# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 4.
Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race.
The tactical final was almost full contact, with a pack of 14 staying close into the penultimate lap. Galen Rupp tried to take the kick out early. As the pack began to break up, Eliud Kipchoge went down while the leaders began to string out the field. Mo Farah led through the final lap as a host of Kenyan and finally Ethiopian athletes Imane Merga and Dejen Gebremeskel took a charge at him. Bernard Lagat worked his way through the traffic, coming up behind the final two Ethiopian runners pulling past them in lane 3 on the final straight. Lagat couldn't catch Farah. Merga finished in third but was later disqualified for stepping on the curb, giving the bronze to Gebremeskel.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | Bernard Lagat United States (USA) | Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia (ETH) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| Championship record | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 12:52.79 | Paris, France | 31 August 2003 |
| World leading | Mo Farah (GBR) | 12:53.11 | Monaco | 22 July 2011 |
| African record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 31 May 2004 |
| Asian record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 12:51.98 | Rome, Italy | 14 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Bernard Lagat (USA) | 12:53.60 | Monaco | 22 July 2011 |
| South American record | Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) | 13:19.43 | Kassel, Germany | 8 June 2006 |
| European record | Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) | 12:49.71 | Brussels, Belgium | 25 August 2000 |
| Oceanian record | Craig Mottram (AUS) | 12:55.76 | London, Great Britain | 30 July 2004 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 13:20.00 | 13:27.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| September 1, 2011 | 10:05 | Heats |
| September 4, 2011 | 19:40 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | United States (USA) | 13:33.90 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Thomas Longosiwa | Kenya (KEN) | 13:34.46 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:34.48 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya (KEN) | 13:34.54 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Galen Rupp | United States (USA) | 13:34.91 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 13:35.47 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Bilisuma Shugi | Bahrain (BHR) | 13:35.86 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Imane Merga | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:37.96 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:38.03 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Abera Kuma | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:38.41 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya (KEN) | 13:39.02 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland (IRL) | 13:39.36 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 13:39.90 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea (ERI) | 13:39.97 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Jesús España | Spain (ESP) | 13:40.38 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Abraham Kiplimo | Uganda (UGA) | 13:44.09 | |
| 17 | 2 | Andrew Bumbalough | United States (USA) | 13:44.38 | |
| 18 | 1 | Javier Carriqueo | Argentina (ARG) | 13:47.51 | |
| 19 | 1 | Collis Birmingham | Australia (AUS) | 13:47.88 | |
| 20 | 2 | Elroy Gelant | South Africa (RSA) | 13:48.33 | |
| 21 | 1 | Mumin Gala | Djibouti (DJI) | 13:48.19 | |
| 22 | 1 | Rui Silva | Portugal (POR) | 13:50.16 | |
| 23 | 2 | Ben St Lawrence | Australia (AUS) | 13:51.64 | |
| 24 | 2 | Jake Robertson | New Zealand (NZL) | 13:53.57 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Geofrey Kusuro | Uganda (UGA) | 13:54.58 | |
| 26 | 1 | Craig Mottram | Australia (AUS) | 13:56.60 | |
| 27 | 2 | Dejene Regassa | Bahrain (BHR) | 13:56.83 | |
| 28 | 2 | Sylvain Rukundo | Rwanda (RWA) | 13:58.92 | |
| 29 | 2 | Rabah Aboud | Algeria (ALG) | 14:00.34 | |
| 30 | 1 | Moses Kibet | Uganda (UGA) | 14:05.15 | |
| 31 | 1 | Goitom Kifle | Eritrea (ERI) | 14:06.42 | |
| 32 | 2 | Gérard Gahungu | Burundi (BDI) | 14:09.15 | PB |
| 33 | 2 | Kazuya Watanabe | Japan (JPN) | 14:20.64 | |
| 34 | 2 | Baek Seung-ho | South Korea (KOR) | 15:01.37 | |
| 35 | 1 | Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle | Somalia (SOM) | 15:13.64 | PB |
| 36 | 2 | Christian Ngningba | Gabon (GAB) | 18:44.06 | PB |
| | 2 | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | Spain (ESP) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Mounir Miout | Algeria (ALG) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNS | |
| | 1 | Adrian Blincoe | New Zealand (NZL) | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13:23.36 | |
| | Bernard Lagat | United States (USA) | 13:23.64 | |
| | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:23.92 | |
| 4 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya (KEN) | 13:24.95 | |
| 5 | Abera Kuma | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:25.50 | |
| 6 | Thomas Longosiwa | Kenya (KEN) | 13:26.73 | |
| 7 | Eliud Kipchoge | Kenya (KEN) | 13:27.27 | |
| 8 | Bilisuma Shugi | Bahrain (BHR) | 13:27.67 | |
| 9 | Galen Rupp | United States (USA) | 13:28.64 | |
| 10 | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 13:29.11 | |
| 11 | Amanuel Mesel | Eritrea (ERI) | 13:33.99 | |
| 12 | Jesús España | Spain (ESP) | 13:33.99 | |
| 13 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 13:34.83 | |
| 14 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland (IRL) | 13:45.33 | |
| 15 | Jake Robertson | New Zealand (NZL) | 14:03.09 | |
| | Imane Merga | Ethiopia (ETH) | 13:23.78 | DQ |
* Ethiopia's Imane Merga was originally awarded the bronze medal, but he was later disqualified for having stepped onto the curb of the running track. His teammate Dejen Gebremeskel was elevated to the bronze medal as a result.