The Men's 5000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000. The top six runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes.
Medalists
Records World Record 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Helsinki, Finland 13 June 1998 Olympic Record 13:05.59 Saïd Aouita Morocco Los Angeles, California, United States 11 August 1984
Results All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.
Qualifying heats
Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Notes Heat Overall 1 1 Brahim Lahlafi 7 13:22.70 Q 2 2 Million Wolde 4 13:22.75 Q 3 3 Fita Bayisa 16 13:22.92 Q 4 4 Réda Benzine 11 13:23.10 Q SB 5 5 Julius Gitahi 3 13:23.12 Q SB 6 6 Richard Limo 15 13:23:17 Q 7 7 Adam Goucher 6 13:24.34 q 8 8 Mizan Mehari 13 13:24.56 q SB 9 9 Jirka Arndt 2 13:26.18 q 10 23 Katsuhiko Hanada 12 13:41.31 SB 11 25 Marius Bakken 9 13:44.80 12 26 Nicholas Rogers 18 13:46.18 13 28 Michael Power 8 13:51.00 14 29 Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama 14 14:00.30 15 30 Kristen Bowditch 1 14:08.92 16 31 Alberto García 18 14:11.65 17 33 Hélder Ornelas 10 14:29.01 18 David Galván 5 DNS
Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Notes Heat Overall 1 10 Ali Saïdi-Sief 1 13:29.34 Q 2 11 Serhiy Lebid 17 13:29.69 Q 3 12 Dagne Alemu 11 13:29.93 Q 4 13 David Chelule 8 13:29.98 Q 5 14 Toshinari Takaoka 6 13:29.99 Q 6 15 Mohamed Suleiman 12 13:30:12 Q 7 16 Mark Carroll 9 13:30.60 8 17 Craig Mottram 2 13:31.06 9 18 Yousef El Nasri 5 13:34.49 10 19 Mohamed Saïd El Wardi 13 13:35.18 11 20 Bradley Hauser 18 13:39.41 12 21 Pablo Olmedo 14 13:40.34 13 22 Mustapha Essaïd 7 13:40.82 14 24 Sam Mfula Mwape 19 13:41.72 15 27 Vénuste Niyongabo 10 13:49.57 16 32 Bolota Asmerom 16 14:15.26 17 34 Gyan Bahadur Bohara 20 14:34.15 NR 18 35 Houna Murad Murad Shihab 3 14:49.40 19 36 Maung Maung Nge 15 15:12.93 20 Mohammed Mourhit 4 DNS
Overall Results Semi-finals Semi-finals Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Notes 1 Brahim Lahlafi 1 7 1 13:22.70 Q 2 Million Wolde 1 4 2 13:22.75 Q 3 Fita Bayisa 1 16 3 13:22.92 Q 4 Réda Benzine 1 11 4 13:23.10 Q SB 5 Julius Gitahi 1 3 5 13:23.12 Q SB 6 Richard Limo 1 15 6 13:23:17 Q 7 Adam Goucher 1 6 7 13:24.34 q 8 Mizan Mehari 1 13 8 13:24.56 q SB 9 Jirka Arndt 1 2 9 13:26.18 q 10 Ali Saïdi-Sief 2 1 1 13:29.34 Q 11 Serhiy Lebid 2 17 2 13:29.69 Q 12 Dagne Alemu 2 11 3 13:29.98 Q 13 David Chelule 2 8 4 13:29.98 Q 14 Toshinari Takaoka 2 6 5 13:29.99 Q 15 Mohamed Suleiman 2 12 6 13:30.12 Q 16 Mark Carroll 2 9 7 13:30.60 17 Craig Mottram 2 2 8 13:31.06 18 Yousef El Nasri 2 5 9 13:34.49 19 Mohamed Saïd El Wardi 2 13 10 13:35.18 20 Bradley Hauser 2 18 11 13:39.41 21 Pablo Olmedo 2 14 12 13:40.34 22 Mustapha Essaïd 2 7 13 13:40.82 23 Katsuhiko Hanada 1 12 10 13:41.31 SB 24 Sam Mfula Mwape 2 19 14 13:41.72 25 Marius Bakken 1 9 11 13:44.80 26 Nicholas Rogers 1 18 12 13:46.18 27 Vénuste Niyongabo 2 10 15 13:49.57 28 Michael Power 1 8 13 13:51.00 29 Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama 1 14 14 14:00.30 30 Kristen Bowditch 1 1 15 14:08.92 31 Alberto García 1 18 16 14:11.65 32 Bolota Asmerom 2 16 16 14:15.26 33 Hélder Ornelas 1 10 17 14:29.01 34 Gyan Bahadur Bohara 2 20 17 14:34.15 NR 35 Shihab Houna Murad 2 3 18 14:49.40 36 Maung Nge Maung 2 15 19 15:12.93 David Galván 1 5 18 DNS Mohammed Mourhit 2 4 20 DNS
Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes 1 Million Wolde 15 13:35.49 2 Ali Saïdi-Sief 11 13:36.20 3 Brahim Lahlafi 4 13:36.47 4 Fita Bayisa 9 13:37.03 5 David Chelule 14 13:37.13 6 Dagne Alemu 13 13:37.17 7 Serhiy Lebid 10 13:37.80 8 Jirka Arndt 6 13:38.57 9 Julius Gitahi 12 13:39.11 10 Richard Limo 8 13:39.43 11 Réda Benzine 1 13:40.95 12 Mizan Mehari 2 13:42.03 13 Adam Goucher 5 13:43.20 14 Mohamed Suleiman 7 13:45.10 15 Toshinari Takaoka 3 13:46.90
See also 1999 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres 2001 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres
References
External links Official Report Results