The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.
Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race.
The tactical final was almost full contact, with a pack of 14 staying close into the penultimate lap. Galen Rupp tried to take the kick out early. As the pack began to break up, Eliud Kipchoge went down while the leaders began to string out the field. Mo Farah led through the final lap as a host of Kenyan and finally Ethiopian athletes Imane Merga and Dejen Gebremeskel took a charge at him. Bernard Lagat worked his way through the traffic, coming up behind the final two Ethiopian runners pulling past them in lane 3 on the final straight. Lagat couldn't catch Farah. Merga finished in third but was later disqualified for stepping on the curb, giving the bronze to Gebremeskel.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMo FarahBernard LagatDejen Gebremeskel
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Championship record12:52.79Paris, France31 August 2003World leading12:53.11Monaco22 July 2011African record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004Asian record12:51.98Rome, Italy14 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record12:53.60Monaco22 July 2011South American record13:19.43Kassel, Germany8 June 2006European record12:49.71Brussels, Belgium25 August 2000Oceanian record12:55.76London, Great Britain30 July 2004
Qualification standards A timeB time 13:20.00 13:27.00
Schedule Date Time RoundSeptember 1, 2011 10:05 HeatsSeptember 4, 2011 19:40 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats 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 Bernard Lagat 13:33.90 Q 2 1 Thomas Longosiwa 13:34.46 Q 3 1 Dejen Gebremeskel 13:34.48 Q 4 1 Isaiah Kiplangat Koech 13:34.54 Q 5 1 Galen Rupp 13:34.91 Q 6 1 Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah 13:35.47 q 7 1 Bilisuma Shugi 13:35.86 q 8 2 Imane Merga 13:37.96 Q 9 2 Mo Farah 13:38.03 Q 10 2 Abera Kuma 13:38.41 Q 11 2 Eliud Kipchoge 13:39.02 Q 12 2 Alistair Cragg 13:39.36 Q 13 1 Daniele Meucci 13:39.90 q 14 2 Amanuel Mesel 13:39.97 q 15 2 Jesús España 13:40.38 q 16 2 Abraham Kiplimo 13:44.09 17 2 Andrew Bumbalough 13:44.38 18 1 Javier Carriqueo 13:47.51 19 1 Collis Birmingham 13:47.88 20 2 Elroy Gelant 13:48.33 21 1 Mumin Gala 13:48.19 22 1 Rui Silva 13:50.16 23 2 Ben St Lawrence 13:51.64 24 2 Jake Robertson 13:53.57 q 25 2 Geofrey Kusuro 13:54.58 26 1 Craig Mottram 13:56.60 27 2 Dejene Regassa 13:56.83 28 2 Sylvain Rukundo 13:58.92 29 2 Rabah Aboud 14:00.34 30 1 Moses Kibet 14:05.15 31 1 Goitom Kifle 14:06.42 32 2 Gérard Gahungu 14:09.15 PB 33 2 Kazuya Watanabe 14:20.64 34 2 Baek Seung-ho 15:01.37 35 1 Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle 15:13.64 PB 36 2 Christian Ngningba 18:44.06 PB 2 Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud 1 Francisco Javier Alves 1 Mounir Miout 1 Kenenisa Bekele 1 Adrian Blincoe
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Mo Farah 13:23.36 Bernard Lagat 13:23.64 Dejen Gebremeskel 13:23.92 Isiah Kiplangat Koech 13:24.95 Abera Kuma 13:25.50 Thomas Longosiwa 13:26.73 Eliud Kipchoge 13:27.27 Bilisuma Shugi 13:27.67 Galen Rupp 13:28.64 10 Daniele Meucci 13:29.11 11 Amanuel Mesel 13:33.99 12 Jesús España 13:33.99 13 Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah 13:34.83 14 Alistair Cragg 13:45.33 15 Jake Robertson 14:03.09 Imane Merga 13:23.78 DQ Ethiopia's Imane Merga was originally awarded the bronze medal, but he was later disqualified for having stepped onto the curb of the running track. His teammate Dejen Gebremeskel was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.. AFP (2011-09-04). Retrieved on 2011-09-04.
References
External links 5000 metres results at IAAF website Robertson gets Final spot at New Zealand Herald online