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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	Nr	Athlete	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 (22 September 2000)

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

Heat One (21:30)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:50.01	Q
2	15	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:50.10	Q
3	7	John Korir	KEN	27:50.19	Q
4	8	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:50.64	Q
5	3	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:59.95	Q
6	4	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:08.22	Q
7	9	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	28:09.04	Q
8	5	Enrique Molina	ESP	28:09.76	Q
9	13	Andres Jones	GBR	28:11.20
10	11	Armando Quintanilla	MEX	28:14.54
11	10	Sisay Bezabeh	AUS	28:21.63
12	16	Sean Kaley	CAN	28:36.07
13	1	Rob Denmark	GBR	28:43.74
14	12	Shaun Creighton	AUS	28:52.71
15	17	Daniele Caimmi	ITA	29:01.26
16	14	Teodoro Cuñado	ESP	29:10.90
17	6	Michael Aish	NZL	29:31.83

Heat Two (22:05)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:44.01	Q
2	10	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:44.07	Q
3	9	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	27:45.13	Q
4	17	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	27:45.75	Q
5	11	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:45.83	Q
6	8	Karl Keska	GBR	27:48.29	Q
7	12	José David Galván	MEX	27:49.53	Q
8	2	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:50.09	Q
9	6	José Ríos	ESP	27:51.40	q
10	13	José Ramos	POR	27:56.30	q
11	15	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:58.96	q
12	1	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:01.18	q
13	4	Mauricio Díaz	CHI	28:05.61
14	5	Yonas Kifle	ERI	28:08.59
15	3	Jeff Schiebler	CAN	28:30.46
16	14	Dmitry Maksimov	RUS	28:54.15
17	16	Alan Culpepper	USA	29:00.71

Final (25 September 2000 — 22:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	19	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27:18.20
2	8	Paul Tergat	KEN	27:18.29
3	2	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27:19.75
4	16	Patrick Ivuti	KEN	27:20.44
5	20	John Korir	KEN	27:24.75
6	7	Saïd Bérioui	MAR	27:37.83
7	9	Toshinari Takaoka	JPN	27:40.44
8	6	Karl Keska	GBR	27:44.09
9	12	Aloÿs Nizigama	BDI	27:44.56
10	18	Abdi Abdirahman	USA	27:46.17
11	15	Girma Tolla	ETH	27:49.75
12	13	Meb Keflezighi	USA	27:53.63
13	11	José David Galván	MEX	27:54.56
14	4	José Ramos	POR	28:07.43
15	17	Katsuhiko Hanada	JPN	28:08.11
16	3	Samir Moussaoui	ALG	28:17.25
17	10	Rachid Berradi	ITA	28:45.96
18	1	José Ríos	ESP	28:50.31
DNF	14	Enrique Molina	ESP	–
DNF	5	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	–

Splits

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