Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Men's 10,000 metres; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats); 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	46 from 30 nations
Winning time	27:07.34 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
1st place, gold medalist(s)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
	← 1992 2000 →

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Official Video Highlights

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The final was held on July 29, 1996.^[1] The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia
Silver	Paul Tergat File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Bronze	Salah Hissou File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	26:43.53	Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Morocco Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Ranking

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
File:Med 1.png	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:07.34
File:Med 2.png	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Tergat (KEN)	27:08.17
File:Med 3.png	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Salah Hissou (MAR)	27:24.67
4.	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI)	27:33.79
5.	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Josphat Machuka (KEN)	27:35.08
6.	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Paul Koech (KEN)	27:35.19
7.	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:46.98
8.	File:Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	27:50.73
9.	File:Flag of Germany.svg Stéphane Franke (GER)	27:59.08
10.	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Jon Brown (GBR)	27:59.72
11.	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Armando Quintanilla (MEX)	28:09.46
12.	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Marko Hhawu (TAN)	28:20.58
13.	File:Flag of Spain.svg Abel Antón (ESP)	28:29.37
14.	File:Flag of Spain.svg Carlos de la Torre (ESP)	28:32.11
15.	File:Flag of Spain.svg Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	28:39.11
16.	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Káldy (HUN)	28:45.48
17.	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Worku Bikila (ETH)	28:59.15
18.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Baldini (ITA)	29:07.77
19.	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Alyan Al-Qahtani (KSA)	DNF
20.	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Paul Evans (GBR)	DNF

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
21	File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Silvio Guerra (ECU)	28:30.15
22	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Abraham Assefa (ETH)	28:32.24
23	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)	28:38.18
24	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Robbie Johnston (NZL)	28:40.60
25	File:Flag of Australia.svg Shaun Creighton (AUS)	28:44.29
26	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Alfredo Brás (POR)	28:50.28
27	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Katsuhiko Hanada (JPN)	28:52.22
28	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Róbert Štefko (SVK)	29:03.80
29	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Hendrick Ramaala (RSA)	29:07.81
30	File:Flag of the United States.svg Brad Barquist (USA)	29:11.20
31	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Charles Mulinga (ZAM)	29:14.99
32	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Patrício (POR)	29:15.41
33	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Vanko (SVK)	29:17.53
34	File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Sean Dollman (IRL)	29:19.03
35	File:Flag of Iran.svg Hamid Sadjadi (IRI)	29:22.65
36	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)	29:26.58
37	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Schiebler (CAN)	29:47.79
38	File:Flag of the United States.svg Dan Middleman (USA)	29:50.72
39	File:Flag of France.svg Mohamed Ezzher (FRA)	29:55.34
40	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Martín Pitayo (MEX)	30:32.20
41	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Herder Vasquez (COL)	33:26.15
42	File:Flag of Palestine.svg Majed Abu Maraheel (PLE)	34:40.50
-	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Larbi Zéroual (MAR)	DNF
-	File:Flag of France.svg Abdellah Béhar (FRA)	DNF
-	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Guerra (POR)	DNF
-	File:Flag of the United States.svg Todd Williams (USA)	DNF
-	File:Flag of Australia.svg Julian Paynter (AUS)	DNS
-	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp] (JPN)	DNS

Qualification

Group 1

Place	Name	Nation	Time	Note
1	Worku Bikila	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia	27:50,57	Q
2	Paul Tergat	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	27:50,66	Q
3	Mathias Ntawulikura	File:Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg Rwanda	27:51,69	Q
4	Aloÿs Nizigama	File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi	27:53,21	Q
5	Salah Hissou	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	27:53,32	Q
6	Stefano Baldini	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	27:55,79	Q
7	Abel Antón	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	27:56,26	Q
8	Carlos de la Torre	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	28:04,14	Q
9	Zoltán Káldy	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	28:13,49	q
10	Marko Hhawu	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	28:14,08	q
11	Paul Evans	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	28:24,39	q
12	Robbie Johnston	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	28:40,60
13	Katsuhiko Hanada	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	28:52,22
14	Róbert Štefko	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia	29:03,80
15	Carlos Patrício	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	29:15,41
16	Ronaldo da Costa	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	29:26,58
17	Dan Middleman	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	29:50,72
18	Mohamed Ezzher	File:Flag of France.svg France	29:55,34
19	Martín Pitayo	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	30:32,20
20	Herder Vázquez	File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	33:26,15
21	Majed Abu Maraheel	File:Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine	34:40,50
—	Larbi Zéroual	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	DNF
	Julian Paynter	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	DNS
	Yasuyuki Watanabe [jp]	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	DNS

Group 2

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Note
1	Haile Gebrselassie	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia	28:14,20	Q
2	Josephat Machuka	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	28:14,27	Q
3	Paul Koech	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	28:17,48	Q
4	Jon Brown	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain	28:19,85	Q
5	Alyan Al-Qahtani	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	28:22,35	Q
6	Khalid Skah	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	28:23,21	Q
7	Stéphane Franke	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	28:24,30	Q
8	Armando Quintanilla	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	28:27,28	Q
9	Alejandro Gómez	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	28:28,16	q
10	Silvio Guerra	File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Ecuador	28:30,15
11	Abraham Assefa	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1996–2009).svg Ethiopia	28:32,24
12	Toshinari Takaoka	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	28:38,18
13	Shaun Creighton	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	28:44,29
14	Alfredo Brás	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	28:50,28
15	Hendrick Ramaala	File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	29:07,81
16	Brad Barquist	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	29:11,20
17	Charles Mulinga	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	29:14,99
18	Miroslav Vanko	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia	29:17,53
19	Sean Dollman	File:Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg Ireland	29:19,03
20	Hamid Sajjadi	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	29:22,65
21	Jeff Schiebler	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	29:47,79
—	Abdellah Béhar	File:Flag of France.svg France	DNF
	Paulo Guerra	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
	Todd Williams	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States

References

↑ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

External links

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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