Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The 5,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and August 28.

Records

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia	Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya

Event Summary

Finals

1. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 13:14.39
2. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia 13:14.59
3. Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya 13:15.10
4. Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam, Ethiopia 13:15.35
5. Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopia 13:16.92
6. John Kibowen, Kenya 13:18.24
7. Zersenay Tadese, Eritrea 13:24.31
8. Craig Mottram, Australia 13:25.70
9. Hicham Bellani, Morocco 13:31.81
10. Ali Saidi Sief, Algeria 13:32.57
11. Tim Broe, United States 13:33.06s
12. Alistair Ian Cragg, Ireland 13:43.06
13. Abderrahim Goumri, Morocco 13:47.27
14. Samir Moussaoui, Algeria 14:02.01

Abraham Chebii, Kenya DNF

Qualifying

The first round comprised two heats with the first five in each plus the next five fastest losers progressing to the final.

Heat 1

1. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia 13:21.16 Q
2. Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam, Ethiopia 13:21.20 Q
3. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 13:21.87 Q
4. Craig Mottram, Australia 13:21.88 Q
5. Abraham Chebii, Kenya 13:22.30 Q
6. Hicham Bellani, Morocco 13:22.64 q
7. Alistair Ian Cragg, Ireland 13:23.01 q
8. Samir Moussaoui, Algeria 13:24.98 q
9. Sultan Khamis Zaman, Qatar 13:26.52
10. John Mayock, Great Britain 13:26.81
11. Guenther Weidlinger, Austria 13:29.32
12. Christian Belz, Switzerland 13:29.59
13. Alejandro Suarez, Mexico 13:35.32
14. Jonathon Riley, United States 13:38.79
15. Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria, Bahrain 13:42.04
16. Monder Rizki, Belgium 14:03.58
17. Serhiy Lebid, Ukraine 14:10.23

Carlos Garcia, Spain DNF

Heat 2

1. Ali Saidi Sief, Algeria 13:18.94 Q
2. Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya 13:19.01 Q
3. Dejene Berhanu, Ethiopia 13:19.42 Q
4. John Kibowen, Kenya 13:19.65 Q
5. Abderrahim Goumri, Morocco 13:20.03 Q
6. Tim Broe, United States 13:20.29 q
7. Zersenay Tadese, Eritrea 13:22.17 q
8. Samson Kiflemariam, Eritrea 13:26.97
9. Roberto García, Spain 13:27.71
10. Khoudir Aggoune, Algeria 13:29.37
11. Fabiano Joseph Naasi, Tanzania 13:31.89
12. Marius Bakken, Norway 13:36.38
13. Freddy Gonzalez, Venezuela 13:42.44
14. Tom Compernolle, Belgium 13:43.44
15. Mark Carroll, Ireland 13:46.81
16. Carles Castillejo, Spain 13:49.16
17. Michael Aish, New Zealand 13:50.00
18. Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari, Nepal 14:04.89 NR

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results