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Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games:

Men's 5,000 metres Final

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Date Started: August 23, 2008
Date Finished: August 23, 2008

Gold: ETH Kenenisa Bekele
Silver: KEN Eliud Kipchoge
Bronze: KEN Edwin Soi

Final

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T(A) SP
1 Kenenisa Bekele 26 Ethiopia ETH 12:57.82 3 OR
2 Eliud Kipchoge 23 Kenya KEN 13:02.80 8
3 Edwin Soi 22 Kenya KEN 13:06.22 15
4 Moses Kipsiro 21 Uganda UGA 13:10.56 9
5 Abreham Cherkos 18 Ethiopia ETH 13:16.46 10
6 Tariku Bekele 21 Ethiopia ETH 13:19.06 6
7 Juan Luis Barrios 25 Mexico MEX 13:19.79 2
8 James Kwalia 24 Qatar QAT 13:23.48 4
9 Bernard Lagat 33 United States USA 13:26.89 1
10 Kidane Tadesse 21 Eritrea ERI 13:28.40 12
11 Alemayehu Bezabeh 22 Spain ESP 13:30.48 13
12 Thomas Longosiwa 26 Kenya KEN 13:31.34 5
13 Matt Tegenkamp 26 United States USA 13:33.13 7
14 Jesús España 29 Spain ESP 13:55.94 14
AC Alistair Cragg 28 Ireland IRL 11