Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 10,000 metres
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates:	26 July 1996 (heats) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	30
Win Value:	27:07.34
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Haile Gebrselassie
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Paul Tergat
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Salah Hissou
Bronzenoc:	MAR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The final was held on July 29, 1996.^[1] The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Ranking

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		27:07.34
		27:08.17
		27:24.67
4.		27:33.79
5.		27:35.08
6.		27:35.19
7.		27:46.98
8.		27:50.73
9.		27:59.08
10.		27:59.72
11.		28:09.46
12.		28:20.58
13.		28:29.37
14.		28:32.11
15.		28:39.11
16.		28:45.48
17.		28:59.15
18.		29:07.77
19.		DNF
20.		DNF

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
21		28:30.15
22		28:32.24
23		28:38.18
24		28:40.60
25		28:44.29
26		28:50.28
27		28:52.22
28		29:03.80
29		29:07.81
30		29:11.20
31		29:14.99
32		29:15.41
33		29:17.53
34		29:19.03
35		29:22.65
36		29:26.58
37		29:47.79
38		29:50.72
39		29:55.34
40		30:32.20
41		33:26.15
42		34:40.50
align="center"	-		DNF
align="center"	-		DNF
align="center"	-		DNF
align="center"	-		DNF
align="center"	-		DNS
align="center"	-		DNS

Qualification

Group 1

Place	Name	Nation	Time	Note
1			27:50,57
2			27:50,66
3			27:51,69
4			27:53,21
5			27:53,32
6			27:55,79
7			27:56,26
8			28:04,14
9			28:13,49
10			28:14,08
11			28:24,39
12			28:40,60
13			28:52,22
14			29:03,80
15			29:15,41
16			29:26,58
17			29:50,72
18			29:55,34
19			30:32,20
20			33:26,15
21			34:40,50
—

Group 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Note
1			28:14,20
2			28:14,27
3			28:17,48
4			28:19,85
5			28:22,35
6			28:23,21
7			28:24,30
8			28:27,28
9			28:28,16
10			28:30,15
11			28:32,24
12			28:38,18
13			28:44,29
14			28:50,28
15			29:07,81
16			29:11,20
17			29:14,99
18			29:17,53
19			29:19,03
20			29:22,65
21			29:47,79
—

See also

• 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1997 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1998 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.