2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 July 2022.[1]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates17 July (final)
Competitors27 from 15 nations
Winning time27:27.43
Medalists
gold medal    Uganda
silver medal    Kenya
bronze medal    Uganda
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Summary

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After sorting themselves through the break, Carlos Mayo took over the point, followed by world record holder Joshua Cheptegei and the full American contingent of Grant Fisher, Joe Klecker and Sean McGorty. Near the back of the pack Stanley Mburu fell to the track, getting quickly to his feet and returning to the pack with a noticeable welt developing on his right knee. For the next 8 laps, Mayo led them through a steady diet of 66 second laps. On the third lap, Mburu was tripped again but kept upright. Next to take over leading duties was Cheptegei's Ugandan teammate Stephen Kissa. This move got the attention of Olympic Champion Selemon Barega who moved into the top group. The two Ugandan's shared duties until just before the half way point when Barega moved to the front. This brought the third Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo to take over. Kiplimo opened up a few meters gap with a 64, only covered by Barega, but that was short lived as the next two laps were only 65. The entire field was a single pack until about halfway, now a single file line as a few began to fall off the back, soon including early leader Kissa. With 8 to go, Cheptegei again moved forward, marked by Barega while 15 remained in the pack behind them. At the head of the pack Cheptegei actually slowed the pace to 68 seconds for a couple of laps before dropping it to 65 seconds with 3 to go and 63 seconds with 2 to go. Four athletes lost contact with the pack. On the penultimate lap, Berihu Aregawi ran a 60.3 to move up to the lead before the bell with Mburu splitting Cheptegei and Barega. 8 were still in contention at the bell. Cheptegei took back the lead on the turn, down the backstretch Barega moved up onto his outside shoulder. Cheptegei perceived the threat and opened up a metre gap through the final turn. On the final sprint for home, Cheptegei opened up more space. 40 metres out, Mburu passed Barega. A couple of steps later, Kiplimo went by. And ten meters before the finish, Fisher passed Barega in full sprint, but couldn't catch Kiplimo for bronze.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Championship record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:46.31 Berlin, Germany 17 August 2009
World Leading   Grant Fisher (USA) 26:33.84 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022
African Record   Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 26:11.00 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Asian Record   Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (QAT) 26:38.76 Brussels, Belgium 5 September 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Grant Fisher (USA) 26:33.84 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022
South American Record   Marilson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 27:28.12 Neerpelt, Belgium 2 June 2007
European Record   Mo Farah (GBR) 26:46.57 Eugene, United States 3 June 2011
Oceanian record   Jack Rayner (AUS) 27:15.35 San Juan Capistrano, United States 6 March 2022

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:28.00.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
17 July 13:00 Final

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Joshua Cheptegei   Uganda (UGA) 27:27.43 SB
  Stanley Mburu   Kenya (KEN) 27:27.90 SB
  Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda (UGA) 27:27.97 SB
4 Grant Fisher   United States (USA) 27:28.14
5 Selemon Barega   Ethiopia (ETH) 27:28.39
6 Mohamed Ahmed   Canada (CAN) 27:30.27
7 Berihu Aregawi   Ethiopia (ETH) 27:31.00
8 Daniel Mateiko   Kenya (KEN) 27:33.57 SB
9 Joe Klecker   United States (USA) 27:38.73 SB
10 Isaac Kimeli   Belgium (BEL) 27:43.50 SB
11 Jimmy Gressier   France (FRA) 27:44.55
12 Sean McGorty   United States (USA) 27:46.30
13 Carlos Mayo   Spain (ESP) 27:50.61
14 Tadese Worku   Ethiopia (ETH) 27:51.25
15 Rodgers Kwemoi   Kenya (KEN) 27:52.26
16 Rodrigue Kwizera   Burundi (BDI) 28:01.49
17 Habtom Samuel   Eritrea (ERI) 28:01.81
18 Egide Ntakarutimana   Burundi (BDI) 28:24.07
19 Jack Rayner   Australia (AUS) 28:24.12
20 Ren Tazawa   Japan (JPN) 28:24.25
21 Zouhair Talbi   Morocco (MAR) 28:28.69
22 Tatsuhiko Ito   Japan (JPN) 28:57.85
23 Patrick Dever   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 29:13.88
24 Stephen Kissa   Uganda (UGA) 29:21.10 SB

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "10,000 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.