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5,000 metres, Men

Date	28 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	56 from 39 countries

In the final, Kenta’s John Ngugi was near the lead at 1,000 metres when he took off and ran a 58.2 lap, opening a 30-metre lead. He ran his next kilometer in 2:32.2. Portugal’s Domingos Castro set off in chase after 3K, distancing the rest of the pack by 20 metres but he could not close on Ngugi, who still led by 30 metres after the 4,000 mark. Ngugi was never again challenged, as Castro could not maintain the pace and was passed on the final lap for the medals by Dieter Baumann (FRG) and Hansjörg Kunze (GDR). Ngugi was International Cross-Country Champion in 1986-89, and 1992. In 1993, he refused to take an out-of-competition drug test, and was suspended from competing for two years.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	664	John Ngugi	KEN	13:47.93 (5 h1)	13:24.43 (2 h2)	13:11.70 (1)	Gold
2	359	Dieter Baumann	FRG	13:58.46 (6 h2)	13:22.71 (3 h1)	13:15.52 (2)	Silver
3	467	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	13:44.34 (11 h3)	13:23.04 (6 h1)	13:15.73 (3)	Bronze
4	861	Domingos Castro	POR	13:47.91 (4 h1)	13:22.44 (1 h1)	13:16.09 (4)
5	1106	Sydney Maree	USA	13:47.85 (2 h1)	13:22.61 (2 h1)	13:23.69 (5)
6	409	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:43.69 (10 h3)	13:23.17 (7 h1)	13:23.85 (6)
7	593	Stefano Mei	ITA	13:42.96 (1 h3)	13:24.20 (1 h2)	13:26.17 (7)
8	133	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	13:43.42 (5 h3)	13:24.76 (6 h2)	13:26.41 (8)
9	547	John Doherty	IRL	13:47.99 (7 h1)	13:24.61 (5 h2)	13:27.71 (9)
10	951	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:43.54 (8 h3)	13:25.25 (8 h2)	13:30.44 (10)
11	350	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:43.28 (3 h3)	13:22.71 (4 h1)	13:31.99 (11)
12	667	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:58.24 (4 h2)	13:22.85 (5 h1)	13:52.01 (12)
13	456	Gary Staines	GBR	13:47.81 (1 h1)	13:24.51 (4 h2)	13:55.00 (13)
14	317	Paul Arpin	FRA	13:48.03 (8 h1)	13:24.82 (7 h2)	14:13.19 (14)
AC r2/2	874	José Regalo	POR	13:43.59 (9 h3)	13:24.48 (3 h2)	– (DNF)
8 h1 r2/3	576	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	13:58.08 (2 h2)	13:25.64 (8 h1)	–
9 h1 r2/3	332	Cyrille Laventure	FRA	13:58.19 (3 h2)	13:29.92 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r2/3	437	Eamonn Martin	GBR	13:58.00 (1 h2)	13:26.26 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r2/3	648	Charles Cheruiyot	KEN	13:43.11 (2 h3)	13:38.44 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r2/3	762	Mauricio González	MEX	13:47.98 (6 h1)	13:32.52 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r2/3	265	Alejandro Gómez	ESP	13:51.60 (9 h1)	13:41.73 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r2/3	1117	Doug Padilla	USA	13:58.45 (5 h2)	13:37.11 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r2/3	42	Andrew Lloyd	AUS	13:47.87 (3 h1)	13:42.49 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r2/3	256	Abel Antón	ESP	13:58.59 (7 h2)	13:39.13 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r2/3	182	Paul Williams	CAN	13:43.43 (6 h3)	13:44.57 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r2/3	1031	Mikhail Dasko	URS	13:45.25 (12 h3)	13:43.65 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r2/3	755	Marcos Barreto	MEX	13:45.82 (14 h3)	13:53.93 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r2/3	85	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	13:43.38 (4 h3)	14:03.74 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r2/3	546	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	13:43.48 (7 h3)	14:02.16 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r2/3	1075	Terry Brahm	USA	13:45.28 (13 h3)	14:04.12 (15 h2)	–
8 h2 r1/3	863	Fernando Couto	POR	13:58.72 (8 h2)	–	–
9 h2 r1/3	756	Arturo Barrios	MEX	13:59.04 (9 h2)	–	–
10 h1 r1/3	57	Dietmar Millonig	AUT	14:01.92 (10 h1)	–	–
10 h2 r1/3	556	Frank O'Mara	IRL	13:59.46 (10 h2)	–	–
11 h1 r1/3	934	Pierre Délèze	SUI	14:12.79 (11 h1)	–	–
11 h2 r1/3	645	Shuichi Yoneshige	JPN	13:59.68 (11 h2)	–	–
12 h1 r1/3	173	Carey Nelson	CAN	14:15.94 (12 h1)	–	–
12 h2 r1/3	1173	Stanley Mandebele	ZIM	14:03.97 (12 h2)	–	–
13 h1 r1/3	928	Aboukar Hassan Adani	SOM	14:37.98 (13 h1)	–	–
13 h2 r1/3	691	Kim Yeong-Gil	KOR	14:09.45 (13 h2)	–	–
14 h1 r1/3	237	Ismael Hassan	DJI	14:45.40 (14 h1)	–	–
14 h2 r1/3	541	Edward Nabunome	INA	14:19.40 (14 h2)	–	–
15 h1 r1/3	785	Hari Rokaya	NEP	14:53.75 (15 h1)	–	–
15 h2 r1/3	742	George Mambosasa	MAW	14:30.01 (15 h2)	–	–
15 h3 r1/3	970	Juma Mnyampanda	TAN	14:05.09 (15 h3)	–	–
16 h1 r1/3	1166	Kaleka Mutoke	COD	14:56.33 (16 h1)	–	–
16 h2 r1/3	1147	Anwar Al-Harazi	YAR	14:49.25 (16 h2)	–	–
16 h3 r1/3	885	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	14:06.20 (16 h3)	–	–
17 h1 r1/3	100	Ian Gray	BIZ	15:33.24 (17 h1)	–	–
17 h2 r1/3	779	Mohamed Ould Khalifa	MTN	15:18.64 (17 h2)	–	–
17 h3 r1/3	896	Mathias Ntawulikura	RWA	14:08.84 (17 h3)	–	–
18 h1 r1/3	1177	Abdel Rahman Massad	SUD	15:50.91 (18 h1)	–	–
18 h3 r1/3	1152	Farouk Ahmed Sayed	YMD	15:11.20 (18 h3)	–	–
19 h1 r1/3	490	Manuel Rondo	GEQ	16:44.13 (19 h1)	–	–
19 h3 r1/3	187	Ronodji Niakaken	CHA	15:42.73 (19 h3)	–	–
AC h2 r1/3	815	Lars Ove Strømø	NOR	– (DNF h2)	–	–
DNS	297	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (28 September 1988)

