2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres


The men's 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 August.

Summary

While Ethiopians Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and on the women's side Tirunesh Dibaba had all done it before, Mo Farah had the opportunity to be the first non-Ethiopian runner to defend a world 10,000 metres championship. The Kenyan triumvirate of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Bedan Karoki Muchiri took the race out, multiple 64 second laps breaking the race apart to the point that there were only two remaining stragglers, Farah and his American training partner Galen Rupp. Farah, Rupp and Tanui were all returning from top 5 finishes two years earlier. As the pace dropped, Farah briefly showed his intent to win with 3200, 1500 and 1200 to go, but each time Farah poked into the lead the Kenyan team quickly scrambled to retake the lead. Then with 500 metres to go to the finish, Farah boldly launched his long assault for the finish.
In championship races, long sprints to the finish usually lead to defeat as the more sprint inclined racers are able to run down the breakaway near the finish, but Farah held the lead as the three, then two Kenyan rivals jockeyed for position to catch him. In the final turn as he was maneuvering through traffic, Kipsang got close enough to clip Farah's heels, with Farah stumbling and almost falling.
Farah stayed on his feet with Kipsang close behind, then Tanui managed to pull even with Kipsang through the final turn. Coming into the final straight, World Cross Country champion Kipsang looked like he would be able to swing around Farah to victory, but a determined Farah instead accelerated pulling away to a clear win, celebrating as he crossed the finish line. Farah's final lap time was 54.15. For the second time in a row, Tanui found himself in bronze medal position.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record26:17.53Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Championship record26:46.31Berlin, Germany17 August 2009
World Leading26:50.97Eugene, OR, United States29 May 2015
African Record26:17.53Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Asian Record26:38.76Brussels, Belgium5 September 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record26:44.36Eugene, OR, United States30 May 2014
South American Record27:28.12Neerpelt, Belgium2 June 2007
European Record26:46.57Eugene, OR, United States3 June 2011
Oceanian record27:24.95Palo Alto, CA, United States1 May 2011

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

The race was started at 20:50.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mo Farah27:01.13
Geoffrey Kipsang27:01.76
Paul Tanui27:02.83
Bedan Karoki27:04.77
Galen Rupp27:08.91
Abrar Osman27:43.21
Ali Kaya27:43.69
Timothy Toroitich27:44.90
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei27:48.89
10Muktar Edris27:54.47
11Mosinet Geremew28:07.50
12El Hassan El-Abbassi28:12.57
13Nguse Tesfaldet28:14.72
14Cameron Levins28:15.19
15Hassan Mead28:16.30
16Shadrack Kipchirchir28:16.30
17Arne Gabius28:24.47
18Tetsuya Yoroizaka28:25.77
19Teklemariam Medhin28:39.26
20Stephen Mokoka28:47.40
21Aweke Ayalew29:14.55
22Kenta Murayama29:50.22
23Yuta Shitara30:08.35
Bashir Abdi
Ismail Juma
Imane Merga
Moses Kibet