Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Men's 5000 metres; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	27 September 2000 (heats); 30 September 2000 (final)
Competitors	38 from 22 nations
Winning time	13:35.49
Medalists
	← 1996 2004 →

The Men's 5000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000. The top six runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Million Wolde Ethiopia
Silver	Ali Saïdi-Sief Algeria
Bronze	Brahim Lahlafi Morocco

Records[]

World Record	12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	Helsinki, Finland	13 June 1998
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	Los Angeles, California, United States	11 August 1984

Results[]

All times shown are in seconds.

Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
q denotes qualification by overall place.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats[]

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	1	Brahim Lahlafi	Morocco	7	13:22.70	Q
2	2	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	4	13:22.75	Q
3	3	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	16	13:22.92	Q
4	4	Reda Benzine	Algeria	11	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	5	Julius Gitahi	Kenya	3	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	6	Richard Limo	Kenya	15	13:23:17	Q
7	7	Adam Goucher	United States	6	13:24.34	q
8	8	Mizan Mehari	Australia	13	13:24.56	q	SB
9	9	Jirka Arndt	Germany	2	13:26.18	q
10	23	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	12	13:41.31		SB
11	25	Marius Bakken	Norway	9	13:44.80
12	26	Nicholas Rogers	United States	18	13:46.18
13	28	Michael Power	Australia	8	13:51.00
14	29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	Qatar	14	14:00.30
15	30	Kristen Bowditch	Great Britain	1	14:08.92
16	31	Alberto García	Spain	18	14:11.65
17	33	Helder Ornelas	Portugal	10	14:29.01
18		David Galván	Mexico	5	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
1	10	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	1	13:29.34	Q
2	11	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	17	13:29.69	Q
3	12	Dagne Alemu	Ethiopia	11	13:29.93	Q
4	13	David Chelule	Kenya	8	13:29.98	Q
5	14	Toshinari Takaoka	Japan	6	13:29.99	Q
6	15	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	12	13:30:12	Q
7	16	Mark Carroll	Ireland	9	13:30.60
8	17	Craig Mottram	Australia	2	13:31.06
9	18	Yousef El Nasri	Spain	5	13:34.49
10	19	Mohamed Said El-Wardi	Morocco	13	13:35.18
11	20	Bradley Hauser	United States	18	13:39.41
12	21	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	14	13:40.34
13	22	Mustapha Essaid	France	7	13:40.82
14	24	Sam Mfula Mwape	Zambia	19	13:41.72
15	27	Venuste Niyongabo	Burundi	10	13:49.57
16	32	Bolota Asmeron	Eritrea	16	14:15.26
17	34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	Nepal	20	14:34.15		NR
18	35	Houna Murad Murad Shihab	Iraq	3	14:49.40
19	36	Maung Maung Nge	Myanmar	15	15:12.93
20		Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	4	DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Brahim Lahlafi	Morocco	1	7	1	13:22.70	Q
2	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	1	4	2	13:22.75	Q
3	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	1	16	3	13:22.92	Q
4	Reda Benzine	Algeria	1	11	4	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	Julius Gitahi	Kenya	1	3	5	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	Richard Limo	Kenya	1	15	6	13:23:17	Q
7	Adam Goucher	United States	1	6	7	13:24.34	q
8	Mizan Mehari	Australia	1	13	8	13:24.56	q	SB
9	Jirka Arndt	Germany	1	2	9	13:26.18	q
10	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	2	1	1	13:29.34	Q
11	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	2	17	2	13:29.69	Q
12	Dagne Alemu	Ethiopia	2	11	3	13:29.98	Q
13	David Chelule	Kenya	2	8	4	13:29.98	Q
14	Toshinari Takaoka	Japan	2	6	5	13:29.99	Q
15	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	2	12	6	13:30.12	Q
16	Mark Carroll	Ireland	2	9	7	13:30.60
17	Craig Mottram	Australia	2	2	8	13:31.06
18	Yousef El Nasri	Spain	2	5	9	13:34.49
19	Mohamed Said El-Wardi	Morocco	2	13	10	13:35.18
20	Bradley Hauser	United States	2	18	11	13:39.41
21	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	2	14	12	13:40.34
22	Mustapha Essaid	France	2	7	13	13:40.82
23	Katsuhiko Hanada	Japan	1	12	10	13:41.31		SB
24	Sam Mfula Mwape	Zambia	2	19	14	13:41.72
25	Marius Bakken	Norway	1	9	11	13:44.80
26	Nicholas Rogers	United States	1	18	12	13:46.18
27	Venuste Niyongabo	Burundi	2	10	15	13:49.57
28	Michael Power	Australia	1	8	13	13:51.00
29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	Qatar	1	14	14	14:00.30
30	Kristen Bowditch	Great Britain	1	1	15	14:08.92
31	Alberto García	Spain	1	18	16	14:11.65
32	Bolota Asmeron	Eritrea	2	16	16	14:15.26
33	Helder Ornelas	Portugal	1	10	17	14:29.01
34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	Nepal	2	20	17	14:34.15		NR
35	Shihab Houna Murad	Iraq	2	3	18	14:49.40
36	Maung Nge Maung	Myanmar	2	15	19	15:12.93
	David Galván	Mexico	1	5	18	DNS
	Mohammed Mourhit	Belgium	2	4	20	DNS

Final[]

Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
1	Million Wolde	Ethiopia	15	13:35.49
2	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	11	13:36.20
3	Brahim Lahlafi	Morocco	4	13:36.47
4	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	9	13:37.03
5	David Chelule	Kenya	14	13:37.13
6	Dagne Alemu	Ethiopia	13	13:37.17
7	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	10	13:37.80
8	Jirka Arndt	Germany	6	13:38.57
9	Julius Gitahi	Kenya	12	13:39.11
10	Richard Limo	Kenya	8	13:39.43
11	Reda Benzine	Algeria	1	13:40.95
12	Mizan Mehari	Australia	2	13:42.03
13	Adam Goucher	United States	5	13:43.20
14	Mohamed Suleiman	Qatar	7	13:45.10
15	Toshinari Takaoka	Japan	3	13:46.90

References[]

^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

External links[]

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

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Athletics at the 2000 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
Wheelchair races
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