The men's 10,000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 July 2022.Timetable
Summary
After sorting themselves through the break, Carlos Mayo took over the point, followed by world record holder Joshua Cheptegei and the full American contingent of Grant Fisher, Joe Klecker and Sean McGorty. Near the back of the pack Stanley Mburu fell to the track, getting quickly to his feet and returning to the pack with a noticeable welt developing on his right knee. For the next 8 laps, Mayo led them through a steady diet of 66 second laps. On the third lap, Mburu was tripped again but kept upright. Next to take over leading duties was Cheptegei's Ugandan teammate Stephen Kissa. This move got the attention of Olympic Champion Selemon Barega who moved into the top group. The two Ugandan's shared duties until just before the half way point when Barega moved to the front. This brought the third Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo to take over. Kiplimo opened up a few meters gap with a 64, only covered by Barega, but that was short lived as the next two laps were only 65. The entire field was a single pack until about halfway, now a single file line as a few began to fall off the back, soon including early leader Kissa. With 8 to go, Cheptegei again moved forward, marked by Barega while 15 remained in the pack behind them. At the head of the pack Cheptegei actually slowed the pace to 68 seconds for a couple of laps before dropping it to 65 seconds with 3 to go and 63 seconds with 2 to go. Four athletes lost contact with the pack. On the penultimate lap, Berihu Aregawi ran a 60.3 to move up to the lead before the bell with Mburu splitting Cheptegei and Barega. 8 were still in contention at the bell. Cheptegei took back the lead on the turn, down the backstretch Barega moved up onto his outside shoulder. Cheptegei perceived the threat and opened up a metre gap through the final turn. On the final sprint for home, Cheptegei opened up more space. 40 metres out, Mburu passed Barega. A couple of steps later, Kiplimo went by. And ten meters before the finish, Fisher passed Barega in full sprint, but couldn't catch Kiplimo for bronze.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record26:11.00Valencia, Spain7 October 2020Championship record26:46.31Berlin, Germany17 August 2009World Leading26:33.84San Juan Capistrano, United States6 March 2022African Record26:11.00Valencia, Spain7 October 2020Asian Record26:38.76Brussels, Belgium5 September 2003North, Central American and Caribbean record26:33.84San Juan Capistrano, United States6 March 2022South American Record27:28.12Neerpelt, Belgium2 June 2007European Record26:46.57Eugene, United States3 June 2011Oceanian record27:15.35San Juan Capistrano, United States6 March 2022
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:28.00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round17 July 13:00 Final
Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Joshua Cheptegei 27:27.43 Stanley Mburu 27:27.90 Jacob Kiplimo 27:27.97 4 Grant Fisher 27:28.14 5 Selemon Barega 27:28.39 6 Mohamed Ahmed 27:30.27 7 Berihu Aregawi 27:31.00 8 Daniel Mateiko 27:33.57 9 Joe Klecker 27:38.73 10 Isaac Kimeli 27:43.50 11 Jimmy Gressier 27:44.55 12 Sean McGorty 27:46.30 13 Carlos Mayo 27:50.61 14 Tadese Worku 27:51.25 15 Rodgers Kwemoi 27:52.26 16 Rodrigue Kwizera 28:01.49 17 Habtom Samuel 28:01.81 18 Egide Ntakarutimana 28:24.07 19 Jack Rayner 28:24.12 20 Ren Tazawa 28:24.25 21 Zouhair Talbi 28:28.69 22 Tatsuhiko Ito 28:57.85 23 Patrick Dever 29:13.88 24 Stephen Kissa 29:21.10
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