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Athletics at the 2004 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		men		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
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres was one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20, by a total of 24 athletes from 14 nations. No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.

The Ethiopians were in control throughout the distance. A leading group of five runners crystallised. As Bekele and Sihine turned up the pace with two kilometres left, Tadese, Kiprop and reigning champion Gebrselassie, who was running with a calf injury, were not able to keep up. Bekele, the world record holder, assured his victory with a brilliant Olympic record finish (27:05.10 minutes), completing the final 400 metres in less than 54 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Zersenay Tadese Eritrea (ERI)

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from January 1, 2003 to August 9, 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 27:49.00 minutes during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If an NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 28:06.00 minutes.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record	26:20.31	Kenenisa Bekele	Ostrava (Czech Republic)	June 8, 2004
Olympic Record	27:07.34	Haile Gebreselassie	Atlanta (USA)	29 July 1996

Results

Athletes take off at the start of the men's 10000 metres final.

All times shown are in minutes. The following abbreviations are used:

• DNF denotes "did not finish"
• OR denotes "Olympic record"
• NR denotes "national record"
• SB denotes "season best"

The final was held on August 20.

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)	27:05.10	OR
	Sileshi Sihine (ETH)	27:09.39
	Zersenay Tadese (ERI)	27:22.57	NR
4	Boniface Kiprop Toroitich (UGA)	27:25.48	SB
5	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	27:27.70
6	John Cheruiyot Korir (KEN)	27:41.91	SB
7	Moses Mosop (KEN)	27:46.61
8	Ismail Sghyr (FRA)	27:57.09
9	José Manuel Martínez (ESP)	27:57.61
10	Fabiano Joseph Naasi (TAN)	28:01.94	SB
11	Wilson Busienei (UGA)	28:10.75
12	Dan Browne (USA)	28:14.53
13	Charles Kamathi (KEN)	28:17.08
14	Kamiel Maase (NED)	28:23.39
15	Abdihakem Abdirahman (USA)	28:26.26
16	Yonas Kifle (ERI)	28:29.87
17	Dieudonne Disi (RWA)	28:43.19
18	Mohammed Amyne (MAR)	28:55.96
19	Ryuji Ono (JPN)	29:06.50
20	Teodoro Vega (MEX)	29:06.55
21	David Galván (MEX)	29:38.05
—	John Henwood (NZL)	DNF
—	John Yuda Msuri (TAN)	DNF
—	Dathan Ritzenhein (USA)	DNF

References

• "Athens Olympic Games 2004 - Results". IAAF. 2004. http://www.iaaf.org/oly04/results/byevent.html. Retrieved 2007-08-26.