2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Bernard Lagat
 United States
Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
Moses Kipsiro
 Uganda

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 Paris, France 31 August 2003
World leading  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:49.53 Zaragoza, Spain 28 July 2007

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 30, 200720:45Heats
September 2, 200719:30Final

Results

KEY: qQualified on time QQualified WRWorld record ARArea record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:33.37Q
22Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia13:33.62Q
32Matt Tegenkamp United States13:35.05Q
42Craig Mottram Australia13:36.18Q
52Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:37.12Q
62Mo Farah United Kingdom13:39.13q, SB
72Benjamin Limo Kenya13:41.47q
82Adam Goucher United States13:41.65q
92Ali Abdalla Eritrea13:42.00q
102Felix Kikwai Kibore Qatar13:46.23q
111Tariku Bekele Ethiopia13:46.42Q
121Jesús España Spain13:46.45Q
131Bernard Lagat United States13:46.57Q
141Hicham Bellani Morocco13:46.64Q
151Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:46.86Q
162Dieudonné Disi Rwanda13:47.30SB
171Khoudir Aggoune Algeria13:47.36
181Isaac Kiprono Songok Kenya13:47.42
191Ahmed Baday Morocco13:47.83
201Joseph Ebuya Kenya13:48.21
212Jan Fitschen Germany13:48.39
222Aadam Ismaeel Khamis Bahrain13:50.30
231Tonny Wamulwa Zambia13:50.95SB
241Bekana Daba Ethiopia13:53.16
251Charles Bett Koech Qatar13:53.36
262Mourad Marofit Morocco13:54.65
272Takayuki Matsumiya Japan13:54.95
281Alistair Cragg Ireland13:59.45
292Stephen Kiprotich Uganda14:04.22
301Erik Sjöqvist Sweden14:05.69
311Yu Mitsuya Japan14:07.38
322Cleveland Forde Guyana15:25.12
332Thura Aung Myanmar15:41.08
1Kabirou Dan Mallam NigerDNF
1Nader al-Masri PalestineDNS
1David Galván MexicoDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bernard Lagat United States13:45.87
Eliud Kipchoge Kenya13:46.00
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro Uganda13:46.75
4Matt Tegenkamp United States13:46.78
5Tariku Bekele Ethiopia13:47.33
6Mo Farah United Kingdom13:47.54
7Jesús España Spain13:50.55
8Abreham Cherkos Ethiopia13:51.01
9Felix Kikwai Kibore Qatar13:51.18
10Ali Abdalla Eritrea13:52.69
11Adam Goucher United States13:53.17
12Hicham Bellani Morocco13:55.44
13Craig Mottram Australia13:56.24
14Juan Luis Barrios Mexico13:59.86
15Benjamin Limo Kenya14:01.25

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