2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 13.

2006 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Farah took the lead with 1000 m to go and stretched the field. A sprint to line resulted in España over taking Farah metres from the line. A quick finish by Higuero moved him into third over Turkey's Halil Akkaş.

Medalists
GoldSilverBronze
Jesús España
 Spain		 Mo Farah
 United Kingdom		 Juan Carlos Higuero
 Spain

Schedule
Date Time Round
August 10, 200617:40Semifinals
August 13, 200616:40Final

Results
KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Semifinals

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Khalid Zoubaa France13:46.32Q
22Eduard Bordukov Russia13:46.72Q
32Mo Farah United Kingdom13:46.77Q
42Monder Rizki Belgium13:47.51Q
51Halil Akkaş Turkey13:48.79Q
62Tom Compernolle Belgium13:49.14Q
71Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands13:49.73Q
82Henrik Skoog Sweden13:49.99q
91Alistair Cragg Ireland13:50.12Q
101Pablo Villalobos Spain13:51.17q
111Jesús España Spain13:52.33Q
121Juan Carlos Higuero Spain13:52.66Q
132Nick McCormick United Kingdom13:52.87q
141Tom Van Hooste Belgium13:53.50q
151Marius Bakken Norway13:56.84q
161Martin Steinbauer Austria13:59.17
171Barnabás Bene Hungary14:08.16SB
181Chris Thompson United Kingdom14:10.27
2Arne Gabius GermanyDNF
1Christian Belz  SwitzerlandDNS
2Serhiy Lebid UkraineDNS

Final
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Jesús España Spain13:44.70
Mo Farah United Kingdom13:44.79
Juan Carlos Higuero Spain13:46.48
4Halil Akkaş Turkey13:46.53
5Khalid Zoubaa France13:55.09
6Henrik Skoog Sweden13:56.34
7Pablo Villalobos Spain13:58.25
8Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands13:58.70
9Eduard Bordukov Russia14:00.30
10Tom Compernolle Belgium14:03.37
11Monder Rizki Belgium14:04.96
12Nick McCormick United Kingdom14:06.18
13Tom Van Hooste Belgium14:15.32
Marius Bakken NorwayDNF
Alistair Cragg IrelandDNF
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