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10,000 metres, Men

Date	22 – 25 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	34 from 19 countries

The heavy favorite was Ethiopia’s Haile Gebrselassie, the defending gold medalist, World Champion in 1993, 1995, 1997, and 1999, and the current, and three-time, world record holder. His challenge would come from Paul Tergat (KEN), silver medalist in 1996, and who had held the world record in 1997 after running 26:27.85 in Bruxelles, and had won the last five International Cross-Country championships. The final was much closer than expected, as at the bell there were five runners together – Geb, Tergat, Assefa Mezegebu (ETH), Patrick Ivuti (KEN), and John Cheruiyot Korir (KEN). Tergat moved ahead on the backstretch and only Geb responded. On the final straight, there was nothing to choose between them but Geb pulled ahead in the last few strides to defend his gold medal, as they ran the last 200 in 25.4. Tergat had his second consecutive medal, and commented, “I did my best. I can do no better than that. I had nothing left at the end.”

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	1658	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:50.01 (1 h1)	27:18.20 (1)	Gold
2	2393	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:44.07 (2 h2)	27:18.29 (2)	Silver
3	1660	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:50.64 (4 h1)	27:19.75 (3)	Bronze
4	2374	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:50.10 (2 h1)	27:20.44 (4)
5	2382	John Korir	KEN	27:50.19 (3 h1)	27:24.75 (5)
6	2512	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:45.83 (5 h2)	27:37.83 (6)
7	2320	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:59.95 (5 h1)	27:40.44 (7)
8	1805	Karl Keska	GBR	27:48.29 (6 h2)	27:44.09 (8)
9	1200	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:50.09 (8 h2)	27:44.56 (9)
10	3253	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	28:09.04 (7 h1)	27:46.17 (10)
11	1662	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:44.01 (1 h2)	27:49.75 (11)
12	3295	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:58.96 (11 h2)	27:53.63 (12)
13	2557	José David Galván	MEX	27:49.53 (7 h2)	27:54.56 (13)
14	2763	José Ramos	POR	27:56.30 (10 h2)	28:07.43 (14)
15	2302	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	27:45.13 (3 h2)	28:08.11 (15)
16	1018	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:08.22 (6 h1)	28:17.25 (16)
17	2186	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:01.18 (12 h2)	28:45.96 (17)
18	1610	José Ríos	ESP	27:51.40 (9 h2)	28:50.31 (18)
AC r2/2	1204	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	27:45.75 (4 h2)	– (DNF)
AC r2/2	1601	Enrique Molina	ESP	28:09.76 (8 h1)	– (DNF)
9 h1 r1/2	1804	Andres Jones	GBR	28:11.20 (9 h1)	–
10 h1 r1/2	2565	Armando Quintanilla	MEX	28:14.54 (10 h1)	–
11 h1 r1/2	1055	Sisay Bezabeh	AUS	28:21.63 (11 h1)	–
12 h1 r1/2	1322	Sean Kaley	CAN	28:36.07 (12 h1)	–
13 h1 r1/2	1789	Rob Denmark	GBR	28:43.74 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	1361	Mauricio Díaz	CHI	28:05.61 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	1060	Shaun Creighton	AUS	28:52.71 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	1559	Yonas Kifle	ERI	28:08.59 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	2188	Daniele Caimmi	ITA	29:01.26 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	1326	Jeff Schiebler	CAN	28:30.46 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	1574	Teodoro Cuñado	ESP	29:10.90 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	2887	Dmitry Maksimov	RUS	28:54.15 (16 h2)	–
17 h1 r1/2	2675	Michael Aish	NZL	29:31.83 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	3264	Alan Culpepper	USA	29:00.71 (17 h2)	–

