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5,000 metres, Men

Date	25 – 28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	36 from 22 countries

The final here matched the 1,500 gold medalist, Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR), and the 10K gold medalist, Kenenisa Bekele (ETH). Also present was the 2003 World Champion, Eliud Kipchoge (KEN). The pace in the final was very slow, passing the kilometer in 2:58.46. Bekele and Kipchoge then took the lead and increased the pace, but strangely slowed after 3,000. Five runners were together at the bell, but El Guerrouj was sitting on the shoulders of Bekele and Kipchoge and they had no chance to match his speed. Bekele took the lead over Kipchoge on the backstretch and El Guerrouj caught Bekele near the end of the curve. Bekele actually fought hard to hang on in the final stretch but could never close the gap, El Guerrouj winning the gold and Bekele the silver, Kipchoge hanging on for third.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	2469	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	13:21.87 (3 h1)	13:14.39 (1)	Gold
2	1657	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	13:21.16 (1 h1)	13:14.59 (2)	Silver
3	2342	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13:19.01 (2 h2)	13:15.10 (3)	Bronze
4	1664	Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam	ETH	13:21.20 (2 h1)	13:15.35 (4)
5	1658	Dejene Berhanu	ETH	13:19.42 (3 h2)	13:16.92 (5)
6	2340	John Kibowen	KEN	13:19.65 (4 h2)	13:18.24 (6)
7	1553	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	13:22.17 (7 h2)	13:24.31 (7)
8	1080	Craig Mottram	AUS	13:21.88 (4 h1)	13:25.70 (8)
9	2461	Hicham Bellani	MAR	13:22.64 (6 h1)	13:31.81 (9)
10	1024	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:18.94 (1 h2)	13:32.57 (10)
11	3232	Tim Broe	USA	13:20.29 (6 h2)	13:33.06 (11)
12	2129	Alistair Cragg	IRL	13:23.01 (7 h1)	13:43.06 (12)
13	2477	Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	13:20.03 (5 h2)	13:47.27 (13)
14	1021	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	13:24.98 (8 h1)	14:02.01 (14)
AC r2/2	2334	Abraham Chebii	KEN	13:22.30 (5 h1)	– (DNF)
8 h2 r1/2	1555	Samson Kiflemariam	ERI	13:26.97 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r1/2	2776	Sultan Khamis Zaman	QAT	13:26.52 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	1588	Roberto García	ESP	13:27.71 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r1/2	1820	John Mayock	GBR	13:26.81 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	1007	Khoudir Aggoune	ALG	13:29.37 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r1/2	1108	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	13:29.32 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	3090	Fabiano Naasi	TAN	13:31.89 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r1/2	3043	Christian Belz	SUI	13:29.59 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	2619	Marius Bakken	NOR	13:36.38 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	2531	Alejandro Suárez	MEX	13:35.32 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	3394	Freddy González	VEN	13:42.44 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	3331	Jon Riley	USA	13:38.79 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	1144	Tom Compernolle	BEL	13:43.44 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	1271	Abdelhak Zakaria	BRN	13:42.04 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	2127	Mark Carroll	IRL	13:46.81 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	1155	Monder Rizki	BEL	14:03.58 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	1568	Carles Castillejo	ESP	13:49.16 (16 h2)	–
17 h1 r1/2	3181	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	14:10.23 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	2630	Michael Aish	NZL	13:50.00 (17 h2)	–
18 h2 r1/2	2587	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	NEP	14:04.89 (18 h2)	–
AC h1 r1/2	1586	Carlos García	ESP	– (DNF h1)	–

Round One (25 August 2004)

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

Heat One (19:50)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	18	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	13:21.16	Q
2	16	Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam	ETH	13:21.20	Q
3	14	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	13:21.87	Q
4	4	Craig Mottram	AUS	13:21.88	Q
5	8	Abraham Chebii	KEN	13:22.30	Q
6	7	Hicham Bellani	MAR	13:22.64	q
7	3	Alistair Cragg	IRL	13:23.01	q
8	6	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	13:24.98	q
9	1	Sultan Khamis Zaman	QAT	13:26.52
10	12	John Mayock	GBR	13:26.81
11	2	Günther Weidlinger	AUT	13:29.32
12	10	Christian Belz	SUI	13:29.59
13	5	Alejandro Suárez	MEX	13:35.32
14	17	Jon Riley	USA	13:38.79
15	15	Abdelhak Zakaria	BRN	13:42.04
16	11	Monder Rizki	BEL	14:03.58
17	9	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	14:10.23
DNF	13	Carlos García	ESP	–

Splits

1000 m	2:41.86	Günther Weidlinger
2000 m	5:22.21	Günther Weidlinger
3000 m	8:07.42	Günther Weidlinger
4000 m	10:53.34	Abraham Chebii

Heat Two (20:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	17	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:18.94	Q
2	9	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13:19.01	Q
3	8	Dejene Berhanu	ETH	13:19.42	Q
4	1	John Kibowen	KEN	13:19.65	Q
5	15	Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	13:20.03	Q
6	3	Tim Broe	USA	13:20.29	q
7	2	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	13:22.17	q
8	12	Samson Kiflemariam	ERI	13:26.97
9	13	Roberto García	ESP	13:27.71
10	10	Khoudir Aggoune	ALG	13:29.37
11	11	Fabiano Naasi	TAN	13:31.89
12	14	Marius Bakken	NOR	13:36.38
13	5	Freddy González	VEN	13:42.44
14	7	Tom Compernolle	BEL	13:43.44
15	6	Mark Carroll	IRL	13:46.81
16	16	Carles Castillejo	ESP	13:49.16
17	18	Michael Aish	NZL	13:50.00
18	4	Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	NEP	14:04.89

Splits

1000 m	2:39.99	Mark Carroll
2000 m	5:24.90	Mark Carroll
3000 m	8:10.11	Marius Bakken
4000 m	10:52.69	Tim Broe

Final (28 August 2004 — 21:05)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	12	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	13:14.39
2	11	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	13:14.59
3	10	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	13:15.10
4	6	Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam	ETH	13:15.35
5	2	Dejene Berhanu	ETH	13:16.92
6	13	John Kibowen	KEN	13:18.24
7	9	Zersenay Tadese	ERI	13:24.31
8	14	Craig Mottram	AUS	13:25.70
9	8	Hicham Bellani	MAR	13:31.81
10	4	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:32.57
11	15	Tim Broe	USA	13:33.06
12	3	Alistair Cragg	IRL	13:43.06
13	5	Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	13:47.27
14	7	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	14:02.01
DNF	1	Abraham Chebii	KEN	–

Splits

1000 m	2:58.46	Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam
2000 m	5:35.99	Eliud Kipchoge
3000 m	8:10.89	Kenenisa Bekele
4000 m	10:48.62	Eliud Kipchoge