page_title: Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics
section_title: 5000 metres
hierarchical_section_title: Uganda at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Athletics / Men / 5000 metres
caption_attribution_description: English: 19 (1078) Abraham Kiplimo (Uganda) 2:16:25
context_page_description: Uganda competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation there marked its 13th appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of eleven track and field athletes that included Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Benjamin Kiplagat, and Stephen Kiprotich, one each in badminton and weightlifting, and two swimmers. Ekiring, Ssekyaaya, Mugula, and Lunkuse had qualified through wildcard places, while the rest of the delegation satisfied the Games' qualification standards for their respective events. Mugula was selected as the team captain. Mugula was also selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. The country's best result at these Games was a gold medal for Kiproitch in the men's marathon, its first such medal since the 1972 Munich Olympics.
context_section_description: Geoffrey Kusuro's participation in the London Olympic Games marked his début in the quadrennial event at the age of 23. He attained qualification to the Games because his fastest time of 13 minutes, 12.32 seconds, set at the 2011 Míting Internacional d´Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona, exceeded the "A" qualifying standard for the men's 5000 metres. Kusuro was drawn in the first heat of the event on 8 August, finishing 18th out of 20 athletes, with a time of 13 minutes, 59.74 seconds. Overall he finished 38th out of 42 runners, and did not qualify for the final because his time was 33.58 seconds behind the slowest qualifier.
  At the time of the 2012 London Summer Games Abraham Kiplimo was 23 years old and was making his first appearance in the quadrennial event. He obtained qualification to the Games because his fastest time, set at the 2011 Míting Internacional d´Atletisme Ciutat de Barcelona, of 13 minutes, 10.40 seconds was within the "A" qualifying standard. Kiplimo took part in the event's second heat on 8 August, finishing 15th out of 21 competitors, with a time of 13 minutes, 31.57 seconds. He finished 24th out of 42 athletes overall, and was 5.41 seconds slower than the slowest runner who progressed to the final and was eliminated from contention.
  Moses Kipsiro was the only runner in the men's 5000 metres to have competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He qualified for the Games because his best time of 12 minutes and 59.27 seconds, set at the 2009 Weltklasse Zürich, was 20.73 seconds faster than the "A" qualifying standard for this event. Three months before the Games started Kipsiro stated that he took the year the Olympics were held as "special" and was motivated for the event. He participated in the second heat on 8 August, finishing seventh out of 21 runners, with a time of 13 minutes, 17.68 seconds, qualifying him for the final. In the final, Kipsiro finished 15th (and last), with a time of 13 minutes, 52.25 seconds and was 10.59 seconds behind the gold medallist Mo Farah of Great Britain (13 minutes, 41.66 seconds).
caption: Abraham Kiplimo (pictured in 2013) was eliminated in the first round of the 5000 metres.
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