2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	Martin Mathathi Kenya

Records

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

World record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:17.53	Brussels, Belgium	26 August 2005
Championship record	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	26:49.57	Paris, France	24 August 2003
World leading	Sileshi Sihine (ETH)	26:48.73	Hengelo, Netherlands	26 May 2007

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2007	21:40	Final

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	27:05.90	SB
	Sileshi Sihine	Ethiopia	27:09.03
	Martin Mathathi	Kenya	27:12.17
4	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	27:21.37
5	Josephat Ndambiri	Kenya	27:31.41
6	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	27:44.58
7	Abdihakem Abdirahman	United States	27:56.62
8	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	Kenya	28:25.67
9	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	28:28.59	SB
10	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop	Uganda	28:30.99
11	Galen Rupp	United States	28:41.71
12	Kensuke Takezawa	Japan	28:51.69
13	Tadese Tola	Ethiopia	28:51.75
14	Alejandro Suárez	Mexico	28:52.19
15	Wilson Busienei	Uganda	29:24.72	SB
16	Dickson Marwa	Tanzania	29:25.91
17	Kazuhiro Maeda	Japan	29:48.17
18	Michael Aish	New Zealand	30:34.16
	Khalid El Aamri	Morocco		DNF
	Simon Bairu	Canada		DNF
	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	Qatar		DNF
	Essa Ismail Rashed	Qatar		DNF
	Hasan Mahboob	Bahrain		DNS
	David Galván	Mexico		DNS

References

• Full results - IAAF.org