2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
Final
Key: CR = Championship record, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: CR = Championship record, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia (ETH)	26:46.31	CR

Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea (ERI)	26:50.12	SB

Moses Ndiema Masai	Kenya (KEN)	26:57.39	SB

4	Imane Merga	Ethiopia (ETH)	27:15.94	PB

5	Bernard Kipyego	Kenya (KEN)	27:18.47	SB

6	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States (USA)	27:22.28	PB

7	Micah Kogo	Kenya (KEN)	27:26.33	SB

8	Galen Rupp	United States (USA)	27:37.99	SB

9	Kidane Tadasse	Eritrea (ERI)	27:41.50	SB

10	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia (ETH)	27:44.04	SB

11	Ahmad Hassan Abdullah	Qatar (QAT)	27:45.03	SB

12	Teklemariam Medhin	Eritrea (ERI)	27:58.89	SB

13	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Tanzania (TAN)	28:04.32	SB

14	Juan Carlos Romero	Mexico (MEX)	28:09.78	SB

15	Carles Castillejo	Spain (ESP)	28:09.89

16	Dickson Marwa	Tanzania (TAN)	28:18.00	SB

17	Tim Nelson	United States (USA)	28:18.04

18	Juan Luis Barrios	Mexico (MEX)	28:31.40

19	Surendra Kumar Singh	India (IND)	28:35.51	SB

20	Anatoliy Rybakov	Russia (RUS)	28:42.28

21	Ezekiel Jafari	Tanzania (TAN)	28:45.34

22	Martin Toroitich	Uganda (UGA)	28:49.49	SB

23	Rui Pedro Silva	Portugal (POR)	28:51.40

24	David McNeill	Australia (AUS)	29:18.59	SB

25	Yuki Iwai	Japan (JPN)	29:24.12

Collis Birmingham	Australia (AUS)	DNF

Ayad Lamdassem	Spain (ESP)	DNF

Manuel Ángel Penas	Spain (ESP)	DNF

Abebe Dinkesa	Ethiopia (ETH)	DNF

Nicholas Kemboi	Qatar (QAT)	DNF

Martin Fagan	Ireland (IRL)	DNS

Sentence(s)

Tadese took silver with a run time of 26:50.12, and Masai maintained his third position for a bronze.

final_sentence: Tadese took silver with a run time of 26:50.12, and Masai maintained his third position for a bronze.