The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

was held at the Olympic Stadium on 17 August. A large field of 31 athletes from 15 countries was set to participate in the final, although Irishman Martin Fagan did not start the competition.

Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele

Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...

 was the favourite before the race, having never lost a race over the distance and starting the race as the reigning Olympic and World champion, as well as the world record holder. Four-time major championship silver medallist Sileshi Sihine

Sileshi Sihine

Sileshi Sihine is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.Sihine achieved a silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as at the 2005 World Championships and 2007 World Championships as well as a bronze medal in 2003...

 was another strong competitor, but he withdrew due to an injury and was replaced by Ethiopian team

Ethiopia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Ethiopia will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15 to 23 August. A team of 38 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards...

's reserve Imane Merga

Imane Merga

Imane Merga Jida is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. He won his first world title at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...

. Gebregziabher Gebremariam and Kenyan

Kenya at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Kenya will compete at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of 43 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards...

s Moses Masai and Micah Kogo

Micah Kogo

Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...

 were other possible medallists, as well as the consistent Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

n, Zersenay Tadese.

Tadese sprinted to lead the race at the start but he was soon overtaken by Nicholas Kemboi, who led until the 4000-metre mark. Tadese and Masai picked up the pace and the Eritrean fronted the fastest group of runners from 5000 metres onwards. After a kilometre further on, a group of four runners (Tadese, Masai, Bekele and Kogo) were clearly leading the race as the other competitors trailed off. Tadese continued to lead and picked up the pace once again, at which point Kogo dropped off, shortly followed by Masai. Bekele continued to follow the Tadese, and on the last lap the reigning champion finally took the lead, sprinting away to win the gold medal in a Championship record time of 26:46.31. Tadese yet again took the silver, with a run of 26:50.12, and Masai maintained his third position for the bronze.

Ever the strongest performer, Bekele remained undefeated to win his fourth consecutive 10,000 m at the World Championships, but it was second-placed Tadese's first medal at the World Championships. Moses Masai's bronze was his family's second of the competition, as his sister Linet Masai

Linet Masai

Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...

 had won the Women's 10,000 metres

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15 August. The Ethiopian team was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000 metres World Champion Meseret Defar, and African record holder Meselech...

 two days earlier.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...	Zersenay Tadese '	Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres to Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop, he is the first born out of ten children. He started running while at Kapsogom Primary School. Later he joined ... '

Records

Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.

World record		26:17.53	Bruxelles, Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	26 August 2005
Championship record		26:49.57	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	24 August 2003
World leading		26:57.36	Fukuroi Fukuroi, Shizuoka is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan. As of February 2009, the city had an estimated population of 85,985 and a density of 792 persons per km². The total area is 108.56 km².-Geography:... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	3 May 2009
African record		26:17.53	Bruxelles, Belgium	26 August 2005
Asian record		26:38.76	Bruxelles, Belgium	5 September 2003
North American record		27:08.23	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....	18 August 1989
South American record		27:28.12	Neerpelt Neerpelt Neerpelt is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Neerpelt had a total population of 16,117. The total area is 42.78 km² which gives a population density of 377 inhabitants per km².-Famous inhabitants:... , Belgium	2 June 2007
European record		26:52.30	Bruxelles, Belgium	3 September 1999
Oceanian record		27:29.73	Berkeley Berkeley, California Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	24 April 2009

The following new Championship record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	CR	WR
17 August	Final	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...		26:46.31	CR

Qualification standards

A time	B time
27:47.00	28:12.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 17, 2009	20:50	Final

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...		26:46.31	CR
	Zersenay Tadese		26:50.12	SB
	Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres to Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop, he is the first born out of ten children. He started running while at Kapsogom Primary School. Later he joined ...		26:57.39	SB
	Imane Merga Imane Merga Imane Merga Jida is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. He won his first world title at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		27:15.94	PB
	Bernard Kipyego Bernard Kipyego Bernard Kiprop Kipyego is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon.Kipyego's first international highlight came as a junior at the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he took the silver medal in the junior race to form a Kenyan sweep of the medals, alongside...		27:18.47	SB
	Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein is an American long-distance runner. He held the American record in the 5,000 metres from 2009–10, when it was broken by Bernard Lagat...		27:22.28	PB
	Micah Kogo Micah Kogo Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...		27:26.33	SB
	Galen Rupp Galen Rupp Galen Rupp is an American cross-country and track and field athlete, who competed for the University of Oregon and currently trains under Alberto Salazar as a member of the Oregon Track Club. Rupp competed for his native country in the men's 10000 m at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,...		27:37.99	SB
	Kidane Tadasse Kidane Tadasse Kidane Tadesse Habtesilase is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres....		27:41.50	SB
10	Gebregziabher Gebremariam		27:44.04	SB
11	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah		27:45.03	SB
12	Teklemariam Medhin Teklemariam Medhin Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslassie is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres....		27:58.89	SB
13	Fabiano Joseph Naasi		28:04.32	SB
14	Juan Carlos Romero		28:09.78	SB
15	Carles Castillejo Carles Castillejo Carles Castillejo is an Spanish long distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		28:09.89
16	Dickson Marwa		28:18.00	SB
17	Tim Nelson		28:18.04
18	Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican athlete. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg . He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres...		28:31.40
19	Surendra Kumar Singh		28:35.51	SB
20	Anatoliy Rybakov		28:42.28
21	Ezekiel Jafari		28:45.34
22	Martin Toroitich Martin Toroitich Martin Kitiyo Toroitich is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.His younger brother Boniface Kiprop Toroitich is a successful Ugandan runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		28:49.49	SB
23	Rui Pedro Silva Rui Pedro Silva Rui Pedro Silva is a Portuguese athlete specialized in middle and long distance running.- Reference :...		28:51.40
24	David McNeill		29:18.59	SB
Yuki Iwai		29:24.12
	Collis Birmingham Collis Birmingham Collis Birmingham is an Australian long distance and cross-country runner. He participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in the 5000 metres event but failed to qualify for the final...

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Ayad Lamdassem

Ayad Lamdassem is a Moroccan-born long distance runner who competes for Spain internationally.He first arrived in Spain in 2002 as part of the Moroccan contingent for the World University Cross Country Championships, which was being held in Santiago de Compostela that year...

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Key: CR = Championship record, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Nicholas Kemboi		2:46.24
2000m	Nicholas Kemboi		5:34.24
3000m	Nicholas Kemboi		8:19.55
4000m	Nicholas Kemboi		11:04.75
5000m	Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai Moses Ndiema Masai is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres.Masai is from Bugaa village, four kilometres to Kapsokwony town. Born to John Barasa Masai and Leonida Cherop, he is the first born out of ten children. He started running while at Kapsogom Primary School. Later he joined ...		13:40.45
6000m	Zersenay Tadese		16:18.75
7000m	Zersenay Tadese		18:57.73
8000m	Zersenay Tadese		21:37.80
9000m	Zersenay Tadese		24:13.73

External links

• 10,000 metres startlist from IAAF. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.