Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe (, born 11 May 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 5,000 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 5 km at the 2023 World Road Running Championships. He has also won silver and bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships.

Hagos is the second-fastest man of all time in the 5,000 metres. A successful junior, he won gold in the junior race at the 2013 World Cross Country Championships.

Early life Born in Ts'a'ida Imba, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. he took up running seriously in 2010. He came sixth in the 5,000 metres at the 2011 Ethiopian National Championships and was selected to run the 3,000 metres at that year's World Youth Championships,Negash, Elshadai (9 May 2011). Kuma, Korme, Feyisa and Cheru among the winners as Ethiopian Champs come to a close . IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. where he finished fifth with a time of 7:45.11 minutes.Gebrhiwet Hagos. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. Hagos noted that his first national selection had helped him develop his running and he went on to win the junior title at the Ethiopian Club's Cross Country, competing for Mesfin Engineering.Negash, Elshadai (13 December 2011). Tadesse and Assefa take Ethiopian Clubs XC titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012.

Career 2011-2013: Early career and Junior 5 km road record Hagos had his first major win in 2011, when he took the title at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km race in Spain. He defeated Spain's top distance runners and also edged Eritrea's Teklemariam Medhin at the line in a personal best time of 27:57 minutes.Valiente, Emeterio (1 January 2012). Gebrehiwot surprises, Dibaba signals strong return in Madrid 10Km – San Silvestre Vallecana report. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012.

Hagos came fourth in the junior section of the 2012 African Cross Country Championships. He made his debut on American soil at the Boston Indoor Games, taking fourth place in a best of 7:44.08 minutes for the 3000 m.Johnson, Len (19 May 2012). Gebrhiwot makes a big splash in Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. Still 17 years old, he was runner-up to World medallist Dejen Gebremeskel at the Carlsbad 5,000 on 1 April 2012.Rosenthal, Bert (2 April 2012). Gebremeskel, Dibaba Win Carlsbad 5000. IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. His time of 13:14 minutes was the fastest 5K road time ever for a junior athlete. He entered his first 5,000 m Diamond League event at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May and upset the field by winning in wet conditions, setting a meet record time of 13:11.00 minutes and beating athletes including Kenenisa Bekele and Augustine Choge. He performed well on the major circuit, coming runner-up at the Bislett Games, then setting a 5,000 m world junior record of 12:47.53 minutes as runner-up at the Meeting Areva. This would stand as the world junior record until Selemon Barega broke it in 2018. He was selected for the Ethiopian Olympic team and came eleventh in the 5000 m Olympic final. He ended the year with a win at the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa.Negash, Elshadai (26 November 2012). Gebrhiwet and Kebede take Addis Ababa 10-K wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 February 2013.

In February 2013, Hagos set a new junior world record in the 3000 m by winning the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, beating Dejen Gebremeskel and Galen Rupp with a time of 7:32.87. In March 2013 he won the junior world cross country title in Bydgoszcz, Poland. At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Hagos won the silver medal in the 5,000 m. He leaned at the finish line to beat Kenyan Isaiah Koech, and both were timed at 13:27.26. In March 2014, Hagos finished fifth in the 3,000 m at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 7:56.34.

2015-2016: World and Olympic bronze medals Hagos opened his 2015 season with a fourth-placed finish at the World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang. On 15 May, Hagos held off Mo Farah to win the 3,000 m at the Doha Diamond League, running a time of 7:38.08. At the World Championships in Beijing, Hagos won bronze over 5,000 m.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Hagos won the bronze medal in the 5,000 m.

2017-2019: Ethiopian 10,000 m title In August 2018, Hagos set a new personal best of 12:45.82 over 5,000 m in finishing second behind Selemon Barega at the 2018 Diamond League Final. He followed it up by winning his second Great Ethiopian Run title in November.

Hagos set a new 10,000 m personal best of 26:48.95 at the 2019 Ethiopian 10,000 m Trials in Hengelo. At that year's World Championships in Doha, Hagos finished eighth in the 10,000 m.

2023-present: 5,000 m Ethiopian record, first global senior title and Second Olympics

On June 30, 2023, Gebrhiwet ran 12:49.80 for third place in the 5000 m at the Lausanne Diamond League. By doing this, he became the first athlete to run sub-12:50 over 10 years apart, as his first time under 12:50 was his former world junior record in 2012. Hagos would later solidify this form at the Monaco Diamond League on July 23, where he ran 12:42.18 for both the victory and a personal best. At the World Championships in Budapest, Hagos finished sixth in the 5,000 m. At the inaugural World Road Running Championships in Riga, Hagos won his first senior global title in the road 5 km.

He improved his personal best at the 2024 Bislett Games with a time of 12:36.73, the second fastest in history over 5000 m and a new Ethiopian national record, breaking Kenenisa Bekele's former record of 12:37.35. At the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Hagos placed fifth in the 5,000 m in a time of 13:15.32. At the Diamond League Final in Brussels, Hagos finished second behind Berihu Aregawi, running a time of 12:44.25.

In December 2024, it was announced that he had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track. At the first slam in Kingston, Hagos finished second overall behind Grant Fisher.

Statistics Circuit performances

Major competition record 20242024 Olympic GamesParis, France5th5000 m13:15.322024 African GamesAccra, Ghana1st5000 m13:38.1220232023 World Athletics ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th5000 m13:12.6520192019 World Athletics ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar8th10,000 m27:11.372018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, England4th3000 m8:15.7620162016 Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil3rd5000 m13:04.3520152015 World Championships in AthleticsBeijing, China3rd5000 m13:51.862015 IAAF Diamond LeagueDoha, Qatar 1st3000 m7:38.0820142014 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland5th3000 m7:56.3420132013 World Championships in AthleticsMoscow, Russia2nd5000 m13:27.262013 IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland 1st8 km21:0420122012 IAAF Diamond LeagueParis, France2nd5000 m12:47.53 2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France5th3000 m7:45.11

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