Top seven in each heat and next nine fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (14:40)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Gary Staines	GBR	13:47.81	Q
2	14	Sydney Maree	USA	13:47.85	Q
3	4	Andrew Lloyd	AUS	13:47.87	Q
4	7	Domingos Castro	POR	13:47.91	Q
5	11	John Ngugi	KEN	13:47.93	Q
6	18	Mauricio González	MEX	13:47.98	Q
7	3	John Doherty	IRL	13:47.99	Q
8	15	Paul Arpin	FRA	13:48.03	q
9	9	Alejandro Gómez	ESP	13:51.60	q
10	1	Dietmar Millonig	AUT	14:01.92
11	17	Pierre Délèze	SUI	14:12.79
12	13	Carey Nelson	CAN	14:15.94
13	5	Aboukar Hassan Adani	SOM	14:37.98
14	2	Ismael Hassan	DJI	14:45.40
15	16	Hari Rokaya	NEP	14:53.75
16	19	Kaleka Mutoke	COD	14:56.33
17	8	Ian Gray	BIZ	15:33.24
18	12	Abdel Rahman Massad	SUD	15:50.91
19	10	Manuel Rondo	GEQ	16:44.13

Splits

1000 m	2:55.78	Andrew Lloyd
2000 m	5:49.80	Andrew Lloyd
3000 m	8:34.87	John Doherty
4000 m	11:15.71	John Doherty

Heat Two (14:55)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	17	Eamonn Martin	GBR	13:58.00	Q
2	11	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	13:58.08	Q
3	8	Cyrille Laventure	FRA	13:58.19	Q
4	7	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:58.24	Q
5	2	Doug Padilla	USA	13:58.45	Q
6	9	Dieter Baumann	FRG	13:58.46	Q
7	15	Abel Antón	ESP	13:58.59	Q
8	12	Fernando Couto	POR	13:58.72
9	19	Arturo Barrios	MEX	13:59.04
10	1	Frank O'Mara	IRL	13:59.46
11	13	Shuichi Yoneshige	JPN	13:59.68
12	8	Stanley Mandebele	ZIM	14:03.97
13	14	Kim Yeong-Gil	KOR	14:09.45
14	18	Edward Nabunome	INA	14:19.40
15	16	George Mambosasa	MAW	14:30.01
16	3	Anwar Al-Harazi	YAR	14:49.25
17	10	Mohamed Ould Khalifa	MTN	15:18.64
DNF	4	Lars Ove Strømø	NOR	–
DNS	5	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ	–

