The men's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on .Start list This race was announced as the last track race of Mo Farah's career as he intends to focus on marathon running and road racing. Farah had been in every final since 2007, winning three straight since 2011.
Summary
In the final, Farah (GBR) started faster than normal, after the pack congealed landing in second place behind Paul Chelimo (USA) who ran around the crowd to get to the front. Chelimo took the field through an aggressive 62 second lap. The second lap was a decidedly more relaxed 71 seconds, bringing Andrew Butchart (GBR) to the front, to look at Chelimo then take the point with his teammate Farah in tow. But Butchart didn't increase the pace, instead it slowed slightly to 72 seconds. Muktar Edris (ETH) came forward. After running shoulder to shoulder with Farah for 200 metres, Edris went out into the lead, but the pace didn't quicken. After another slow lap, he slowed and left Farah exposed on the front. 17 year old 2016 World Junior Champion Selemon Barega came from the back of the pack to take the lead. Barega increased the pace opening up several metres on Farah at the head of the pack with a 65-second lap, then he slowed again an Ethiopian leaving Farah exposed on the front of the pack. Another 66 second lap as Chelimo came back to take a turn at the front.
With five laps to go Patrick Tiernan ran around the field to take the lead. Tiernan moved the pace up to 64 seconds but the rest of the field didn't chase, letting him break away to a 10-metre lead. The next lap was under 63 seconds, with Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) coming to the front of the pack but leaving Farah to lead the group. Into the last two laps, a time when Farah does not like to get passed, he stayed ahead of Kejelcha, the overall quicken pace overtaking Tiernan with 600 metres to go. Shortly after passing Tiernan, Butchart rushed forward to get on Farah's shoulder to form a British wall similar to the ending stages of the Olympics. Through the turn, Kejelcha fought his way around the outside of the wall and onto the homestretch to take the lead going into the bell with the rest of the Ethiopian team, Edris and Barega lining up on the outside, next to Farah, Mohammed Ahmed (CAN), and Chelimo on the inside. At the bell, Edris was shoulder to shoulder with Farah.
Through the penultimate turn, Edris got ahead of Farah and onto the back of Kejelcha. The two Ethiopians opened up a 2-metre lead on Farah on the backstretch, leaving Farah in the unfamiliar position of having to sprint to catch up. But Chelimo had more speed, catching Farah from behind and moving to his outside shoulder as they gained on the Ethiopian duo, effectively leaving Farah boxed in on the curb. Coming off the final turn, Farah was looking for running room, which suddenly materialized in front of him as Kejelcha drifted out. Edris sprinted away from his teammate while Farah was still weaving his way past Kejelcha, with Chelimo going the outside route, both two metres behind Edris. Farah's race was for second place, with Edris expanding his lead to the finish. Farah was able to barely hold off Chelimo for silver. Unlike the spring in his step following his previous string of victories, it was Farah lying exhausted on the track.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld12:37.35Kenenisa Bekele31 May 2004Hengelo, NetherlandsChampionship12:52.79Eliud Kipchoge31 Aug 2003Saint-Denis, FranceWorld leading12:55.23Muktar Edris6 Jul 2017Lausanne, SwitzerlandAfrican12:37.35Kenenisa BekeleHengelo, NetherlandsAsian12:51.96Albert Kibichii Rop19 Jul 2013MonacoNACAC12:53.60Bernard Lagat22 Jul 2011MonacoSouth American13:19.43Marilson dos Santos8 Jun 2006Kassel, GermanyEuropean12:49.71Mohammed Mourhit25 Aug 2000Brussels, BelgiumOceanian12:55.76Craig Mottram30 Jul 2004London, Great Britain
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13:22.60.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round9 August 20:05 Heats12 August 20:20 Final
Results
Heats The first round took place on 9 August in two heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 Start time 20:06 20:29 Photo finishlinklink
The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Selemon Barega 13:21.50 2 2 Birhanu Balew 13:21.91 3 2 Cyrus Rutto 13:22.45 4 2 Patrick Tiernan 13:22.52 5 2 Ryan Hill 13:22.79 6 2 Mohammed Ahmed 13:22.97 7 2 Andrew Butchart 13:24.78 8 2 Paul Chelimo 13:24.88 9 2 Kemoy Campbell 13:26.67 10 2 Awet Habte 13:27.70 11 2 Soufiane Bouchikhi 13:28.64 12 2 Jamal Abdi Dirieh 13:28.98 13 2 Zouhair Aouad 13:29.28 14 1 Yomif Kejelcha 13:30.07 15 1 Mo Farah 13:30.18 16 1 Muktar Edris 13:30.22 17 1 Justyn Knight 13:30.27 18 1 Aron Kifle 13:30.36 19 1 Bashir Abdi 13:30.71 20 1 Morgan McDonald 13:30.73 21 1 Soufiyan Bouqantar 13:30.78 22 1 Jacob Kiplimo 13:30.92 23 1 Eric Jenkins 13:31.09 24 1 Sam McEntee 13:31.58 25 2 Sondre Nordstad Moen 13:31.71 26 1 Hayle Ibrahimov 13:32.15 27 1 Emanuel Giniki Gisamoda 13:32.31 28 1 Albert Kibichii Rop 13:32.40 29 2 Stephen Kissa 13:32.86 30 2 Josphat Kiprono Menjo 13:35.68 31 1 Govindan Lakshmanan 13:35.69 32 2 Richard Ringer 13:36.87 33 1 Ilias Fifa 13:47.90 34 2 Marc Scott 13:58.11 35 1 Kadar Omar Abdullahi 14:32.67 36 1 Mohamed Daud Mohamed 14:34.27 37 1 Davis Kiplangat 14:52.98 38 1 David Kulang 14:53.19 39 1 Mohamed Sambe 16:16.29 2 Brahim Kaazouzi 2 Gabriel Gerald Geay 2 Hagos Gebrhiwet
Final The final took place on 12 August at 20:21. The results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Muktar Edris 13:32.79 Mo Farah 13:33.22 Paul Chelimo 13:33.30 Yomif Kejelcha 13:33.51 Selemon Barega 13:35.34 Mohammed Ahmed 13:35.43 Aron Kifle 13:36.91 Andrew Butchart 13:38.73 Justyn Knight 13:39.15 10 Kemoy Campbell 13:39.74 11 Patrick Tiernan 13:40.01 12 Birhanu Balew 13:43.25 13 Cyrus Rutto 13:48.64 14 Awet Habte 13:58.68 Ryan Hill
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