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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's 10,000 metres

|games = 1996 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Centennial Olympic Stadium

|dates = 26 July 1996 (heats)
29 July 1996 (final)

|competitors = 46

|nations = 30

|win_value = 27:07.34 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|longnames = yes

|gold = Haile Gebrselassie

|goldNOC = ETH

|silver = Paul Tergat

|silverNOC = KEN

|bronze = Salah Hissou

|bronzeNOC = MAR

|prev = 1992

|next = 2000

}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-10000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175121/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-10000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta: Men's 10,000 metres |access-date=18 November 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}} The winning margin was 0.83 seconds.

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Paul Tergat|KEN|1996 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Salah Hissou|MAR|1996 Summer}}

Records

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

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World Record

| 26:43.53

| {{flagicon|ETH|1991}} Haile Gebrselassie

| Hengelo (NED)

| June 5, 1995

Olympic Record

| 27:21.46

| {{flagicon|MAR}} Brahim Boutayeb

| Seoul (KOR)

| September 26, 1988

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

Ranking

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=Final=

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!RANK

!align="left" style="width: 18em"|FINAL

!TIME

align="center"|File:Med 1.png

|{{flagIOCathlete|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:07.34

align="center"|File:Med 2.png

|{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Tergat|KEN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:08.17

align="center"|File:Med 3.png

|{{flagIOCathlete|Salah Hissou|MAR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:24.67

align="center"|4.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Aloÿs Nizigama|BDI|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:33.79

align="center"|5.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Josphat Machuka|KEN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:35.08

align="center"|6.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Koech|KEN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:35.19

align="center"|7.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Khalid Skah|MAR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:46.98

align="center"|8.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mathias Ntawulikura|RWA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:50.73

align="center"|9.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stéphane Franke|GER|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:59.08

align="center"|10.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jon Brown|GBR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|27:59.72

align="center"|11.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Armando Quintanilla|MEX|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:09.46

align="center"|12.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marko Hhawu|TAN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:20.58

align="center"|13.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Abel Antón|ESP|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:29.37

align="center"|14.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Carlos de la Torre|ESP|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:32.11

align="center"|15.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alejandro Gómez|ESP|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:39.11

align="center"|16.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zoltán Káldy|HUN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:45.48

align="center"|17.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Worku Bikila|ETH|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:59.15

align="center"|18.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stefano Baldini|ITA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:07.77

align="center"|19.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alyan Al-Qahtani|KSA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

align="center"|20.

|{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Evans|GBR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

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=Non-qualifiers=

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!RANK

!align="left" style="width: 18em"|NON-QUALIFIERS

!TIME

align="center"|21

|{{flagIOCathlete|Silvio Guerra|ECU|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:30.15

align="center"|22

|{{flagIOCathlete|Abraham Assefa|ETH|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:32.24

align="center"|23

|{{flagIOCathlete|Toshinari Takaoka|JPN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:38.18

align="center"|24

|{{flagIOCathlete|Robbie Johnston|NZL|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:40.60

align="center"|25

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shaun Creighton|AUS|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:44.29

align="center"|26

|{{flagIOCathlete|Alfredo Brás|POR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:50.28

align="center"|27

|{{flagIOCathlete|Katsuhiko Hanada|JPN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|28:52.22

align="center"|28

|{{flagIOCathlete|Róbert Štefko|SVK|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:03.80

align="center"|29

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hendrick Ramaala|RSA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:07.81

align="center"|30

|{{flagIOCathlete|Brad Barquist|USA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:11.20

align="center"|31

|{{flagIOCathlete|Charles Mulinga|ZAM|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:14.99

align="center"|32

|{{flagIOCathlete|Carlos Patrício|POR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:15.41

align="center"|33

|{{flagIOCathlete|Miroslav Vanko|SVK|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:17.53

align="center"|34

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sean Dollman|IRL|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:19.03

align="center"|35

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hamid Sadjadi|IRI|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:22.65

align="center"|36

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ronaldo da Costa|BRA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:26.58

align="center"|37

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jeff Schiebler|CAN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:47.79

align="center"|38

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dan Middleman|USA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:50.72

align="center"|39

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Ezzher|FRA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|29:55.34

align="center"|40

|{{flagIOCathlete|Martín Pitayo|MEX|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|30:32.20

align="center"|41

|{{flagIOCathlete|Herder Vasquez|COL|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|33:26.15

align="center"|42

|{{flagIOCathlete|Majed Abu Maraheel|PLE|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|34:40.50

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|align="center"

{{flagIOCathlete|Larbi Zéroual|MAR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

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{{flagIOCathlete|Abdellah Béhar|FRA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

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|align="center"

{{flagIOCathlete|Paulo Guerra|POR|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

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|align="center"

{{flagIOCathlete|Todd Williams|USA|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNF

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{{flagIOCathlete|Julian Paynter|AUS|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNS

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|align="center"