Round One

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	1662	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:44.01	Q
2	2393	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:44.07	Q
3	2302	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	27:45.13	Q
4	1204	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	27:45.75	Q
5	2512	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:45.83	Q
6	1805	Karl Keska	GBR	27:48.29	Q
7	2557	José David Galván	MEX	27:49.53	Q
8	1658	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:50.01	Q
9	1200	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:50.09	Q
10	2374	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:50.10	Q
11	2382	John Korir	KEN	27:50.19	Q
12	1660	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:50.64	Q
13	1610	José Ríos	ESP	27:51.40	q
14	2763	José Ramos	POR	27:56.30	q
15	3295	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:58.96	q
16	2320	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:59.95	Q
17	2186	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:01.18	q
18	1361	Mauricio Díaz	CHI	28:05.61
19	1018	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:08.22	Q
20	1559	Yonas Kifle	ERI	28:08.59
21	3253	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	28:09.04	Q
22	1601	Enrique Molina	ESP	28:09.76	Q
23	1804	Andres Jones	GBR	28:11.20
24	2565	Armando Quintanilla	MEX	28:14.54
25	1055	Sisay Bezabeh	AUS	28:21.63
26	1326	Jeff Schiebler	CAN	28:30.46
27	1322	Sean Kaley	CAN	28:36.07
28	1789	Rob Denmark	GBR	28:43.74
29	1060	Shaun Creighton	AUS	28:52.71
30	2887	Dmitry Maksimov	RUS	28:54.15
31	3264	Alan Culpepper	USA	29:00.71
32	2188	Daniele Caimmi	ITA	29:01.26
33	1574	Teodoro Cuñado	ESP	29:10.90
34	2675	Michael Aish	NZL	29:31.83

Heat #1

Time	21:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1658	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:50.01	Q
2	2374	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:50.10	Q
3	2382	John Korir	KEN	27:50.19	Q
4	1660	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:50.64	Q
5	2320	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:59.95	Q
6	1018	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:08.22	Q
7	3253	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	28:09.04	Q
8	1601	Enrique Molina	ESP	28:09.76	Q
9	1804	Andres Jones	GBR	28:11.20
10	2565	Armando Quintanilla	MEX	28:14.54
11	1055	Sisay Bezabeh	AUS	28:21.63
12	1322	Sean Kaley	CAN	28:36.07
13	1789	Rob Denmark	GBR	28:43.74
14	1060	Shaun Creighton	AUS	28:52.71
15	2188	Daniele Caimmi	ITA	29:01.26
16	1574	Teodoro Cuñado	ESP	29:10.90
17	2675	Michael Aish	NZL	29:31.83

Heat #2

Time	22:05

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1662	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:44.01	Q
2	2393	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:44.07	Q
3	2302	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	27:45.13	Q
4	1204	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	27:45.75	Q
5	2512	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:45.83	Q
6	1805	Karl Keska	GBR	27:48.29	Q
7	2557	José David Galván	MEX	27:49.53	Q
8	1200	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:50.09	Q
9	1610	José Ríos	ESP	27:51.40	q
10	2763	José Ramos	POR	27:56.30	q
11	3295	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:58.96	q
12	2186	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:01.18	q
13	1361	Mauricio Díaz	CHI	28:05.61
14	1559	Yonas Kifle	ERI	28:08.59
15	1326	Jeff Schiebler	CAN	28:30.46
16	2887	Dmitry Maksimov	RUS	28:54.15
17	3264	Alan Culpepper	USA	29:00.71

Final Round

Date	25 September 2000 — 22:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1658	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:18.20
2	2393	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:18.29
3	1660	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:19.75
4	2374	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:20.44
5	2382	John Korir	KEN	27:24.75
6	2512	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:37.83
7	2320	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:40.44
8	1805	Karl Keska	GBR	27:44.09
9	1200	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:44.56
10	3253	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	27:46.17
11	1662	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:49.75
12	3295	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:53.63
13	2557	José David Galván	MEX	27:54.56
14	2763	José Ramos	POR	28:07.43
15	2302	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	28:08.11
16	1018	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:17.25
17	2186	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:45.96
18	1610	José Ríos	ESP	28:50.31
DNF	1601	Enrique Molina	ESP	–
DNF	1204	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	–

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	Result
1000 m	Aloÿs Nizigama	2:39.52
2000 m	Aloÿs Nizigama	5:23.31
3000 m	Aloÿs Nizigama	8:08.03
4000 m	Patrick Ivuti	10:55.47
5000 m	Aloÿs Nizigama	13:45.88
6000 m	Patrick Ivuti	16:31.19
7000 m	Aloÿs Nizigama	19:24.63
8000 m	John Korir	22:04.46
9000 m	John Korir	24:44.09