Splits

1000 m	2:48.09	Edward Nabunome
2000 m	5:42.38	Edward Nabunome
3000 m	8:35.19	Edward Nabunome
4000 m	11:29.71	Salvatore Antibo

Heat Three (15:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Stefano Mei	ITA	13:42.96	Q
2	17	Charles Cheruiyot	KEN	13:43.11	Q
3	6	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:43.28	Q
4	15	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	13:43.38	Q
5	12	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	13:43.42	Q
6	1	Paul Williams	CAN	13:43.43	Q
7	8	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	13:43.48	Q
8	4	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:43.54	q
9	7	José Regalo	POR	13:43.59	q
10	9	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:43.69	q
11	10	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	13:44.34	q
12	13	Mikhail Dasko	URS	13:45.25	q
13	16	Terry Brahm	USA	13:45.28	q
14	18	Marcos Barreto	MEX	13:45.82	q
15	19	Juma Mnyampanda	TAN	14:05.09
16	3	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	14:06.20
17	11	Mathias Ntawulikura	RWA	14:08.84
18	5	Farouk Ahmed Sayed	YMD	15:11.20
19	14	Ronodji Niakaken	CHA	15:42.73

Splits

1000 m	2:44.45	Vincent Rousseau
2000 m	5:31.64	Charles Cheruiyot
3000 m	8:19.84	Charles Cheruiyot
4000 m	11:08.89	Vincent Rousseau

Semi-Finals (29 September 1988)

Top six in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (17:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Domingos Castro	POR	13:22.44	Q
2	8	Sydney Maree	USA	13:22.61	Q
3	11	Dieter Baumann	FRG	13:22.71	Q
4	4	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:22.71	Q
5	6	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:22.85	Q
6	2	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	13:23.04	Q
7	12	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:23.17	q
8	3	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	13:25.64
9	7	Cyrille Laventure	FRA	13:29.92
10	15	Charles Cheruiyot	KEN	13:38.44
11	14	Alejandro Gómez	ESP	13:41.73
12	9	Andrew Lloyd	AUS	13:42.49
13	13	Paul Williams	CAN	13:44.57
14	10	Marcos Barreto	MEX	13:53.93
15	1	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	14:02.16

Splits

1000 m	2:46	Domingos Castro
1000 m	2:46	Andrew Lloyd
2000 m	5:29.84	Andrew Lloyd
3000 m	8:10.24	Salvatore Antibo
4000 m	10:48.08	Jack Buckner

Heat Two (17:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	13	Stefano Mei	ITA	13:24.20	Q
2	3	John Ngugi	KEN	13:24.43	Q
3	10	José Regalo	POR	13:24.48	Q
4	14	Gary Staines	GBR	13:24.51	Q
5	7	John Doherty	IRL	13:24.61	Q
6	12	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	13:24.76	Q
7	6	Paul Arpin	FRA	13:24.82	q
8	2	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:25.25	q
9	15	Eamonn Martin	GBR	13:26.26
10	11	Mauricio González	MEX	13:32.52
11	4	Doug Padilla	USA	13:37.11
12	9	Abel Antón	ESP	13:39.13
13	8	Mikhail Dasko	URS	13:43.65
14	1	Vincent Rousseau	BEL	14:03.74
15	5	Terry Brahm	USA	14:04.12

Splits

1000 m	2:46.18	Stefano Mei
2000 m	5:28.52	John Ngugi
3000 m	8:10.12	John Ngugi
4000 m	10:52.20	John Ngugi

Final (1 October 1988 — 13:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	John Ngugi	KEN	13:11.70
2	8	Dieter Baumann	FRG	13:15.52
3	11	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	13:15.73
4	14	Domingos Castro	POR	13:16.09
5	7	Sydney Maree	USA	13:23.69
6	4	Jack Buckner	GBR	13:23.85
7	2	Stefano Mei	ITA	13:26.17
8	15	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	13:26.41
9	1	John Doherty	IRL	13:27.71
10	13	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:30.44
11	5	Pascal Thiébaut	FRA	13:31.99
12	9	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:52.01
13	12	Gary Staines	GBR	13:55.00
14	10	Paul Arpin	FRA	14:13.19
DNF	6	José Regalo	POR	–

Splits

1000 m	2:42.75	John Ngugi
2000 m	5:14.96	John Ngugi
3000 m	7:56.12	John Ngugi
4000 m	10:36.20	John Ngugi