After a diverse semi-final round where one heat ran a modes 14 minute strategic race and the other ran over thirty seconds faster, some athletes had an easier time of qualifying for the final.
At the gun, the entire Moroccan team went to the front, but then controlled the pace. After a lap at the back of the pack, Kenyan Tom Nyariki ran around the field to take the lead. German Dieter Baumann hung on his shoulder as it looked like an early attempt to steal the race with a quick breakaway. Several others in the field scrambled forward while Nyariki, shadowed by his teammate Shem Kororia pushed the pace, exchanging the lead position and stringing out the field into single file. American Bob Kennedy marked this action hovering around second place. With four laps to go, after an exchange of Kenyan leaders, Burundi's Vénuste Niyongabo moved into second place, squeezing back Kennedy into third. Over the next lap, Nyariki and Moroccan Brahim Lahlafi got past Kennedy. Just before two laps to go, Kennedy ran around the group and into the lead. Kennedy led for the first 300 metres of the penultimate lap before Niyongabo passed him coming off the turn, followed by the designated kickers who had protected their interests at the back of the pack; Paul Bitok (Kenya), Khalid Boulami (Morocco) and Baumann. But as one of the fastest 1500 meter runners in the world at the time, Niyongabo had the position and more speed, opening up a 5-metre gap on Boulami. At the beginning of the final turn, Bitok got around Boulami and everybody sprinted for home. Nobody was able to make any progress except that Niyongabo slowed on the final straight to celebrate Burundi's first gold medal.
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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These are the official results of the men s 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta The event took place between 31 July and 3 August 1 Men s 5000 metresat the Games of the XXVI OlympiadVenueCentennial Olympic StadiumDate31 July 1996 heats 1 August 1996 semi finals 3 August 1996 final Competitors37 from 23 nationsWinning time13 07 96MedalistsVenuste Niyongabo BurundiPaul Bitok KenyaKhalid Boulami Morocco 19922000 Contents 1 Medalists 2 Summary 3 Records 4 Results 4 1 Heats 4 2 Semifinals 4 3 Final 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksMedalists editGold Venuste Niyongabo nbsp Burundi Silver Paul Bitok nbsp Kenya Bronze Khalid Boulami nbsp MoroccoSummary editAfter a diverse semi final round where one heat ran a modes 14 minute strategic race and the other ran over thirty seconds faster some athletes had an easier time of qualifying for the final At the gun the entire Moroccan team went to the front but then controlled the pace After a lap at the back of the pack Kenyan Tom Nyariki ran around the field to take the lead German Dieter Baumann hung on his shoulder as it looked like an early attempt to steal the race with a quick breakaway Several others in the field scrambled forward while Nyariki shadowed by his teammate Shem Kororia pushed the pace exchanging the lead position and stringing out the field into single file American Bob Kennedy marked this action hovering around second place With four laps to go after an exchange of Kenyan leaders Burundi s Venuste Niyongabo moved into second place squeezing back Kennedy into third Over the next lap Nyariki and Moroccan Brahim Lahlafi got past Kennedy Just before two laps to go Kennedy ran around the group and into the lead Kennedy led for the first 300 metres of the penultimate lap before Niyongabo passed him coming off the turn followed by the designated kickers who had protected their interests at the back of the pack Paul Bitok Kenya Khalid Boulami Morocco and Baumann But as one of the fastest 1500 meter runners in the world at the time Niyongabo had the position and more speed opening up a 5 metre gap on Boulami At the beginning of the final turn Bitok got around Boulami and everybody sprinted for home Nobody was able to make any progress except that Niyongabo slowed on the final straight to celebrate Burundi s first gold medal Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in minutes prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics World Record 12 44 39 nbsp Haile Gebrselassie Zurich SUI August 16 1995 Olympic Record 13 05 59 nbsp Said Aouita Los Angeles USA August 11 1984Results editHeats edit Qualification First 8 in each heat Q and the next 6 fastest q qualified