Kenenisa Bekele & Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia, Zersenay Tadese Eritrea- mens 10km 2004 Athens Olympics

Описание: The men's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held as part of the athletics program at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20th 2004.
The Ethiopians were in control throughout the distance. A leading group of five runners crystallized. As Kenenisa Bekele and Sileshi Sihine turned up the pace with two kilometres left, Zersenay Tadese, Boniface Kiprop Toroitich and reigning Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie, who was running with a calf injury, were not able to keep up. Bekele, the world record holder, assured his victory with a brilliant Olympic record finish (27:05.10 minutes), completing the final 400 metres in less than 54 seconds.

Mens 10000m Final:
1st place, gold medalist Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 27:05.10 Olympic Record
2nd place, silver medalist Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia 27:09.39
3rd place, bronze medalist Zersenay Tadese Eritrea 27:22.57 NR
4th Boniface Kiprop Toroitich Uganda 27:25.48 SB
5th Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 27:27.70
6th John Cheruiyot Korir Kenya 27:41.91 SB
7th Moses Mosop Kenya 27:46.61
8th Ismaïl Sghyr France 27:57.09
9th José Manuel Martínez Spain 27:57.61
10th Fabiano Joseph Naasi Tanzania 28:01.94 SB
11th Wilson Busienei Uganda 28:10.75
12th Dan Browne United States 28:14.53
13th Charles Kamathi Kenya 28:17.08
14th Kamiel Maase Netherlands 28:23.39
15th Abdi Abdirahman United States 28:26.26
16th Yonas Kifle Eritrea 28:29.87
17th Dieudonne Disi Rwanda 28:43.19
18th Mohammed Amyne Morocco 28:55.96
19th Ryuji Ono Japan 29:06.50
20th Teodoro Vega Mexico 29:06.55
21st David Galván Mexico 29:38.05
John Henwood New Zealand DNF
John Yuda Msuri Tanzania DNF
Dathan Ritzenhein United States DNF

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