2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres


The men's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 4 August. This was billed to be the final 10,000 metres race of two-time champion Mo Farah. Farah won the race, ahead of Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with Paul Tanui of Kenya finishing third. The win was Farah's third consecutive World 10,000 metres title, and his fifth consecutive major 10,000 metres title.

Summary

, Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Moses Kurong formed an early breakaway, Kurong taking the lead for a few laps before Cheptegei went back to the front, and nine laps into the race, Kamworor, and then Paul Tanui, took the lead. By 6,000 metres, there was a lead group of 14 runners at the front, but this group gradually got smaller. Farah hit the front just before four laps to go. He let Abadi Hadis resume the lead, and at one point Kamworor had his heels caught by Farah as he cut across in front. Just before two laps to go, Farah went back into the lead.
During the penultimate turn, Tanui clipped the back of Farah's heels causing him to briefly lose his stride. Tanui sprinted through the final turn trying to get even with Farah at the head of the final straight. Farah turned to look at him, then accelerated away, already celebrating his win with ten metres remaining. Cheptegei sprinted around Tanui, but could not catch Farah and took second.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World26:17.53Kenenisa Bekele26 Aug 2005Brussels, Belgium
Championship26:46.31Kenenisa Bekele17 Aug 2009Berlin, Germany
World leading27:08.26Abadi Hadis11 Jun 2017Hengelo, Netherlands
African26:17.53Kenenisa Bekele26 Aug 2005Brussels, Belgium
Asian26:38.76Ahmad Hassan Abdullah5 Sep 2003Brussels, Belgium
NACAC26:44.36Galen RuppEugene, United States
South American27:28.12Marilson dos Santos2 Jun 2007Neerpelt, Belgium
European26:46.57Mo Farah3 Jun 2011Eugene, United States
Oceanian27:24.95Ben St Lawrence1 May 2011Palo Alto, United States

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
World leading26:49.51Mo Farah4 Aug 2017
Canadian27:02.35Mohammed Ahmed4 Aug 2017
Bahraini27:11.08Abraham Cheroben4 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 27:45.00.

Results

The final took place on 4 August at 21:20. The results were as follows :
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mo Farah26:49.51'
Joshua Cheptegei26:49.94
Paul Tanui26:50.60
Bedan Karoki Muchiri26:52.12
Jemal Yimer26:56.11
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor26:57.77
Abadi Hadis26:59.19
Mohammed Ahmed27:02.35'
Shadrack Kipchirchir27:07.55
10Andamlak Belihu27:08.94
11Aron Kifle27:09.92
12Abraham Cheroben27:11.08
13Leonard Korir27:20.18
14Timothy Toroitich27:21.09
15Hassan Mead27:32.49
16Zane Robertson27:48.59
17Hiskel Tewelde27:49.62
18Moses Kurong27:50.71
19Onesphore Nzikwinkunda28:09.98
20Stephen Mokoka28:14.67
21Bayron Piedra28:50.72
22Patrick Tiernan29:23.72
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