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5,000 metres, Men

Date	27 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	36 from 23 countries

This race was one of survivors and those who chose to run. Notable among those not in the race were world record holder Haile Gebrselassie, 1999 World Champion Saleh Hissou (MAR), and top Kenyan distance runner Paul Tergat. The final pace was funereal, and the lead in the race changed hands several times. On the penultimate lap, Algeria’s Ali Saïdi-Sief ran 55.0 to drop everyone but Million Wolde (ETH). But Wolde’s speed off the slow pace was stunning as he ran his last lap in 53.83 and his last 800 metres in 1:54.1, outsprinting Saïdi-Sief in the final stretch.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	1664	Million Wolde	ETH	13:22.75 (2 h1)	13:35.49 (1)	Gold
2	1020	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:29.24 (1 h2)	13:36.20 (2)	Silver
3	2526	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	13:22.70 (1 h1)	13:36.47 (3)	Bronze
4	1655	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:22.92 (3 h1)	13:37.03 (4)
5	2369	David Chelule	KEN	13:29.98 (4 h2)	13:37.13 (5)
6	1654	Dagne Alemu	ETH	13:29.93 (3 h2)	13:37.17 (6)
7	3205	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	13:29.69 (2 h2)	13:37.80 (7)
8	1857	Jirka Arndt	GER	13:26.18 (9 h1)	13:38.57 (8)
9	2373	Julius Gitahi	KEN	13:23.12 (5 h1)	13:39.11 (9)
10	2386	Richard Limo	KEN	13:23.17 (6 h1)	13:39.43 (10)
11	1008	Réda Benzine	ALG	13:23.10 (4 h1)	13:40.95 (11)
12	1079	Mizan Mehari	AUS	13:24.56 (8 h1)	13:42.03 (12)
13	3274	Adam Goucher	USA	13:24.34 (7 h1)	13:43.20 (13)
14	2810	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	13:30.12 (6 h2)	13:45.10 (14)
15	2320	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	13:29.99 (5 h2)	13:46.90 (15)
7 h2 r1/2	2123	Mark Carroll	IRL	13:30.60 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r1/2	1081	Craig Mottram	AUS	13:31.06 (8 h2)	–
9 h2 r1/2	1578	Youssef El-Nasri	ESP	13:34.49 (9 h2)	–
10 h1 r1/2	2302	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	13:41.31 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	2517	Mohamed Saïd El-Wardi	MAR	13:35.18 (10 h2)	–
11 h1 r1/2	2657	Marius Bakken	NOR	13:44.80 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	3280	Brad Hauser	USA	13:39.41 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r1/2	3311	Nick Rogers	USA	13:46.18 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	2562	Pablo Olmedo	MEX	13:40.34 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	1084	Mike Power	AUS	13:51.00 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	1717	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	13:40.82 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	2805	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	14:00.30 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	3452	Sam Mfula Mwape	ZAM	13:41.72 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	1779	Kris Bowditch	GBR	14:08.92 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	1199	Vénuste Niyongabo	BDI	13:49.57 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	1583	Alberto García	ESP	14:11.65 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	1558	Bolota Asmerom	ERI	14:15.26 (16 h2)	–
17 h1 r1/2	2759	Hélder Ornelas	POR	14:29.01 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	2621	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	NEP	14:34.15 (17 h2)	–
18 h2 r1/2	2161	Shihab Houna Murad	IRQ	14:49.40 (18 h2)	–
19 h2 r1/2	3464	Maung Maung Nge	MYA	15:12.93 (19 h2)	–
DNS	1204	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	2557	José David Galván	MEX	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One (27 September 2000)

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

Heat One (22:05)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	13:22.70	Q
2	4	Million Wolde	ETH	13:22.75	Q
3	16	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:22.92	Q
4	11	Réda Benzine	ALG	13:23.10	Q
5	3	Julius Gitahi	KEN	13:23.12	Q
6	15	Richard Limo	KEN	13:23.17	Q
7	6	Adam Goucher	USA	13:24.34	q
8	13	Mizan Mehari	AUS	13:24.56	q
9	2	Jirka Arndt	GER	13:26.18	q
10	12	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	13:41.31
11	9	Marius Bakken	NOR	13:44.80
12	17	Nick Rogers	USA	13:46.18
13	8	Mike Power	AUS	13:51.00
14	14	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama	QAT	14:00.30
15	1	Kris Bowditch	GBR	14:08.92
16	18	Alberto García	ESP	14:11.65
17	10	Hélder Ornelas	POR	14:29.01
DNS	5	José David Galván	MEX	–

Heat Two (22:25)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:29.24	Q
2	17	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	13:29.69	Q
3	11	Dagne Alemu	ETH	13:29.93	Q
4	8	David Chelule	KEN	13:29.98	Q
5	6	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	13:29.99	Q
6	12	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	13:30.12	Q
7	9	Mark Carroll	IRL	13:30.60
8	2	Craig Mottram	AUS	13:31.06
9	5	Youssef El-Nasri	ESP	13:34.49
10	13	Mohamed Saïd El-Wardi	MAR	13:35.18
11	18	Brad Hauser	USA	13:39.41
12	14	Pablo Olmedo	MEX	13:40.34
13	7	Mustapha Essaïd	FRA	13:40.82
14	19	Sam Mfula Mwape	ZAM	13:41.72
15	10	Vénuste Niyongabo	BDI	13:49.57
16	16	Bolota Asmerom	ERI	14:15.26
17	20	Gyan Bahadur Bohara	NEP	14:34.15
18	3	Shihab Houna Murad	IRQ	14:49.40
19	15	Maung Maung Nge	MYA	15:12.93
DNS	4	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	–

Final (30 September 2000 — 20:50)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	15	Million Wolde	ETH	13:35.49
2	11	Ali Saïdi-Sief	ALG	13:36.20
3	4	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	13:36.47
4	9	Fita Bayesa	ETH	13:37.03
5	14	David Chelule	KEN	13:37.13
6	13	Dagne Alemu	ETH	13:37.17
7	10	Serhiy Lebid	UKR	13:37.80
8	6	Jirka Arndt	GER	13:38.57
9	12	Julius Gitahi	KEN	13:39.11
10	8	Richard Limo	KEN	13:39.43
11	1	Réda Benzine	ALG	13:40.95
12	2	Mizan Mehari	AUS	13:42.03
13	5	Adam Goucher	USA	13:43.20
14	7	Mohamed Suleiman	QAT	13:45.10
15	3	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	13:46.90

Splits

1000 m	2:45.36	Jirka Arndt
2000 m	5:39.54	Dagne Alemu
3000 m	8:21.79	Brahim Lahlafi
4000 m	11:09.84	Brahim Lahlafi