2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres explained

The men's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 30 August and 2 September.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Bernard Lagat	Eliud Kipchoge	Moses Kipsiro

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record		12:37.35	Hengelo, Netherlands	31 May 2004
Championship record		12:52.79	Paris, France	31 August 2003
World leading		12:49.53	Zaragoza, Spain	28 July 2007

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 30, 2007	20:45	Heats
September 2, 2007	19:30	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			13:33.37	Q
	2			13:33.62	Q
	2			13:35.05	Q
	2			13:36.18	Q
	2			13:37.12	Q
	2			13:39.13	q, SB
	2			13:41.47	q
	2			13:41.65	q
	2			13:42.00	q
10	2			13:46.23	q
11	1			13:46.42	Q
12	1			13:46.45	Q
13	1			13:46.57	Q
14	1			13:46.64	Q
15	1			13:46.86	Q
16	2			13:47.30	SB
17	1			13:47.36
18	1			13:47.42
19	1			13:47.83
20	1			13:48.21
21	2			13:48.39
22	2			13:50.30
23	1			13:50.95	SB
24	1			13:53.16
25	1			13:53.36
26	2			13:54.65
27	2			13:54.95
28	1			13:59.45
29	2			14:04.22
30	1			14:05.69
31	1			14:07.38
32	2			15:25.12
33	2			15:41.08
	1				DNF
	1				DNS
	1				DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			13:45.87
			13:46.00
			13:46.75
			13:46.78
			13:47.33
			13:47.54
			13:50.55
			13:51.01
			13:51.18
10			13:52.69
11			13:53.17
12			13:55.44
13			13:56.24
14			13:59.86
15			14:01.25

References

General

• Results

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