{{flagIOCathlete|{{Interlanguage link|Yasuyuki Watanabe|jp|渡辺康幸}}|JPN|1996 Summer}}

|align="center"|DNS

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Qualification

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= Group 1 =

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PlaceNameNationTimeNote
style="background:#bbf3bb;

| align=center|1

Worku Bikila{{flagIOC|ETH|1996 Summer}}align=center|27:50,57align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center|2

Paul Tergat{{flagIOC|KEN|1996 Summer}}align=center|27:50,66align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center|3

Mathias Ntawulikura{{flagIOC|RWA|1996 Summer}}align=center|27:51,69align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 4

Aloÿs Nizigama{{flagIOC|BDI|1996 Summer}}align=center| 27:53,21align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 5

Salah Hissou{{flagIOC|MAR|1996 Summer}}align=center| 27:53,32align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 6

Stefano Baldini{{flagIOC|ITA|1996 Summer}}align=center| 27:55,79align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 7

Abel Antón{{flagIOC|ESP|1996 Summer}}align=center| 27:56,26align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 8

Carlos de la Torre{{flagIOC|ESP|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:04,14align=center|{{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| align=center| 9

Zoltán Káldy{{flagIOC|HUN|1996 Summer}}align=center|28:13,49align=center|{{AthAbbr|q}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| align=center| 10

Marko Hhawu{{flagIOC|TAN|1996 Summer}}align=center|28:14,08align=center|{{AthAbbr|q}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| align=center| 11

Paul Evans{{GBR|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:24,39align=center|{{AthAbbr|q}}
align=center| 12Robbie Johnston{{flagIOC|NZL|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 28:40,60
align=center| 13Katsuhiko Hanada{{flagIOC|JPN|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 28:52,22
align=center| 14Róbert Štefko{{flagIOC|SVK|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 29:03,80
align=center| 15Carlos Patrício{{flagIOC|POR|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 29:15,41
align=center| 16Ronaldo da Costa{{flagIOC|BRA|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 29:26,58
align=center| 17Dan Middleman{{flagIOC|USA|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 29:50,72
align=center| 18Mohamed Ezzher{{flagIOC|FRA|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 29:55,34
align=center| 19Martín Pitayo{{flagIOC|MEX|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 30:32,20
align=center| 20Herder Vázquez{{flagIOC|COL|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 33:26,15
align=center| 21Majed Abu Maraheel{{flagIOC|PLE|1996 Summer}}style="text-align:center;" | 34:40,50
rowspan=3 align=center| —Larbi Zéroual{{flagIOC|MAR|1996 Summer}}align=center| {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
| Julian Paynter{{flagIOC|AUS|1996 Summer}}rowspan=2 align=center| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
| {{Interlanguage link|Yasuyuki Watanabe|jp|渡辺康幸}}{{flagIOC|JPN|1996 Summer}}

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= Group 2 =

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RankNameNationTimeNote
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 1

Haile Gebrselassie{{flagIOC|ETH|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:14,20align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 2

Josephat Machuka{{flagIOC|KEN|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:14,27align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 3

Paul Koech{{flagIOC|KEN|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:17,48align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 4

Jon Brown{{flagIOC|GBR|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:19,85align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 5

Alyan Al-Qahtani{{flagIOC|SAU|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:22,35align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 6

Khalid Skah{{flagIOC|MAR|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:23,21align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 7

Stéphane Franke{{flagIOC|GER|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:24,30align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#bbf3bb;"

| align=center| 8

Armando Quintanilla{{flagIOC|MEX|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:27,28align=center| {{AthAbbr|Q}}
style="background:#ccf9cc;"

| align=center| 9

Alejandro Gómez{{flagIOC|ESP|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:28,16align=center| {{AthAbbr|q}}
align=center| 10Silvio Guerra{{flagIOC|ECU|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:30,15
align=center| 11Abraham Assefa{{flagIOC|ETH|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:32,24
align=center| 12Toshinari Takaoka{{flagIOC|JPN|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:38,18
align=center| 13Shaun Creighton{{flagIOC|AUS|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:44,29
align=center| 14Alfredo Brás{{flagIOC|POR|1996 Summer}}align=center| 28:50,28
align=center| 15Hendrick Ramaala{{flagIOC|RSA|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:07,81
align=center| 16Brad Barquist{{flagIOC|USA|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:11,20
align=center| 17Charles Mulinga{{flagIOC|ZAM|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:14,99
align=center| 18Miroslav Vanko{{flagIOC|SVK|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:17,53
align=center| 19Sean Dollman{{flagIOC|IRL|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:19,03
align=center| 20Hamid Sajjadi{{flagIOC|IRN|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:22,65
align=center| 21Jeff Schiebler{{flagIOC|CAN|1996 Summer}}align=center| 29:47,79
rowspan=3 align=center| —Abdellah Béhar{{flagIOC|FRA|1996 Summer}}rowspan=3 align=center| {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
Paulo Guerra{{flagIOC|POR|1996 Summer}}
Todd Williams{{flagIOC|USA|1996 Summer}}

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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070503054122/http://www.olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1996.htm Official Report]
  • [http://todor66.com/olim/1996/Athletics/Men_10000m.html Results]

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