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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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The Men's 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1] The winning margin was 1.60 seconds.

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The race was dominated by the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams along with Tadese of Eritrea. With 200m remaining, Bekele pulled away from the rest of the field with a final lap of 53.42 seconds, winning his second 10,000m Olympic gold medal.

Competition format

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 27:50.00 (A standard) and 28:10.00 (B standard).[2]

The Men's 10,000m competition consisted of only one race the Final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordEthiopia Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium26 August 2005
Olympic record Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)27:05.10 Athens, Greece20 August 2004

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

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Results

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OR - Olympic Record, NR - National Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best

Splits

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References

  1. [1]
    "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. [2]
    "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. [3]
    "Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-17-2008 - 10 000 Metres M Final". Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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