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10,000 metres, Men

Date	23 – 26 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	52 from 35 countries

No clear favorite existed. Italy’s Salvatore Antibo opened the final with a 62.2 first lap and ran the 800 in 2:07.4. But he slowed and the pack came together. On the sixth lap, he surged to a 62.4 lap, dropping all but Moses Tanui (KEN), Kipkemboi Kimeli (KEN), and Morocco’s Brahim Boutayeb. That group passed 5K in 13:35.32, world record pace. Boutayeb stepped on it at 7K and started dropping runners, after the pace had slowed somewhat. At 9K he had a 25 metre lead on Kimeli, and ran a steady last few laps to the gold medal comfortably. Antibo was five metres back of Kimeli with 800 left but his fast kick brought him the silver medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	734	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	28:17.61 (1 h2)	27:21.46 (1)	Gold	OR
2	576	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28:09.35 (4 h1)	27:23.55 (2)	Silver
3	654	Kipkemboi Kimeli	KEN	28:00.39 (1 h1)	27:25.16 (3)	Bronze
4	347	Jean-Louis Prianon	FRA	28:08.38 (2 h1)	27:36.43 (4)
5	756	Arturo Barrios	MEX	28:08.63 (3 h1)	27:39.32 (5)
6	467	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	28:22.09 (3 h2)	27:39.35 (6)
7	317	Paul Arpin	FRA	28:25.56 (6 h2)	27:39.36 (7)
8	674	Moses Tanui	KEN	28:20.98 (2 h2)	27:47.23 (8)
9	516	Marti ten Kate	NED	28:23.23 (12 h1)	27:50.30 (9)
10	279	Antonio Prieto	ESP	28:22.52 (4 h2)	27:52.78 (10)
11	762	Mauricio González	MEX	28:36.66 (8 h2)	27:59.90 (11)
12	133	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	28:15.63 (5 h1)	28:09.32 (12)
13	872	António Pinto	POR	28:15.63 (6 h1)	28:09.53 (13)
14	625	Kozo Akutsu	JPN	28:16.43 (8 h1)	28:09.70 (14)
15	1199	Rolando Vera	ECU	28:17.88 (9 h1)	28:17.64 (15)
16	811	John Halvorsen	NOR	28:22.25 (11 h1)	28:29.21 (16)
17	645	Shuichi Yoneshige	JPN	28:26.04 (7 h2)	29:04.44 (17)
18	1073	Bruce Bickford	USA	28:16.16 (7 h1)	29:09.74 (18)
AC r2/2	437	Eamonn Martin	GBR	28:25.46 (5 h2)	– (DNF)
AC r2/2	662	Boniface Merande	KEN	28:21.84 (10 h1)	– (DNF)
9 h2 r1/2	859	Ezequiel Canário	POR	28:43.02 (9 h2)	–
10 h2 r1/2	580	Alberto Cova	ITA	28:43.84 (10 h2)	–
11 h2 r1/2	1122	Pat Porter	USA	28:45.04 (11 h2)	–
12 h2 r1/2	285	Antonio Serrano	ESP	29:01.13 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	405	Steve Binns	GBR	28:52.88 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	1176	Ahmed Musa Jouda	SUD	29:03.87 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	224	Pedro Ortiz	COL	29:08.25 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	755	Marcos Barreto	MEX	29:18.14 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	966	Boay Akonay	TAN	29:19.06 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	169	Paul McCloy	CAN	29:34.07 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	885	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	29:37.99 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	696	Lee Sang-Geun	KOR	29:37.14 (16 h2)	–
17 h1 r1/2	541	Edward Nabunome	INA	29:55.23 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	1173	Stanley Mandebele	ZIM	29:50.99 (17 h2)	–
18 h1 r1/2	104	Policarpio Calizaya	BOL	30:35.01 (18 h1)	–
18 h2 r1/2	239	Talal Omar Abdillahi	DJI	30:08.53 (18 h2)	–
19 h1 r1/2	190	Ismael Yaya	CHA	30:47.29 (19 h1)	–
19 h2 r1/2	785	Hari Rokaya	NEP	30:48.16 (19 h2)	–
20 h1 r1/2	744	Charles Naveko	MAW	31:23.53 (20 h1)	–
20 h2 r1/2	805	Aaron Dupnai	PNG	32:50.63 (20 h2)	–
21 h1 r1/2	1148	Abdul Karim Daoud	YAR	32:33.04 (21 h1)	–
21 h2 r1/2	295	Binesh Prasad	FIJ	33:30.43 (21 h2)	–
22 h2 r1/2	925	John Maeke	SOL	35:16.93 (22 h2)	–
AC h1 r1/2	42	Andrew Lloyd	AUS	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	182	Paul Williams	CAN	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	253	José Manuel Albentosa	ESP	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	441	Mike McLeod	GBR	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	860	Dionísio Castro	POR	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h2 r1/2	1164	Kamana Koji	COD	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	627	Tsukasa Endo	JPN	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	990	Martin Vrábeľ	TCH	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	1121	Steve Plasencia	USA	– (DNF h2)	–

Round One (23 September 1988)

Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (16:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	18	Kipkemboi Kimeli	KEN	28:00.39	Q
2	10	Jean-Louis Prianon	FRA	28:08.38	Q
3	2	Arturo Barrios	MEX	28:08.63	Q
4	1	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28:09.35	Q
5	20	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	28:15.63	Q
6	24	António Pinto	POR	28:15.63	Q
7	17	Bruce Bickford	USA	28:16.16	Q
8	13	Kozo Akutsu	JPN	28:16.43	Q
9	4	Rolando Vera	ECU	28:17.88	q
10	25	Boniface Merande	KEN	28:21.84	q
11	15	John Halvorsen	NOR	28:22.25	q
12	3	Marti ten Kate	NED	28:23.23	q
13	14	Steve Binns	GBR	28:52.88
14	7	Pedro Ortiz	COL	29:08.25
15	11	Boay Akonay	TAN	29:19.06
16	12	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	29:37.99
17	6	Edward Nabunome	INA	29:55.23
18	26	Policarpio Calizaya	BOL	30:35.01
19	19	Ismael Yaya	CHA	30:47.29
20	8	Charles Naveko	MAW	31:23.53
21	23	Abdul Karim Daoud	YAR	32:33.04
DNF	5	José Manuel Albentosa	ESP	–
DNF	22	Mike McLeod	GBR	–
DNF	16	Paul Williams	CAN	–
DNF	9	Dionísio Castro	POR	–
DNF	21	Andrew Lloyd	AUS	–

Splits

1000 m	2:59	–
2000 m	5:43	–
3000 m	8:32	–
4000 m	11:22	–
5000 m	14:06	–
6000 m	16:46	–
7000 m	19:37	–
8000 m	22:25	Kipkemboi Kimeli
9000 m	25:11	Kipkemboi Kimeli

Heat Two (17:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	11	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	28:17.61	Q
2	8	Moses Tanui	KEN	28:20.98	Q
3	4	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	28:22.09	Q
4	1	Antonio Prieto	ESP	28:22.52	Q
5	5	Eamonn Martin	GBR	28:25.46	Q
6	16	Paul Arpin	FRA	28:25.56	Q
7	19	Shuichi Yoneshige	JPN	28:26.04	Q
8	7	Mauricio González	MEX	28:36.66	Q
9	6	Ezequiel Canário	POR	28:43.02
10	12	Alberto Cova	ITA	28:43.84
11	3	Pat Porter	USA	28:45.04
12	18	Antonio Serrano	ESP	29:01.13
13	9	Ahmed Musa Jouda	SUD	29:03.87
14	23	Marcos Barreto	MEX	29:18.14
15	2	Paul McCloy	CAN	29:34.07
16	21	Lee Sang-Geun	KOR	29:37.14
17	10	Stanley Mandebele	ZIM	29:50.99
18	13	Talal Omar Abdillahi	DJI	30:08.53
19	14	Hari Rokaya	NEP	30:48.16
20	15	Aaron Dupnai	PNG	32:50.63
21	20	Binesh Prasad	FIJ	33:30.43
22	26	John Maeke	SOL	35:16.93
DNF	17	Kamana Koji	COD	–
DNF	25	Martin Vrábeľ	TCH	–
DNF	22	Tsukasa Endo	JPN	–
DNF	24	Steve Plasencia	USA	–

Splits

1000 m	2:59	–
2000 m	5:47	–
3000 m	8:40	–
4000 m	11:32	–
5000 m	14:18	Hansjörg Kunze
6000 m	17:10	–
7000 m	21:08	–
8000 m	23:48	–
9000 m	26:40	Brahim Boutayeb

Final (26 September 1988 — 16:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	27:21.46	OR
2	2	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	27:23.55
3	1	Kipkemboi Kimeli	KEN	27:25.16
4	17	Jean-Louis Prianon	FRA	27:36.43
5	12	Arturo Barrios	MEX	27:39.32
6	11	Hansjörg Kunze	GDR	27:39.35
7	15	Paul Arpin	FRA	27:39.36
8	14	Moses Tanui	KEN	27:47.23
9	9	Marti ten Kate	NED	27:50.30
10	6	Antonio Prieto	ESP	27:52.78
11	13	Mauricio González	MEX	27:59.90
12	10	Evgeni Ignatov	BUL	28:09.32
13	8	António Pinto	POR	28:09.53
14	18	Kozo Akutsu	JPN	28:09.70
15	19	Rolando Vera	ECU	28:17.64
16	7	John Halvorsen	NOR	28:29.21
17	4	Shuichi Yoneshige	JPN	29:04.44
18	16	Bruce Bickford	USA	29:09.74
DNF	20	Eamonn Martin	GBR	–
DNF	3	Boniface Merande	KEN	–

Splits

1000 m	2:41.74	Salvatore Antibo
2000 m	5:28.50	Moses Tanui
3000 m	8:07.78	Kipkemboi Kimeli
4000 m	10:50.05	Kipkemboi Kimeli
5000 m	13:35.32	Kipkemboi Kimeli
6000 m	16:20.07	Brahim Boutayeb
7000 m	19:04.56	Brahim Boutayeb
8000 m	21:50.17	Brahim Boutayeb
9000 m	24:35.79	Brahim Boutayeb