)	–
6 h1 r1/2	949	John Doherty	IRL	13:41.27 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	1565	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:43.91 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r1/2	451	Antonio Serrano	ESP	13:42.94 (6 h3)	–
6 h4 r1/2	461	Addis Abebe	ETH	13:40.76 (6 h4)	–
7 h1 r1/2	613	Risto Ulmala	FIN	13:52.52 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	1417	Raimundo Santos	POR	13:48.06 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	1818	Tendai Chimusasa	ZIM	13:50.16 (7 h3)	–
7 h4 r1/2	416	Martín Fiz	ESP	13:42.20 (7 h4)	–
8 h1 r1/2	1649	Mahmoud El-Kalboussi	TUN	13:55.01 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	945	Sayed Hamid Sajjadi	IRI	14:04.54 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	935	Bahadur Prasad	IND	13:50.71 (8 h3)	–
8 h4 r1/2	567	Andrey Tikhonov	EUN	13:44.67 (8 h4)	–
9 h1 r1/2	1327	Robbie Johnston	NZL	13:57.87 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	325	Herder Vásquez	COL	14:06.80 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	1583	Isaac Simelane	SWZ	14:00.44 (9 h3)	–
9 h4 r1/2	131	Zachariah Ditetso	BOT	13:54.88 (9 h4)	–
10 h1 r1/2	232	Brendan Matthias	CAN	14:01.57 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	330	José Luis Molina	CRC	14:09.22 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	951	Paul Donovan	IRL	14:03.79 (10 h3)	–
10 h4 r1/2	1408	Carlos Monteiro	POR	14:00.53 (10 h4)	–
11 h1 r1/2	1817	Godfrey Siamusiye	ZAM	14:08.83 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	98	Leo Garnes	BAR	15:21.95 (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	1234	Ignacio Fragoso	MEX	14:16.14 (11 h3)	–
11 h4 r1/2	1487	Seraphin Mugabo	RWA	14:25.97 (11 h4)	–
12 h1 r1/2	4	Aïssa Bel Aout	ALG	15:02.76 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	983	Marlon Williams	ISV	15:26.49 (12 h2)	–
12 h3 r1/2	163	Abdullah Al-Dosari	BRN	14:23.07 (12 h3)	–
12 h4 r1/2	201	Ernest Ndissipou	CAF	14:40.12 (12 h4)	–
13 h1 r1/2	1789	Tawai Keiruan	VAN	15:27.46 (13 h1)	–
13 h3 r1/2	383	Moussa Souleiman	DJI	14:28.77 (13 h3)	–
13 h4 r1/2	1072	Awad Al-Hasini	JOR	14:55.58 (13 h4)	–
14 h1 r1/2	264	Yussuf Moli Yesky	CHA	15:29.25 (14 h1)	–
14 h3 r1/2	1178	Tello Namane	LES	14:33.04 (14 h3)	–
14 h4 r1/2	125	Policarpio Calizaya	BOL	15:02.02 (14 h4)	–
AC h2 r1/2	178	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h3 r1/2	1774	John Trautmann	USA	– (DNF h3)	–
DNS	1803	Hussein Salah Joaim	YEM	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	28	Antonio Silio	ARG	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	107	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	907	Polin Belisle	HON	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	585	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	1808	Willy Kalombo	COD	– (DNS h3)	–

Round One (6 August 1992)

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

Heat One (20:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	13	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:31.16	Q
2	15	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:31.24	Q
3	6	Abel Antón	ESP	13:31.48	Q
4	1	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:31.88	q
5	3	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:37.14
6	7	John Doherty	IRL	13:41.27
7	2	Risto Ulmala	FIN	13:52.52
8	14	Mahmoud El-Kalboussi	TUN	13:55.01
9	9	Robbie Johnston	NZL	13:57.87
10	10	Brendan Matthias	CAN	14:01.57
11	12	Godfrey Siamusiye	ZAM	14:08.83
12	8	Aïssa Bel Aout	ALG	15:02.76
13	11	Tawai Keiruan	VAN	15:27.46
14	4	Yussuf Moli Yesky	CHA	15:29.25
DNS	5	Polin Belisle	HON	–

Splits

1000 m	2:45.50	Brendan Matthias
2000 m	5:26.46	Brendan Matthias
3000 m	8:09.81	Brendan Matthias
4000 m	11:00.82	John Doherty

