Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 29 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	46 from 30 nations
Winning time	27:07.34 OR
Medalists
Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia Paul Tergat  Kenya Salah Hissou  Morocco

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m		women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The final was held on July 29, 1996.^[1] The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Gold	Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia
Silver	Paul Tergat  Kenya
Bronze	Salah Hissou  Morocco

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	26:43.53	Haile Gebrselassie	Hengelo (NED)	June 5, 1995
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Haile Gebrselassie set a new Olympic record with 27:07.34 in the final.

Final RANK FINAL TIME  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 27:07.34  Paul Tergat (KEN) 27:08.17  Salah Hissou (MAR) 27:24.67 4.  Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI) 27:33.79 5.  Josphat Machuka (KEN) 27:35.08 6.  Paul Koech (KEN) 27:35.19 7.  Khalid Skah (MAR) 27:46.98 8.  Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA) 27:50.73 9.  Stéphane Franke (GER) 27:59.08 10.  Jon Brown (GBR) 27:59.72 11.  Armando Quintanilla (MEX) 28:09.46 12.  Marko Hhawu (TAN) 28:20.58 13.  Abel Antón (ESP) 28:29.37 14.  Carlos de la Torre (ESP) 28:32.11 15.  Alejandro Gómez (ESP) 28:39.11 16.  Zoltán Káldy (HUN) 28:45.48 17.  Worku Bikila (ETH) 28:59.15 18.  Stefano Baldini (ITA) 29:07.77 19.  Alyan Al-Qahtani (KSA) DNF 20.  Paul Evans (GBR) DNF

Non-qualifiers RANK NON-QUALIFIERS TIME 21  Silvio Guerra (ECU) 28:30.15 22  Abraham Assefa (ETH) 28:32.24 23  Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 28:38.18 24  Robbie Johnston (NZL) 28:40.60 25  Shaun Creighton (AUS) 28:44.29 26  Alfredo Brás (POR) 28:50.28 27  Katsuhiko Hanada (JPN) 28:52.22 28  Róbert Štefko (SVK) 29:03.80 29  Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 29:07.81 30  Brad Barquist (USA) 29:11.20 31  Charles Mulinga (ZAM) 29:14.99 32  Carlos Patrício (POR) 29:15.41 33  Miroslav Vanko (SVK) 29:17.53 34  Sean Dollman (IRL) 29:19.03 35  Hamid Sadjadi (IRI) 29:22.65 36  Ronaldo da Costa (BRA) 29:26.58 37  Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 29:47.79 38  Dan Middleman (USA) 29:50.72 39  Mohamed Ezzher (FRA) 29:55.34 40  Martín Pitayo (MEX) 30:32.20 41  Herder Vasquez (COL) 33:26.15 42  Majed Abu Maraheel (PLE) 34:40.50 -  Larbi Zéroual (MAR) DNF -  Abdellah Béhar (FRA) DNF -  Paulo Guerra (POR) DNF -  Todd Williams (USA) DNF -  Julian Paynter (AUS) DNS -  Yasuyuki Watanabe (JPN) DNS

Group 1 Place Name Nation Time Note 1 Worku Bikila  Ethiopia 27:50,57 Q 2 Paul Tergat  Kenya 27:50,66 Q 3 Mathias Ntawulikura  Rwanda 27:51,69 Q 4 Aloÿs Nizigama  Burundi 27:53,21 Q 5 Salah Hissou  Morocco 27:53,32 Q 6 Stefano Baldini  Italy 27:55,79 Q 7 Abel Antón  Spain 27:56,26 Q 8 Carlos de la Torre  Spain 28:04,14 Q 9 Zoltán Káldy  Hungary 28:13,49 q 10 Marko Hhawu  Tanzania 28:14,08 q 11 Paul Evans  United Kingdom 28:24,39 q 12 Robbie Johnston  New Zealand 28:40,60 13 Katsuhiko Hanada  Japan 28:52,22 14 Róbert Štefko  Slovakia 29:03,80 15 Carlos Patrício  Portugal 29:15,41 16 Ronaldo da Costa  Brazil 29:26,58 17 Dan Middleman  United States 29:50,72 18 Mohamed Ezzher  France 29:55,34 19 Martín Pitayo  Mexico 30:32,20 20 Herder Vázquez  Colombia 33:26,15 21 Majed Abu Maraheel  Palestine 34:40,50 — Larbi Zéroual  Morocco DNF Julian Paynter  Australia DNS Yasuyuki Watanabe  Japan

Group 2 Rank Name Nation Time Note 1 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 28:14,20 Q 2 Josephat Machuka  Kenya 28:14,27 Q 3 Paul Koech  Kenya 28:17,48 Q 4 Jon Brown  Great Britain 28:19,85 Q 5 Alyan Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia 28:22,35 Q 6 Khalid Skah  Morocco 28:23,21 Q 7 Stéphane Franke  Germany 28:24,30 Q 8 Armando Quintanilla  Mexico 28:27,28 Q 9 Alejandro Gómez  Spain 28:28,16 q 10 Silvio Guerra  Ecuador 28:30,15 11 Abraham Assefa  Ethiopia 28:32,24 12 Toshinari Takaoka  Japan 28:38,18 13 Shaun Creighton  Australia 28:44,29 14 Alfredo Brás  Portugal 28:50,28 15 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 29:07,81 16 Brad Barquist  United States 29:11,20 17 Charles Mulinga  Zambia 29:14,99 18 Miroslav Vanko  Slovakia 29:17,53 19 Sean Dollman  Ireland 29:19,03 20 Hamid Sajjadi  Iran 29:22,65 21 Jeff Schiebler  Canada 29:47,79 — Abdellah Béhar  France DNF Paulo Guerra  Portugal Todd Williams  United States

• 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1997 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1998 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres

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