The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4 August.Start list This was billed to be the final 10,000 metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with Paul Tanui of Kenya finishing third. The win was Farah's third consecutive World 10,000 metres title, and his fifth consecutive major (Olympic or world) 10,000 metres title.
Summary Joshua Cheptegei, Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Moses Kurong formed an early breakaway, Kurong taking the lead for a few laps before Cheptegei went back to the front, and nine laps into the race, Kamworor, and then Paul Tanui, took the lead. By 6,000 metres, there was a lead group of 14 runners at the front, but this group gradually got smaller. Farah hit the front just before four laps to go. He let Abadi Hadis resume the lead, and at one point Kamworor had his heels caught by Farah as he cut across in front. Just before two laps to go, Farah went back into the lead.
During the penultimate turn, Tanui clipped the back of Farah's heels causing him to briefly lose his stride. Tanui sprinted through the final turn trying to get even with Farah at the head of the final straight. Farah turned to look at him, then accelerated away, already celebrating his win with ten metres remaining. Cheptegei sprinted around Tanui, but could not catch Farah and took second.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld26:17.53Kenenisa Bekele26 Aug 2005Brussels, BelgiumChampionship26:46.31Kenenisa Bekele17 Aug 2009Berlin, GermanyWorld leading27:08.26Abadi Hadis11 Jun 2017Hengelo, NetherlandsAfrican26:17.53Kenenisa Bekele26 Aug 2005Brussels, BelgiumAsian26:38.76Ahmad Hassan Abdullah5 Sep 2003Brussels, BelgiumNACAC26:44.36Galen RuppEugene, United StatesSouth American27:28.12Marilson dos Santos2 Jun 2007Neerpelt, BelgiumEuropean26:46.57Mo Farah3 Jun 2011Eugene, United StatesOceanian27:24.95Ben St Lawrence1 May 2011Palo Alto, United States
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date World leading26:49.51Mo Farah4 Aug 2017Canadian27:02.35Mohammed AhmedBahraini27:11.08Abraham Cheroben
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:45.00.
Results The final took place on 4 August at 21:20. The results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mo Farah 26:49.51 Joshua Cheptegei 26:49.94 Paul Tanui 26:50.60 Bedan Karoki Muchiri 26:52.12 Jemal Yimer 26:56.11 Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor 26:57.77 Abadi Hadis 26:59.19 Mohammed Ahmed 27:02.35 Shadrack Kipchirchir 27:07.55 10 Andamlak Belihu 27:08.94 11 Aron Kifle 27:09.92 12 Abraham Cheroben 27:11.08 13 Leonard Korir 27:20.18 14 Timothy Toroitich 27:21.09 15 Hassan Mead 27:32.49 16 Zane Robertson 27:48.59 17 Hiskel Tewelde 27:49.62 18 Moses Kurong 27:50.71 19 Onesphore Nzikwinkunda 28:09.98 20 Stephen Mokoka 28:14.67 21 Bayron Piedra 28:50.72 22 Patrick Tiernan 29:23.72 Nguse Amlosom Polat Kemboi Arıkan
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