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

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The men's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held as part of the athletics program at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The winning margin was 4.29 seconds.

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Records

Template:As of, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
20 August	Final	Kenenisa Bekele	Template:FlagIOC	27:05.10	Template:OlyR

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 10,000 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 10,000 metres final.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
Template:Gold01	Kenenisa Bekele	Template:FlagIOC	27:05.10	Template:OlyR
Template:Silver02	Sileshi Sihine	Template:FlagIOC	27:09.39
Template:Bronze03	Zersenay Tadese	Template:FlagIOC	27:22.57	NR
4	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich	Template:FlagIOC	27:25.48	SB
5	Haile Gebrselassie	Template:FlagIOC	27:27.70
6	John Cheruiyot Korir	Template:FlagIOC	27:41.91	SB
7	Moses Mosop	Template:FlagIOC	27:46.61
8	Ismaïl Sghyr	Template:FlagIOC	27:57.09
9	José Manuel Martínez	Template:FlagIOC	27:57.61
10	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Template:FlagIOC	28:01.94	SB
11	Wilson Busienei	Template:FlagIOC	28:10.75
12	Dan Browne	Template:FlagIOC	28:14.53
13	Charles Kamathi	Template:FlagIOC	28:17.08
14	Kamiel Maase	Template:FlagIOC	28:23.39
15	Abdi Abdirahman	Template:FlagIOC	28:26.26
16	Yonas Kifle	Template:FlagIOC	28:29.87
17	Dieudonne Disi	Template:FlagIOC	28:43.19
18	Mohammed Amyne	Template:FlagIOC	28:55.96
19	Ryuji Ono	Template:FlagIOC	29:06.50
20	Teodoro Vega	Template:FlagIOC	29:06.55
21	David Galván	Template:FlagIOC	29:38.05
Template:Hs	John Henwood	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr
Template:Hs	John Yuda Msuri	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr
Template:Hs	Dathan Ritzenhein	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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