The men's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13 and 16 August.Start list
Fifteen qualified for the final. Of the ten automatic qualifiers, three each were from Kenya, Ethiopia and the United States. But all eyes were on the one from England, the defending champion, Olympic champion and 10000 winner from these championships all rolled up into one Mo Farah.
The first lap of the final started off at a jog for these world class competitors. On the second lap, the Kenyans as a group pushed the pace, but it didn't last long and the pack reformed. At such a leisurely pace, nobody was at risk of getting dropped. Instead confusion. Hagos Gebrhiwet literally a step behind Farah near the back of the pack, watching his every step. At 2000 meters, Farah decided to take a chance at the lead, but it was not to advance the pace but to slow it down. With Farah at the front the pace slowed to 68 seconds, then almost 70 seconds and the rest of the field obediently crowded up behind him, not willing to go out alone against the king. With 5 laps to go, Isiah Koech decided to make the break and took off. The race accelerated to 62-second laps with all the players covering each other's move and jockeying for position. For a lap Yenew Alamirew held the lead, accelerating as anyone looked to try to pass. With 650 to go, Farah made his move, successfully passing Alamirew he only gained a step on the field but that was enough, now he wouldn't let anybody pass him, the field stinging out behind him, the suitors dwindling. Through the final lap in 53 seconds, Koech made repeated attempts to get past Farah but each time Farah was able to go that much faster. Two steps behind at the beginning of the straight, Gebrhiwet weaved his way around the other two Kenyans and came flying down the outside as Koech let up in defeat, Gebrhiwet taking silver by one thousandth of a second after 5000 meters.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Championship record12:52.79Saint-Denis, France31 August 2003World Leading12:51.34Monaco19 July 2013African Record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Asian Record12:51.98Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record12:53.60Monaco22 July 2011South American Record13:19.43Kassel, Germany8 June 2006European Record12:49.71Brussels, Belgium25 August 2000Oceanian record12:55.76London, Great Britain30 July 2004
Qualification standards A timeB time 13:15.00 13:20.00
Schedule Date Time Round13 August 2013 10:20 Heats16 August 2013 20:45 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Muktar Edris 13:20.82 Q 2 2 Edwin Soi 13:21.44 Q 3 2 Isaiah Koech 13:22.19 Q 4 1 Hagos Gebrhiwet 13:23.22 Q 5 1 Yenew Alamirew 13:23.48 Q 6 1 Bernard Lagat 13:23.59 Q 7 2 Galen Rupp 13:23.91 Q 8 2 Mo Farah 13:23.93 Q 9 1 Thomas Longosiwa 13:23.94 Q 10 1 Ryan Hill 13:24.19 Q 11 1 Elroy Gelant 13:25.07 q 12 2 Dejenee Regassa 13:25.21 q 13 1 Brett Robinson 13:25.38 q 14 1 Sindre Buraas 13:26.69 q 15 1 Zane Robertson 13:27.89 q 16 2 Othmane El Goumri 13:31.08 17 1 John Kipkoech 13:31.21 18 2 Ben St Lawrence 13:33.64 19 1 Phillip Kipyeko 13:33.68 20 1 Arne Gabius 13:34.26 21 2 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:34.68 22 2 Byron Piedra 13:35.38 23 2 Yuki Sato 13:37.07 24 1 Aziz Lahbabi 13:37.75 25 2 Diego Estrada 13:48.38 26 1 Sergio Sánchez 13:52.05 27 2 Rinas Akhmadeev 13:58.38 28 2 Jake Robertson 14:09.50 29 1 Grevazio Mpani 14:15.65 1 Abdoulaye Abdelkarim DNS 2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro DNS
Final The final was started at 20:45.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mo Farah 13:26.98 Hagos Gebrhiwet 13:27.26 Isiah Koech 13:27.26 Thomas Longosiwa 13:27.67 Edwin Soi 13:29.01 Bernard Lagat 13:29.24 Muktar Edris 13:29.56 Galen Rupp 13:29.87 Yenew Alamirew 13:31.27 10 Ryan Hill 13:32.69 11 Dejenee Regassa 13:34.54 12 Elroy Gelant 13:43.68 13 Sindre Buraas 13:45.67 14 Zane Robertson 13:46.55 15 Brett Robinson 14:03.77
References
External links 5000 metres results at IAAF website