Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates	20 August
Competitors	24 from 14 nations
Winning time	27:05.10 OR
Medalists
Kenenisa Bekele 23x15px Ethiopia Sileshi Sihine 23x15px Ethiopia Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea

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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20. No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.

The Ethiopians were in control throughout the distance. A leading group of five runners crystallized. As Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine turned up the pace with two kilometres left, Zersenay Tadese, Boniface Kiprop Toroitich and reigning Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie, who was running with a calf injury, were not able to keep up. Bekele, the world record holder, assured his victory with a brilliant Olympic record finish (27:05.10 minutes), completing the final 400 metres in less than 54 seconds.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:20.31	Ostrava, Czech Republic	8 June 2004
Olympic record	22x20px Haile Gebreselassie (ETH)	27:07.34	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
20 August	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	23x15px Ethiopia	27:05.10	OR

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 10000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 27:49.00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 28:06.00 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 20 August 2004	22:35	Final

Results

Athletes take off at the start of the men's 10000 metres final.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Kenenisa Bekele	23x15px Ethiopia	27:05.10	OR
	Sileshi Sihine	23x15px Ethiopia	27:09.39
	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	27:22.57	NR
4	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich	Uganda	27:25.48	SB
5	Haile Gebrselassie	23x15px Ethiopia	27:27.70
6	John Cheruiyot Korir	Kenya	27:41.91	SB
7	Moses Mosop	Kenya	27:46.61
8	Ismaïl Sghyr	France	27:57.09
9	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	27:57.61
10	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Tanzania	28:01.94	SB
11	Wilson Busienei	Uganda	28:10.75
12	Dan Browne	United States	28:14.53
13	Charles Kamathi	Kenya	28:17.08
14	Kamiel Maase	Netherlands	28:23.39
15	Abdi Abdirahman	United States	28:26.26
16	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	28:29.87
17	Dieudonne Disi	Rwanda	28:43.19
18	Mohammed Amyne	Morocco	28:55.96
19	Ryuji Ono	Japan	29:06.50
20	Teodoro Vega	Mexico	29:06.55
21	David Galván	Mexico	29:38.05
	John Henwood	New Zealand	DNF
	John Yuda Msuri	Tanzania	DNF
	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	DNF

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage