Tokyo 2020: Complete men’s 10,000m results

The men's 10,000m final results from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday, July 30. Selemon Barega won the gold over Joshua Cheptegei.

July 30, 2021

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TOKYO, Japan — Here are the results for the men’s 10,000m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday night with Ethiopian rising star Selemon Barega racing away with the first medal event on the track and field schedule.

Barega broke into the lead on the final and used a strong kick to complete a 53.94 final 400m split on his way to winning the even in 27 minutes 43.22 seconds.

The 21-year-old timed his run well burst from the chasing pack, led by Ugandan pre-race favorites Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo before powering through the finishing line to secure his first senior major title, following his silver medal over the 5,000m at the World Championships at Doha 2019.

World record holder Cheptegei of Uganda finished very fast in his first 10,000m race of the season to take second in 27:43.63, while world leader Kiplimo, who was the youngest-ever Ugandan Olympian at age 15 when he ran the 5,000 heats in Rio in 2016, grabbed the bronze with a time of 27:43.88.

1	1861	BAREGA Selemon	ETH	20 JAN 2000	19	27:43.22
2	3711	CHEPTEGEI Joshua	UGA	12 SEP 1996	6	27:43.63	SB
3	3712	KIPLIMO Jacob	UGA	14 NOV 2000	22	27:43.88
4	1860	AREGAWI Berihu	ETH	28 FEB 2001	9	27:46.16
5	3925	FISHER Grant	USA	22 APR 1997	5	27:46.39
6	1418	AHMED Mohammed	CAN	5 JAN 1991	7	27:47.76	SB
7	2781	KWEMOI Rodgers	KEN	3 MAR 1998	12	27:50.06
8	1867	KEJELCHA Yomif	ETH	1 AUG 1997	15	27:52.03
9	2778	KIPRUTO Rhonex	KEN	12 OCT 1999	25	27:52.78
10	1939	AMDOUNI Morhad	FRA	21 JUN 1988	16	27:53.58	NR
11	2416	CRIPPA Yemaneberhan	ITA	15 OCT 1996	17	27:54.05	SB
12	1748	KIFLE Aron	ERI	20 FEB 1998	2	28:04.06
13	1804	MAYO Carlos	ESP	18 SEP 1995	13	28:04.71
14	2065	SCOTT Marc	GBR	21 DEC 1993	21	28:09.23
15	3942	KINCAID William	USA	21 SEP 1992	20	28:11.01
16	3943	KLECKER Joe	USA	16 NOV 1996	3	28:14.18
17	2684	AIZAWA Akira	JPN	18 JUL 1997	18	28:18.37	SB
18	1198	KIMELI Isaac	BEL	9 MAR 1994	4	28:31.91
19	1099	TIERNAN Patrick	AUS	11 SEP 1994	24	28:35.06	SB
20	2782	LANGAT Weldon	KEN	24 FEB 1998	14	28:41.42
21	3525	WANDERS Julien	SUI	18 MAR 1996	23	28:55.29	SB
22	2695	ITO Tatsuhiko	JPN	23 MAR 1998	1	29:01.31
23	3595	TUNTIVATE Kieran	THA	16 FEB 1997	8	29:01.92
	2035	ATKIN Sam	GBR	14 MAR 1993	11	DNF
	3714	KISSA Stephen	UGA	1 DEC 1995	10	DNF
Intermediate Times	6000m	16:58.63	3714	KISSA Stephen (UGA)

DNF = Did not finish

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