Kipsiro also entered the men's 10,000 metres in his Olympic debut in the discipline. He qualified for the event by setting a fastest time of 27 minutes, 4.48 seconds at the 2012 British Athletics Grand Prix which was 40.52 seconds quicker than the "A" qualification standard. In the race, held on 4 August, he stumbled and fell onto the track surface after seven minutes and 36 seconds. His foot was stepped on by another competitor while running in the middle of the pack with Kipsiro sustaining a bruised right hand, and felt pain in his shoulders. Kipsiro was able to continue and finished tenth out of 26 athletes overall, with a time of 27 minutes, 39.22 seconds. He finished 8.80 seconds behind the gold medallist Farah of Great Britain.