Heat Two (20:48)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	13	Worku Bikila	ETH	13:32.93	Q
2	1	Paul Bitok	KEN	13:36.81	Q
3	2	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	13:37.27	Q
4	10	Frank O'Mara	IRL	13:38.79
5	9	Reuben Reina	USA	13:40.50
6	5	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:43.91
7	8	Raimundo Santos	POR	13:48.06
8	11	Sayed Hamid Sajjadi	IRI	14:04.54
9	15	Herder Vásquez	COL	14:06.80
10	3	José Luis Molina	CRC	14:09.22
11	7	Leo Garnes	BAR	15:21.95
12	14	Marlon Williams	ISV	15:26.49
DNF	4	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	–
DNS	6	Hussein Salah Joaim	YEM	–
DNS	12	Antonio Silio	ARG	–

Splits

1000 m	2:43.17	Jonny Danielson
2000 m	5:28.73	Worku Bikila
3000 m	8:14.45	Worku Bikila
4000 m	10:55.83	Worku Bikila

Heat Three (21:06)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	14	Dieter Baumann	GER	13:20.82	Q
2	3	Rob Denmark	GBR	13:22.41	Q
3	7	Mohamed Issangar	MAR	13:22.98	Q
4	2	Dominic Kirui	KEN	13:24.21	q
5	9	Domingos Castro	POR	13:24.57	q
6	5	Antonio Serrano	ESP	13:42.94
7	16	Tendai Chimusasa	ZIM	13:50.16
8	13	Bahadur Prasad	IND	13:50.71
9	12	Isaac Simelane	SWZ	14:00.44
10	10	Paul Donovan	IRL	14:03.79
11	1	Ignacio Fragoso	MEX	14:16.14
12	11	Abdullah Al-Dosari	BRN	14:23.07
13	8	Moussa Souleiman	DJI	14:28.77
14	15	Tello Namane	LES	14:33.04
DNF	6	John Trautmann	USA	–
DNS	4	Willy Kalombo	COD	–

Splits

1000 m	2:42.78	Dominic Kirui
2000 m	5:23.01	Dominic Kirui
3000 m	8:04.38	Dominic Kirui
4000 m	10:47.37	Dominic Kirui

Heat Four (21:24)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	15	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	13:33.71	Q
2	6	Bob Kennedy	USA	13:35.76	Q
3	13	Marcel Versteeg	NED	13:35.95	Q
4	3	Andrew Sambu	TAN	13:36.99	q
5	4	Ian Hamer	GBR	13:40.20
6	2	Addis Abebe	ETH	13:40.76
7	5	Martín Fiz	ESP	13:42.20
8	7	Andrey Tikhonov	EUN	13:44.67
9	14	Zachariah Ditetso	BOT	13:54.88
10	8	Carlos Monteiro	POR	14:00.53
11	9	Seraphin Mugabo	RWA	14:25.97
12	12	Ernest Ndissipou	CAF	14:40.12
13	16	Awad Al-Hasini	JOR	14:55.58
14	10	Policarpio Calizaya	BOL	15:02.02
DNS	1	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	–
DNS	11	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	–

Splits

1000 m	2:40.82	Martín Fiz
2000 m	5:26.36	Ian Hamer
3000 m	8:13.22	Bob Kennedy
4000 m	11:01.95	Salvatore Antibo

Final (8 August 1992 — 20:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	11	Dieter Baumann	GER	13:12.52
2	4	Paul Bitok	KEN	13:12.71
3	14	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:13.03
4	15	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	13:13.27
5	2	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:17.50
6	9	Worku Bikila	ETH	13:23.52
7	1	Rob Denmark	GBR	13:27.76
8	16	Abel Antón	ESP	13:27.80
9	10	Mohamed Issangar	MAR	13:28.97
10	7	Andrew Sambu	TAN	13:37.20
11	5	Domingos Castro	POR	13:38.08
12	12	Bob Kennedy	USA	13:39.72
13	6	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:43.39
14	13	Dominic Kirui	KEN	13:45.16
15	3	Marcel Versteeg	NED	13:48.32
16	8	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	14:02.47

Splits

1000 m	2:36.35	Dominic Kirui
2000 m	5:16.48	Dominic Kirui
3000 m	7:55.03	Yobes Ondieki
4000 m	10:38.35	Worku Bikila