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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997.

Final

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RANK FINAL TIME
 Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:07.38
 Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:09.34
 Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:11.09
4.  Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:17.45
5.  Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:17.64
6.  Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:19.45
7.  El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:20.52
8.  Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:24.54
9.  Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.78
10.  Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:25.98
11.  Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:29.10
12.  Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:30.02
13.  Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:30.25
14.  Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:31.74
15.  Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 14:05.59

Qualifying heats

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  • Held on Friday 1997-08-08
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:19.69
2.  Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:19.81
3.  Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:19.87
4.  Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:22.74
5.  Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:24.85
6.  Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:26.50
7.  Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:31.18
8.  Alan Culpepper (USA) 13:34.74
9.  Anacleto Jimenez (ESP) 13:36.55
10.  Keith Cullen (GBR) 13:42.40
11.  Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim (QAT) 13:49.55
12.  Sergey Drygin (RUS) 13:55.56
13.  Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 13:57.31
14.  Mark Carroll (IRL) 13:57.88
15.  Robert Denmark (GBR) 13:58.08
16.  Ali Zayed (LBA) 13:58.26
17.  Nestor García (URU) 14:12.15
18.  Francis Munthali (MAW) 14:14.80
 Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) DNF
 Marco Condori (BOL) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:23.07
2.  Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:23.46
3.  Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:23.55
4.  El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:23.75
5.  Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:24.51
6.  Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.71
7.  Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 13:27.65
8.  Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:28.54
9.  Ismael Kirui (KEN) 13:34.52
10.  Ayele Mezgebu (ETH) 13:38.96
11.  Mustapha Essaid (FRA) 13:39.11
12.  Panagiotis Papoulias (GRE) 13:58.27
13.  Brian Baker (USA) 14:03.95
14.  Adrian Passey (GBR) 14:07.49
15.  Samuli Vasala (FIN) 14:10.92
16.  Yohannes Ghirmai (ERI) 14:59.47
17.  Anatola Lekade (TOG) 15:00.21
18.  Yeli Moussa (NIG) 15:00.61

See also

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References

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