At the Rio Olympic Games Hagos Gebrhiwet repeated his finish position, of third place,
at the previous year's World Championships in Beijing. His time in Rio was quicker than Beijing,
but still way behind his World Junior record of 12:47.53 set in Paris 2012.
Saturday August 20th. 2016. Rio de Janeiro Olympic Game.
Final men's 5,000 metres.
| 1. |
Mo Farah |
Great Britain |
13:03.30 |
|
| 2. |
Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo |
United States |
13:03.90 |
PB |
| 3. |
Hagos Gebrhiwet |
Ethiopia |
13:04.35 |
|
| 4. |
Mohammed Ahmed |
Canada |
13:05.94 |
|
| 5. |
Bernard Lagat
|
United States |
13:06.78* |
SB |
| 6. |
Andrew Butchart |
Great Britain |
13:08.61
|
PB |
| 7. |
Albert Kibichii Rop
|
Bahrain |
13:08.79 |
|
| 8. |
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei |
Uganda |
13:09.17
|
|
Personal best times.
3000m 7:30.36 Doha (QAT) 10 MAY 2013
5000m 12:45.82 Bruxelles (BEL) 31 AUG 2018
10,000m 26:48.95 Hengelo (NED) 17 JUL 2019
5 K 13:14 Carlsbad, CA (USA) 01 APR 2012
10 K 28:37 Addis Abeba (ETH) 25 NOV 2012
10 K 27:57 * Madrid (ESP) 31 DEC 2011 * not legal
Half Marathon: 58:55 Granollers (ESP) 05 FEB 2023 (prov)