2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
Medalists[]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia
|
Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia
|
Martin Mathathi Kenya
|
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.
| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
|
26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| Championship record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
|
26:49.57 | Paris, France | 24 August 2003 |
| World leading | Sileshi Sihine (ETH)
|
26:48.73 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 26 May 2007 |
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2007 | 21:40 | Final |
Results[]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia |
27:05.90 | SB |
 |
Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia |
27:09.03 | |
 |
Martin Mathathi | Kenya |
27:12.17 | |
| 4 | Zersenay Tadese |  Eritrea |
27:21.37 | |
| 5 | Josephat Ndambiri | Kenya |
27:31.41 | |
| 6 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia |
27:44.58 | |
| 7 | Abdihakem Abdirahman |  United States |
27:56.62 | |
| 8 | Josphat Kiprono Menjo | Kenya |
28:25.67 | |
| 9 | Dathan Ritzenhein | United States |
28:28.59 | SB |
| 10 | Boniface Toroitich Kiprop |  Uganda |
28:30.99 | |
| 11 | Galen Rupp | United States |
28:41.71 | |
| 12 | Kensuke Takezawa |  Japan |
28:51.69 | |
| 13 | Tadese Tola | Ethiopia |
28:51.75 | |
| 14 | Alejandro Suárez |  Mexico |
28:52.19 | |
| 15 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda |
29:24.72 | SB |
| 16 | Dickson Marwa |  Tanzania |
29:25.91 | |
| 17 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan |
29:48.17 | |
| 18 | Michael Aish |  New Zealand |
30:34.16 | |
| Khalid El Aamri |  Morocco |
DNF | ||
| Simon Bairu |  Canada |
DNF | ||
| Ahmad Hassan Abdullah |  Qatar |
DNF | ||
| Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar |
DNF | ||
| Hasan Mahboob |  Bahrain |
DNS | ||
| David Galván | Mexico |
DNS |
References[]
- Full results - IAAF.org
Categories:
- Events at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
- 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships