The men's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 31 July.
Medalists Gold Mo FarahGreat Britain (GBR)Silver Jesús EspañaSpain (ESP)Bronze Hayle IbrahimovAzerbaijan (AZE)
Records Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004European record12:49.71Brussels, Belgium25 August 2000Championship record13:10.15Stuttgart, West Germany31 August 1986World Leading12:51.21Doha, Qatar 14 May 2010European Leading12:57.25Oslo, Norway 4 June 2010
Schedule Date Time Round 29 July 2010 18:45 Round 1 31 July 2010 21:20 Final
Results
Round 1
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hayle Ibrahimov 13:32.98 Q, NR 2 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:34.44 Q 3 Daniele Meucci 13:35.02 Q, SB 4 Chris Thompson 13:35.58 Q 5 Mert Girmalegese 13:36.32 Q 6 Alistair Cragg 13:37.66 q 7 Arne Gabius 13:39.78 q 8 Aleksandr Orlov 13:41.44 q 9 Tiidrek Nurme 13:49.19 10 Eduard Mbengani 13:50.22 11 Gezachw Yossef 13:55.97 12 Philipp Bandi 13:58.11 13 Matti Räsänen 14:01.35 14 Sindre Buraas 14:03.93 Oskar Käck
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mo Farah 13:38.26 Q 2 Jesús España 13:38.47 Q 3 Sergio Sánchez 13:38.48 Q 4 Noureddine Smaïl 13:38.49 Q 5 Serhiy Lebid 13:38.51 Q 6 Stefano La Rosa 13:38.71 q 7 Kemal Koyuncu 13:47.41 q 8 Yevgeniy Rybakov 13:52.58 9 Sondre Nordstad Moen 13:53.69 10 Halil Akkaş 14:07.42 11 Mark Christie 14:12.68 12 Jussi Utriainen 14:17.07 13 Johan Wallerstein 14:43.34 Youssef El Kalay
Summary Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Hayle Ibrahimov 13:32.98 Q, NR 2 1 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:34.44 Q 3 1 Daniele Meucci 13:35.02 Q, SB 4 1 Chris Thompson 13:35.58 Q 5 1 Mert Girmalegese 13:36.32 Q 6 1 Alistair Cragg 13:37.66 q 7 2 Mo Farah 13:38.26 Q 8 2 Jesús España 13:38.47 Q 9 2 Sergio Sánchez 13:38.48 Q 10 2 Noureddine Smaïl 13:38.49 Q 11 2 Serhiy Lebid 13:38.51 Q 12 2 Stefano La Rosa 13:38.71 q 13 1 Arne Gabius 13:39.78 q 14 1 Aleksandr Orlov 13:41.44 q 15 2 Kemal Koyuncu 13:47.41 q 16 1 Tiidrek Nurme 13:49.19 17 1 Eduard Mbengani 13:50.22 18 2 Yevgeniy Rybakov 13:52.58 19 2 Sondre Nordstad Moen 13:53.69 20 1 Gezachw Yossef 13:55.97 21 1 Philipp Bandi 13:58.11 22 1 Matti Räsänen 14:01.35 23 1 Sindre Buraas 14:03.93 24 2 Halil Akkaş 14:07.42 25 2 Mark Christie 14:12.68 26 2 Jussi Utriainen 14:17.07 27 2 Johan Wallerstein 14:43.34 1 Oskar Käck 2 Youssef El Kalay
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mo Farah 13:31.18 Jesús España 13:33.12 Hayle Ibrahimov 13.34.15 Serhiy Lebid 13:38.69 Noureddine Smaïl 13:38.70 Daniele Meucci 13:40.17 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:43.23 Chris Thompson 13:44.42 Mert Girmalegese 13:45.25 10 Stefano La Rosa 13:46.58 11 Aleksandr Orlov 13:58.69 12 Arne Gabius 13:59.11 13 Kemal Koyuncu 14:17.32 Alistair Cragg Sergio Sánchez
References Round 1 Results Final Results Full results