Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date31 July 1996 (heats)
1 August 1996 (semi-finals)
3 August 1996 (final)
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Winning time13:07.96
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Venuste Niyongabo
 Burundi
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Bitok
 Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
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These are the official results of the men's 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The event took place between 31 July and 3 August.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold Venuste Niyongabo
 Burundi
Silver Paul Bitok
 Kenya
Bronze Khalid Boulami
 Morocco

Summary[]

After a diverse semi-final round where one heat ran a modes 14 minute strategic race and the other ran over thirty seconds faster, some athletes had an easier time of qualifying for the final.

At the gun, the entire Moroccan team went to the front, but then controlled the pace. After a lap at the back of the pack, Kenyan Tom Nyariki ran around the field to take the lead. German Dieter Baumann hung on his shoulder as it looked like an early attempt to steal the race with a quick breakaway. Several others in the field scrambled forward while Nyariki, shadowed by his teammate Shem Kororia pushed the pace, exchanging the lead position and stringing out the field into single file. American Bob Kennedy marked this action hovering around second place. With four laps to go, after an exchange of Kenyan leaders, Burundi's Vénuste Niyongabo moved into second place, squeezing back Kennedy into third. Over the next lap, Nyariki and Moroccan Brahim Lahlafi got past Kennedy. Just before two laps to go, Kennedy ran around the group and into the lead. Kennedy led for the first 300 metres of the penultimate lap before Niyongabo passed him coming off the turn, followed by the designated kickers who had protected their interests at the back of the pack; Paul Bitok (Kenya), Khalid Boulami (Morocco) and Baumann. But as one of the fastest 1500 meter runners in the world at the time, Niyongabo had the position and more speed, opening up a 5 metre gap on Boulami. At the beginning of the final turn, Bitok got around Boulami and everybody sprinted for home. Nobody was able to make any progress except that Niyongabo slowed on the final straight to celebrate Burundi's first gold medal.

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 12:44.39 Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Zürich (SUI) August 16, 1995
Olympic Record 13:05.59 Morocco Saïd Aouita Los Angeles (USA) August 11, 1984

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 8 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia 13:50.61 Q
2 2 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 13:51.25 Q
3 2 Tom Nyariki  Kenya 13:51.47 Q
4 2 Enrique Molina  Spain 13:51.55 Q
5 2 Aissa Belaout  Algeria 13:51.96 Q
6 2 Dieter Baumann  Germany 13:52.00 Q
7 2 John Nuttall  Great Britain 13:52.16 Q
8 2 Jonathan Wyatt  New Zealand 13:52.56 Q
9 2 Jim Spivey  United States 13:53.16 q
10 2 Cormac Finnerty  Ireland 13:54.01 q
11 3 John Morapedi  South Africa 13:54.30 Q
12 3 Paul Bitok  Kenya 13:54.45 Q
13 3 Venuste Niyongabo  Burundi 13:54.53 Q
14 3 Bob Kennedy  United States 13:54.57 Q
15 3 Khalid Boulami  Morocco 13:54.72 Q
16 3 Miroslav Vanko  Slovakia 13:54.88 Q
17 3 Assefa Mezgebu  Ethiopia 13:54.89 Q
18 3 Stefano Baldini  Italy 13:55.41 Q
19 3 Manuel Pancorbo  Spain 13:57.42 q
20 2 Julian Paynter  Australia 14:00.25 q
21 1 Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco 14:02.71 Q
22 1 Shem Kororia  Kenya 14:02.75 Q
23 1 Reda Benzine  Algeria 14:03.06 Q
24 1 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 14:03.56 Q
25 1 Shaun Creighton  Australia 14:04.08 Q
26 1 Shadrack Hoff  South Africa 14:05.97 Q
27 3 Stephane Franke  Germany 14:06.34 q
28 3 Luís Jesus  Portugal 14:08.87 q
29 3 Khmees Abdalla Seif Eldin  Sudan 14:15.21
30 1 Anacleto Jiménez  Spain 14:16.57 Q
31 1 José Ramos  Portugal 14:17.26 Q
32 2 Adalberto García  Brazil 14:28.64
33 2 Henry Moyo  Malawi 14:30.53
34 1 Matt Giusto  United States 14:30.76
35 1 William Roldán  Colombia 14:39.50
36 3 Aboukar Hassan Adani  Somalia 15:19.80
37 1 Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou  Mauritania 15:29.16
1 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia DNS
1 Armando Quintanilla  Mexico DNS
2 Aloys Nizigama  Burundi DNS
3 Alyan al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia DNS

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Shem Kororia  Kenya 13:27.50 Q
2 1 Paul Bitok  Kenya 13:27.61 Q
3 1 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 13:27.73 Q
4 1 Bob Kennedy  United States 13:27.90 Q
5 1 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 13:28.80 Q
6 1 Khalid Boulami  Morocco 13:29.72 Q
7 1 Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia 13:30.88 q
8 1 Reda Benzine  Algeria 13:37.52 q
9 1 Stephane Franke  Germany 13:40.94 q
10 1 Jonathan Wyatt  New Zealand 13:47.81
11 1 Anacleto Jiménez  Spain 13:50.90
12 1 Miroslav Vanko  Slovakia 13:51.45
13 1 John Morapedi  South Africa 13:54.43
14 1 Shaun Creighton  Australia 13:55.23
15 2 Tom Nyariki  Kenya 14:03.21 Q
16 2 Venuste Niyongabo  Burundi 14:03.48 Q
17 2 Dieter Baumann  Germany 14:03.75 Q
18 2 Enrique Molina  Spain 14:04.08 Q
19 2 Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco 14:04.23 Q
20 2 Aissa Belaout  Algeria 14:04.56 Q
21 2 Assefa Mezgebu  Ethiopia 14:05.48
22 2 Stefano Baldini  Italy 14:06.45
23 2 John Nuttall  Great Britain 14:08.39
24 2 Cormac Finnerty  Ireland 14:08.88
25 2 Shadrack Hoff  South Africa 14:16.14
26 1 José Ramos  Portugal 14:24.81
27 2 Jim Spivey  United States 14:27.72
28 2 Julian Paynter  Australia 14:23.60
29 2 Manuel Pancorbo  Spain 14:39.64
2 Luís Jesus  Portugal DNS

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Venuste Niyongabo  Burundi 13:07.96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Bitok  Kenya 13:08.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Khalid Boulami  Morocco 13:08.37
4 Dieter Baumann  Germany 13:08.81
5 Tom Nyariki  Kenya 13:12.29
6 Bob Kennedy  United States 13:12.35
7 Enrique Molina  Spain 13:12.91
8 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 13:13.26
9 Shem Kororia  Kenya 13:14.63
10 Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia 13:18.30
11 Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco 13:22.89
12 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 13:28.36
13 Reda Benzine  Algeria 13:42.34
14 Stephane Franke  Germany 13:44.64
15 Aissa Belaout  Algeria 14:06.52

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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