2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's 5000m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
 |  GBRGreat Britain | Mo Farah | 13:41.66 |
 |  ETHEthiopia | Dejen Gebremeskel | 13:41.98 |
 |  KENKenya | Thomas Longosiwa | 13:42.36 |
| 4 |  USAUnited States | Bernard Lagat | 13:42.99 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | 13:43.83 |
| 6 |  MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 13:44.19 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Galen Rupp | 13:45.04 |
| 8 |  MEXMexico | Juan Luis Barrios | 13:45.30 |
| 9 |  AZEAzerbaijan | Hayle Ibrahimov | 13:45.37 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Lopez Lomong | 13:48.19 |
| 11 | ETHEthiopia | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:49.59 |
| 12 | ETHEthiopia | Yenew Alamirew | 13:49.68 |
| 13 |  DJIDjibouti | Mumin Gala | 13:50.26 |
| 14 |  CANCanada | Cameron Levins | 13:51.87 |
| 15 |  UGAUganda | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 13:52.25 |
| 16 |  ERIEritrea | Abrar Osman | 13:24.40 |
| 17 | GBRGreat Britain | Nick McCormick | 13:25.70 |
| 18 | KENKenya | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | 13:27.06 |
| 19 |  TURTürkiye | Polat Kemboi Arikan | 13:27.21 |
| 20 |  GERGermany | Arne Gabius | 13:28.01 |
| 21 |  ALGAlgeria | Rabah Aboud | 13:28.38 |
| 22 |  ITAItaly | Daniele Meucci | 13:28.71 |
| 23 |  KSASaudi Arabia | Moukhled Al-Outaibi | 13:31.47 |
| 24 | UGAUganda | Abraham Kiplimo | 13:31.57 |
| 25 |  BRNBahrain | Bilisuma Shugi | 13:31.84 |
| 26 |  FRAFrance | Hassan Hirt | 13:35.36 |
| 27 |  JPNJapan | Yuka Sato | 13:38.22 |
| 28 |  AUSAustralia | Craig Mottram | 13:40.24 |
| 29 | AUSAustralia | David McNeill | 13:45.88 |
| 30 |  BDIBurundi | Olivier Irabaruta | 13:46.25 |
| 31 |  IRLIreland | Alistair Cragg | 13:47.01 |
| 32 | MARMorocco | Aziz Lahbabi | 13:47.57 |
| 33 | MARMorocco | Soufiane Boukantar | 13:47.63 |
| 34 | ERIEritrea | Amanuel Mesel | 13:48.13 |
| 35 | AUSAustralia | Collis Birmingham | 13:50.39 |
| 36 |  UKRUkraine | Sergiy Lebid | 13:53.15 |
| 37 |  ARGArgentina | Javier Adolfo Carriqueo | 13:57.07 |
| 38 | UGAUganda | Geofrey Kusuro | 13:59.74 |
| 39 | KSASaudi Arabia | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | 14:00.43 |
| 40 | KSASaudi Arabia | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | 14:11.12 |
| 41 |  CPVCape Verde | Ruben Sanca | 14:35.19 |
| 42 |  PHIPhilippines | Rene Herrera | 14:44.11 |
| 43 | ERIEritrea | Teklemariam Medhin | DNS |
| 99 |  ESPSpain | Jesús España | |
| 99 | ESPSpain | Sergio Sánchez | |
| 99 | ESPSpain | Javier Alves | |
| 99 | ETHEthiopia | Kenenisa Bekele | |
| 99 | MEXMexico | Diego Estrada | |
| 99 |  NZLNew Zealand | Adrian Blincoe | |
| 99 |  ZAMZambia | Tonny Wamulwa | |
| Men's 5000m, 1st Round, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | AZEAzerbaijan | Hayle Ibrahimov | 13:25.23 |
| 2 | KENKenya | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | 13:25.64 |
| 3 | GBRGreat Britain | Mo Farah | 13:26.00 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Lopez Lomong | 13:26.16 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:26.16 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | 13:27.06 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Arne Gabius | 13:28.01 |
| 8 | ITAItaly | Daniele Meucci | 13:28.71 |
| 9 | KSASaudi Arabia | Moukhled Al-Outaibi | 13:31.47 |
| 10 | BRNBahrain | Bilisuma Shugi | 13:31.84 |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Hassan Hirt | 13:35.36 |
| 12 | JPNJapan | Yuka Sato | 13:38.22 |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | David McNeill | 13:45.88 |
| 14 | BDIBurundi | Olivier Irabaruta | 13:46.25 |
| 15 | MARMorocco | Aziz Lahbabi | 13:47.57 |
| 16 | ERIEritrea | Amanuel Mesel | 13:48.13 |
| 17 | AUSAustralia | Collis Birmingham | 13:50.39 |
| 18 | UKRUkraine | Sergiy Lebid | 13:53.15 |
| 19 | UGAUganda | Geofrey Kusuro | 13:59.74 |
| 20 | KSASaudi Arabia | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | 14:00.43 |
| 21 | PHIPhilippines | Rene Herrera | 14:44.11 |
| 99 | ERIEritrea | Teklemariam Medhin | DNS |
| Men's 5000m, 1st Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Dejen Gebremeskel | 13:15.15 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Yenew Alamirew | 13:15.39 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Thomas Longosiwa | 13:15.41 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bernard Lagat | 13:15.45 |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 13:15.49 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Galen Rupp | 13:17.56 |
