Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 5000 metres
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	27 September 2000 (heats) 30 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	22
Win Value:	13:35.49
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Million Wolde
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Ali Saïdi-Sief
Silvernoc:	ALG
Bronze:	Brahim Lahlafi
Bronzenoc:	MAR
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The Men's 5000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000. The top six runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes.^[1]

Records

World Record	12:39.36	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	Helsinki, Finland	13 June 1998
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita	Morocco	Los Angeles, California, United States	11 August 1984

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Notes
Heat	Overall
1	1	Brahim Lahlafi		7	13:22.70	Q
2	2	Million Wolde		4	13:22.75	Q
3	3	Fita Bayisa		16	13:22.92	Q
4	4	Réda Benzine		11	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	5	Julius Gitahi		3	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	6	Richard Limo		15	13:23:17	Q
7	7	Adam Goucher		6	13:24.34	q
8	8	Mizan Mehari		13	13:24.56	q	SB
9	9	Jirka Arndt		2	13:26.18	q
10	23	Katsuhiko Hanada		12	13:41.31		SB
11	25	Marius Bakken		9	13:44.80
12	26	Nicholas Rogers		18	13:46.18
13	28	Michael Power		8	13:51.00
14	29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama		14	14:00.30
15	30	Kristen Bowditch		1	14:08.92
16	31	Alberto García		18	14:11.65
17	33	Hélder Ornelas		10	14:29.01
18		David Galván		5	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Notes
Heat	Overall
1	10	Ali Saïdi-Sief		1	13:29.34	Q
2	11	Serhiy Lebid		17	13:29.69	Q
3	12	Dagne Alemu		11	13:29.93	Q
4	13	David Chelule		8	13:29.98	Q
5	14			6	13:29.99	Q
6	15			12	13:30:12	Q
7	16	Mark Carroll		9	13:30.60
8	17	Craig Mottram		2	13:31.06
9	18	Yousef El Nasri		5	13:34.49
10	19	Mohamed Saïd El Wardi		13	13:35.18
11	20			18	13:39.41
12	21	Pablo Olmedo		14	13:40.34
13	22	Mustapha Essaïd		7	13:40.82
14	24	Sam Mfula Mwape		19	13:41.72
15	27	Vénuste Niyongabo		10	13:49.57
16	32	Bolota Asmerom		16	14:15.26
17	34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara		20	14:34.15		NR
18	35	Houna Murad Murad Shihab		3	14:49.40
19	36	Maung Maung Nge		15	15:12.93
20		Mohammed Mourhit		4	DNS

Overall Results Semi-finals

Semi-finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Notes
1	Brahim Lahlafi		1	7	1	13:22.70	Q
2	Million Wolde		1	4	2	13:22.75	Q
3	Fita Bayisa		1	16	3	13:22.92	Q
4	Réda Benzine		1	11	4	13:23.10	Q	SB
5	Julius Gitahi		1	3	5	13:23.12	Q	SB
6	Richard Limo		1	15	6	13:23:17	Q
7	Adam Goucher		1	6	7	13:24.34	q
8	Mizan Mehari		1	13	8	13:24.56	q	SB
9	Jirka Arndt		1	2	9	13:26.18	q
10	Ali Saïdi-Sief		2	1	1	13:29.34	Q
11	Serhiy Lebid		2	17	2	13:29.69	Q
12	Dagne Alemu		2	11	3	13:29.98	Q
13	David Chelule		2	8	4	13:29.98	Q
14			2	6	5	13:29.99	Q
15			2	12	6	13:30.12	Q
16	Mark Carroll		2	9	7	13:30.60
17	Craig Mottram		2	2	8	13:31.06
18	Yousef El Nasri		2	5	9	13:34.49
19	Mohamed Saïd El Wardi		2	13	10	13:35.18
20			2	18	11	13:39.41
21	Pablo Olmedo		2	14	12	13:40.34
22	Mustapha Essaïd		2	7	13	13:40.82
23	Katsuhiko Hanada		1	12	10	13:41.31		SB
24	Sam Mfula Mwape		2	19	14	13:41.72
25	Marius Bakken		1	9	11	13:44.80
26	Nicholas Rogers		1	18	12	13:46.18
27	Vénuste Niyongabo		2	10	15	13:49.57
28	Michael Power		1	8	13	13:51.00
29	Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama		1	14	14	14:00.30
30	Kristen Bowditch		1	1	15	14:08.92
31	Alberto García		1	18	16	14:11.65
32	Bolota Asmerom		2	16	16	14:15.26
33	Hélder Ornelas		1	10	17	14:29.01
34	Gyan Bahadur Bohara		2	20	17	14:34.15		NR
35	Shihab Houna Murad		2	3	18	14:49.40
36	Maung Nge Maung		2	15	19	15:12.93
	David Galván		1	5	18	DNS
	Mohammed Mourhit		2	4	20	DNS

Final

Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Million Wolde		15	13:35.49
2	Ali Saïdi-Sief		11	13:36.20
3	Brahim Lahlafi		4	13:36.47
4	Fita Bayisa		9	13:37.03
5	David Chelule		14	13:37.13
6	Dagne Alemu		13	13:37.17
7			10	13:37.80
8			6	13:38.57
9	Julius Gitahi		12	13:39.11
10	Richard Limo		8	13:39.43
11	Réda Benzine		1	13:40.95
12	Mizan Mehari		2	13:42.03
13	Adam Goucher		5	13:43.20
14	Mohamed Suleiman		7	13:45.10
15	Toshinari Takaoka		3	13:46.90

See also

• 1999 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres
• 2001 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 5000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-5000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.