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2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

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The men's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 23 August

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia (ETH)
Bernard Lagat
 United States (USA)
James Kwalia C'Kurui
 Qatar (QAT)

Summary

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In hindsight, this race was the confluence of many of the greats. Kenenisa Bekele was already the world record holder, the Woolworth double (5 and 10) Olympic champion and the champion at 10,000 here. At 27, this would be his last successful major championship race. At 35, Bernard Lagat (a Kenyan transplant to USA) would continue to medal internationally for another 5 years. Lagat was the defending champion and was the second fastest 1500 runner of all time. Eliud Kipchoge had the championship record from 2003 and would go on to greater fame in marathon running, winning the Olympic gold medal in 2016 and 2021. And setting the official world record in 2018 and the assisted world record in 2019. A lesser known British runner named Mo Farah was making his first World Championship final after disappointment in the 2008 Olympics. Two years later, he would go on to start a 6 year long major championship winning streak that would encompass two Olympics and four World Championships in both the 5 and 10.

With the mixture of strength runners like Bekele and Kipchoge, and kickers like Lagat and Farah, the strategy was a question mark. Could the strength runners burn off the kickers? Bekele started fast, and most of the field followed along in tow. Farah lagged 15 metres behind, 100 metres into the race. University of Wisconsin teammates Matt Tegenkamp and Chris Solinsky marked Bekele as the pace slowed at first. Bekele led with an uneven pace, running as fast as 60 seconds a lap and as slow as 64. Everybody else followed for 2300 metres until the Kenyan team, led by Joseph Ebuya all moved to the front as much to assert an even pace if not a fast pace. Bekele moved back to control the race, marked by Lagat, Kipchoge, Moses Ndiema Kipsiro and Kenyan transplant to Qatar, James Kwalia C'Kurui. Just under 800 metres to go, Ebuya stepped to the right and gave up. After coming to a virtual stop he jogged and rejoined the race well out of contention. The same five leaders remained together at the bell with Jesús España sprinting up to be in short lived contention. As they sped around the turn and into the backstretch, those five separated from the chasers. With España fading, Tegenkamp was the last left trying to bridge the gap. Bekele held the lead through the final turn, with Lagat moving into position to put his move on. Coming off the turn, Lagat pounced and took the lead, but only by inches. Side by side, Bekele on the inside and Lagat on the outside, the two sprinted shoulder to shoulder for 40 metres, then Bekele edged in front, slowly widening the gap for a little over a metre by the finish. Behind them Kwalia emerged from the group to take the bronze.

Records

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World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 Paris, France 31 August 2003
World leading  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:56.23 Rome, Italy 10 July 2009
African record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Asian record  Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) 12:51.98 Rome, Italy 14 July 2006
North American record  Bob Kennedy (USA) 12:58.21 Zürich, Switzerland 14 August 1996
South American record  Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 13:19.43 Kassel, Germany 8 June 2006
European record  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 12:49.71 Brussels, Belgium 25 August 2000
Oceanian record  Craig Mottram (AUS) 12:55.76 London, Great Britain 30 July 2004

Qualification standards

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A time B time
13:20.00 13:29.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
20 August 2009 18:55 Heats
23 August 2009 16:25 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 5 in each heat(Q) and the next 5 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:19.77 Q
2 1 Matt Tegenkamp  United States (USA) 13:19.87 Q
3 1 Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:19.94 Q
4 1 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok  Kenya (KEN) 13:20.24 Q
5 1 Jesús España  Spain (ESP) 13:20.40 Q
6 1 Chris Solinsky  United States (USA) 13:20.64 q
7 1 Joseph Ebuya  Kenya (KEN) 13:22.41 q
8 1 Anis Selmouni  Morocco (MAR) 13:22.95 q
9 2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda (UGA) 13:22.98 Q, SB
10 2 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya (KEN) 13:23.34 Q
11 1 Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea (ERI) 13:23.48 q
12 1 Collis Birmingham  Australia (AUS) 13:23.48 q
13 2 James Kwalia C'Kurui  Qatar (QAT) 13:23.57 Q
14 2 Bernard Lagat  United States (USA) 13:23.73 Q
15 2 Chakir Boujattaoui  Morocco (MAR) 13:23.83 Q
16 2 Bekana Daba  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:23.86
17 1 Saif Saaeed Shaheen  Qatar (QAT) 13:26.35
18 2 Samuel Tsegay  Eritrea (ERI) 13:26.78
19 1 Geofrey Kusuro  Uganda (UGA) 13:28.48 SB
20 2 Morhad Amdouni  France (FRA) 13:29.64
21 2 Kidane Tadasse  Eritrea (ERI) 13:30.85
22 2 Alemayehu Bezabeh  Spain (ESP) 13:33.52
23 1 Ali Abdosh  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:36.52 q
24 1 Daniele Meucci  Italy (ITA) 13:37.79
25 2 Evan Jager  United States (USA) 13:39.80
26 2 Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 13:44.59
27 2 Alistair Cragg  Ireland (IRL) 13:46.34
28 2 Arne Gabius  Germany (GER) 13:49.13
29 2 Moses Kibet  Uganda (UGA) 13:52.38
30 2 Sergio Sánchez  Spain (ESP) 13:53.51
31 2 Marco Joseph  Tanzania (TAN) 13:53.67
32 2 Tonny Wamulwa  Zambia (ZAM) 14:01.67 SB
33 1 Etienne Bizimana  Burundi (BDI) 14:06.02 PB
34 1 Yuichiro Ueno  Japan (JPN) 14:30.76
35 2 Mohamed Ali Mohamed  Somalia (SOM) 14:34.62 PB
36 2 Omar Abusaid  Palestine (PLE) 15:14.88 PB
1 Byron Piedra  Ecuador (ECU) DNF
1 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico (MEX) DNS
1 Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania (TAN) DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:17.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bernard Lagat  United States (USA) 13:17.33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) James Kwalia C'Kurui  Qatar (QAT) 13:17.78
4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro  Uganda (UGA) 13:18.11 SB
5 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya (KEN) 13:18.95
6 Ali Abdosh  Ethiopia (ETH) 13:19.11
7 Mo Farah  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13:19.69
8 Matthew Tegenkamp  United States (USA) 13:20.23
9 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok  Kenya (KEN) 13:21.31
10 Jesús España  Spain (ESP) 13:22.07
11 Chakir Boujattaoui  Morocco (MAR) 13:23.05
12 Chris Solinsky  United States (USA) 13:25.87
13 Joseph Ebuya  Kenya (KEN) 13:39.59
14 Anis Selmouni  Morocco (MAR) 13:44.59
15 Teklemariam Medhin  Eritrea (ERI) 13:44.65
16 Collis Birmingham  Australia (AUS) 13:55.58

Key: SB = Seasonal best

Splits

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Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
1000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 2:54.35
2000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 5:34.17
3000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 8:14.63
4000m Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 10:52.22

References

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