| 7 | UGAUganda | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 13:17.68 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Cameron Levins | 13:18.29 |
| 9 | MEXMexico | Juan Luis Barrios | 13:21.01 |
| 10 | DJIDjibouti | Mumin Gala | 13:21.21 |
| 11 | ERIEritrea | Abrar Osman | 13:24.40 |
| 12 | AZEAzerbaijan | Hayle Ibrahimov | 13:25.23 |
| 13 | KENKenya | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | 13:25.64 |
| 14 | GBRGreat Britain | Nick McCormick | 13:25.70 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Mo Farah | 13:26.00 |
| 16 | USAUnited States | Lopez Lomong | 13:26.16 |
| 17 | ETHEthiopia | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:26.16 |
| 18 | KENKenya | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | 13:27.06 |
| 19 | TURTürkiye | Polat Kemboi Arikan | 13:27.21 |
| 20 | GERGermany | Arne Gabius | 13:28.01 |
| 21 | ALGAlgeria | Rabah Aboud | 13:28.38 |
| 22 | ITAItaly | Daniele Meucci | 13:28.71 |
| 23 | KSASaudi Arabia | Moukhled Al-Outaibi | 13:31.47 |
| 24 | UGAUganda | Abraham Kiplimo | 13:31.57 |
| 25 | BRNBahrain | Bilisuma Shugi | 13:31.84 |
| 26 | FRAFrance | Hassan Hirt | 13:35.36 |
| 27 | JPNJapan | Yuka Sato | 13:38.22 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Craig Mottram | 13:40.24 |
| 29 | AUSAustralia | David McNeill | 13:45.88 |
| 30 | BDIBurundi | Olivier Irabaruta | 13:46.25 |
| 31 | IRLIreland | Alistair Cragg | 13:47.01 |
| 32 | MARMorocco | Aziz Lahbabi | 13:47.57 |
| 33 | MARMorocco | Soufiane Boukantar | 13:47.63 |
| 34 | ERIEritrea | Amanuel Mesel | 13:48.13 |
| 35 | AUSAustralia | Collis Birmingham | 13:50.39 |
| 36 | UKRUkraine | Sergiy Lebid | 13:53.15 |
| 37 | ARGArgentina | Javier Adolfo Carriqueo | 13:57.07 |
| 38 | UGAUganda | Geofrey Kusuro | 13:59.74 |
| 39 | KSASaudi Arabia | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | 14:00.43 |
| 40 | KSASaudi Arabia | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | 14:11.12 |
| 41 | CPVCape Verde | Ruben Sanca | 14:35.19 |
| 42 | PHIPhilippines | Rene Herrera | 14:44.11 |
| 99 | ERIEritrea | Teklemariam Medhin | DNS |
| Men's 5000m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 - Final | |||
| 1 | GBRGreat Britain | Mo Farah | 13:41.66 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Dejen Gebremeskel | 13:41.98 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Thomas Longosiwa | 13:42.36 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bernard Lagat | 13:42.99 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | 13:43.83 |
| 6 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 13:44.19 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Galen Rupp | 13:45.04 |
| 8 | MEXMexico | Juan Luis Barrios | 13:45.30 |
| 9 | AZEAzerbaijan | Hayle Ibrahimov | 13:45.37 |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Lopez Lomong | 13:48.19 |
| 11 | ETHEthiopia | Hagos Gebrhiwet | 13:49.59 |
| 12 | ETHEthiopia | Yenew Alamirew | 13:49.68 |
| 13 | DJIDjibouti | Mumin Gala | 13:50.26 |
| 14 | CANCanada | Cameron Levins | 13:51.87 |
| 15 | UGAUganda | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 13:52.25 |
| Men's 5000m, 1st Round, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 8 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Dejen Gebremeskel | 13:15.15 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Yenew Alamirew | 13:15.39 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Thomas Longosiwa | 13:15.41 |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Bernard Lagat | 13:15.45 |
| 5 | MARMorocco | Abdalaati Iguider | 13:15.49 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Galen Rupp | 13:17.56 |
| 7 | UGAUganda | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 13:17.68 |
| 8 | CANCanada | Cameron Levins | 13:18.29 |
| 9 | MEXMexico | Juan Luis Barrios | 13:21.01 |
| 10 | DJIDjibouti | Mumin Gala | 13:21.21 |
| 11 | ERIEritrea | Abrar Osman | 13:24.40 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Nick McCormick | 13:25.70 |
| 13 | TURTürkiye | Polat Kemboi Arikan | 13:27.21 |
| 14 | ALGAlgeria | Rabah Aboud | 13:28.38 |
| 15 | UGAUganda | Abraham Kiplimo | 13:31.57 |
| 16 | AUSAustralia | Craig Mottram | 13:40.24 |
| 17 | IRLIreland | Alistair Cragg | 13:47.01 |
| 18 | MARMorocco | Soufiane Boukantar | 13:47.63 |
| 19 | ARGArgentina | Javier Adolfo Carriqueo | 13:57.07 |
| 20 | KSASaudi Arabia | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | 14:11.12 |
| 21 | CPVCape Verde | Ruben Sanca | 14:35.19 |
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