to the semifinals Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Fita Bayisa nbsp Ethiopia 13 50 61 Q 2 2 Brahim Lahlafi nbsp Morocco 13 51 25 Q 3 2 Tom Nyariki nbsp Kenya 13 51 47 Q 4 2 Enrique Molina nbsp Spain 13 51 55 Q 5 2 Aissa Belaout nbsp Algeria 13 51 96 Q 6 2 Dieter Baumann nbsp Germany 13 52 00 Q 7 2 John Nuttall nbsp Great Britain 13 52 16 Q 8 2 Jonathan Wyatt nbsp New Zealand 13 52 56 Q 9 2 Jim Spivey nbsp United States 13 53 16 q 10 2 Cormac Finnerty nbsp Ireland 13 54 01 q 11 3 John Morapedi nbsp South Africa 13 54 30 Q 12 3 Paul Bitok nbsp Kenya 13 54 45 Q 13 3 Venuste Niyongabo nbsp Burundi 13 54 53 Q 14 3 Bob Kennedy nbsp United States 13 54 57 Q 15 3 Khalid Boulami nbsp Morocco 13 54 72 Q 16 3 Miroslav Vanko nbsp Slovakia 13 54 88 Q 17 3 Assefa Mezgebu nbsp Ethiopia 13 54 89 Q 18 3 Stefano Baldini nbsp Italy 13 55 41 Q 19 3 Manuel Pancorbo nbsp Spain 13 57 42 q 20 2 Julian Paynter nbsp Australia 14 00 25 q 21 1 Ismail Sghyr nbsp Morocco 14 02 71 Q 22 1 Shem Kororia nbsp Kenya 14 02 75 Q 23 1 Reda Benzine nbsp Algeria 14 03 06 Q 24 1 Gennaro Di Napoli nbsp Italy 14 03 56 Q 25 1 Shaun Creighton nbsp Australia 14 04 08 Q 26 1 Shadrack Hoff nbsp South Africa 14 05 97 Q 27 3 Stephane Franke nbsp Germany 14 06 34 q 28 3 Luis Jesus nbsp Portugal 14 08 87 q 29 3 Khmees Abdalla Seif Eldin nbsp Sudan 14 15 21 30 1 Anacleto Jimenez nbsp Spain 14 16 57 Q 31 1 Jose Ramos nbsp Portugal 14 17 26 Q 32 2 Adalberto Garcia nbsp Brazil 14 28 64 33 2 Henry Moyo nbsp Malawi 14 30 53 34 1 Matt Giusto nbsp United States 14 30 76 35 1 William Roldan nbsp Colombia 14 39 50 36 3 Aboukar Hassan Adani nbsp Somalia 15 19 80 37 1 Sid Ahmed Ould Mohamedou nbsp Mauritania 15 29 16 1 Haile Gebrselassie nbsp Ethiopia DNS 1 Armando Quintanilla nbsp Mexico DNS 2 Aloys Nizigama nbsp Burundi DNS 3 Alyan Al Qahtani nbsp Saudi Arabia DNS Semifinals edit Qualification First 6 in each heat Q and the next 3 fastest q qualified to the final Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Shem Kororia nbsp Kenya 13 27 50 Q 2 1 Paul Bitok nbsp Kenya 13 27 61 Q 3 1 Brahim Lahlafi nbsp Morocco 13 27 73 Q 4 1 Bob Kennedy nbsp United States 13 27 90 Q 5 1 Gennaro Di Napoli nbsp Italy 13 28 80 Q 6 1 Khalid Boulami nbsp Morocco 13 29 72 Q 7 1 Fita Bayisa nbsp Ethiopia 13 30 88 q 8 1 Reda Benzine nbsp Algeria 13 37 52 q 9 1 Stephane Franke nbsp Germany 13 40 94 q 10 1 Jonathan Wyatt nbsp New Zealand 13 47 81 11 1 Anacleto Jimenez nbsp Spain 13 50 90 12 1 Miroslav Vanko nbsp Slovakia 13 51 45 13 1 John Morapedi nbsp South Africa 13 54 43 14 1 Shaun Creighton nbsp Australia 13 55 23 15 2 Tom Nyariki nbsp Kenya 14 03 21 Q 16 2 Venuste Niyongabo nbsp Burundi 14 03 48 Q 17 2 Dieter Baumann nbsp Germany 14 03 75 Q 18 2 Enrique Molina nbsp Spain 14 04 08 Q 19 2 Ismail Sghyr nbsp Morocco 14 04 23 Q 20 2 Aissa Belaout nbsp Algeria 14 04 56 Q 21 2 Assefa Mezgebu nbsp Ethiopia 14 05 48 22 2 Stefano Baldini nbsp Italy 14 06 45 23 2 John Nuttall nbsp Great Britain 14 08 39 24 2 Cormac Finnerty nbsp Ireland 14 08 88 25 2 Shadrack Hoff nbsp South Africa 14 16 14 26 1 Jose Ramos nbsp Portugal 14 24 81 27 2 Jim Spivey nbsp United States 14 27 72 28 2 Julian Paynter nbsp Australia 14 23 60 29 2 Manuel Pancorbo nbsp Spain 14 39 64 2 Luis Jesus nbsp Portugal DNS Final edit Rank Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp Venuste Niyongabo nbsp Burundi 13 07 96 nbsp Paul Bitok nbsp Kenya 13 08 16 nbsp Khalid Boulami nbsp Morocco 13 08 37 4 Dieter Baumann nbsp Germany 13 08 81 5 Tom Nyariki nbsp Kenya 13 12 29 6 Bob Kennedy nbsp United States 13 12 35 7 Enrique Molina nbsp Spain 13 12 91 8 Brahim Lahlafi nbsp Morocco 13 13 26 9 Shem Kororia nbsp Kenya 13 14 63 10 Fita Bayisa nbsp Ethiopia 13 18 30 11 Ismail Sghyr nbsp Morocco 13 22 89 12 Gennaro Di Napoli nbsp Italy 13 28 36 13 Reda Benzine nbsp Algeria 13 42 34 14 Stephane Franke nbsp Germany 13 44 64 15 Aissa Belaout nbsp Algeria 14 06 52See also edit1994 Men s European Championships 5 000 metres Helsinki 1995 Men s World Championships 5 000 metres Gothenburg 1997 Men s World Championships 5 000 metres Athens 1998 Men s European Championships 5 000 metres Budapest References edit Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games Men s 5000 metres sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 11 November 2017 External links editOfficial Report Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics Men 27s 5000 metres amp oldid 1155713485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
