2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres


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

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World record12:37.35Hengelo, Netherlands31 May 2004
Championship record12:52.79Paris, France31 August 2003
World leading12:49.53Zaragoza, Spain28 July 2007

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat and the next 5 fastest advance to the [|final].
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Eliud Kipchoge13:33.37Q
2Abreham Cherkos13:33.62Q
2Matt Tegenkamp13:35.05Q
2Craig Mottram13:36.18Q
2Juan Luis Barrios13:37.12Q
2Mo Farah13:39.13q, SB
2Benjamin Limo13:41.47q
2Adam Goucher13:41.65q
2Ali Abdalla13:42.00q
102Felix Kikwai Kibore13:46.23q
111Tariku Bekele13:46.42Q
121Jesús España13:46.45Q
131Bernard Lagat13:46.57Q
141Hicham Bellani13:46.64Q
151Moses Ndiema Kipsiro13:46.86Q
162Dieudonné Disi13:47.30SB
171Khoudir Aggoune13:47.36
181Isaac Kiprono Songok13:47.42
191Ahmed Baday13:47.83
201Joseph Ebuya13:48.21
212Jan Fitschen13:48.39
222Aadam Ismaeel Khamis13:50.30
231Tonny Wamulwa13:50.95SB
241Bekana Daba13:53.16
251Charles Bett Koech13:53.36
262Mourad Marofit13:54.65
272Takayuki Matsumiya13:54.95
281Alistair Cragg13:59.45
292Stephen Kiprotich14:04.22
301Erik Sjöqvist14:05.69
311Yu Mitsuya14:07.38
322Cleveland Forde15:25.12
332Thura Aung15:41.08
1Kabirou Dan MallamDNF
1Nader al-MasriDNS
1David GalvánDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Bernard Lagat13:45.87
Eliud Kipchoge13:46.00
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro13:46.75
Matt Tegenkamp13:46.78
Tariku Bekele13:47.33
Mo Farah13:47.54
Jesús España13:50.55
Abreham Cherkos13:51.01
Felix Kikwai Kibore13:51.18
10Ali Abdalla13:52.69
11Adam Goucher13:53.17
12Hicham Bellani13:55.44
13Craig Mottram13:56.24
14Juan Luis Barrios13:59.86
15Benjamin Limo14:01.25