Daniel Komen (Kenya) Khalid Boulami, Tom Nyariki - mens 5000m from 1997 Athens World Championships

Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on Saturday August 9, 1997. Final Results 1st Gold - Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:07.38 2nd Silver - Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:09.34 3rd Bronze - Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:11.09 4th Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:17.45 5th Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:17.64 6th Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:19.45 7th El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:20.52 8th Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:24.54 9th Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.78 10th Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:25.98 11th. Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:29.10 12th Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:30.02 13th Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:30.25 14th Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:31.74 15th Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 14:05.59 Qualifying heats held on Friday 1997-08-08 Heat 1 1. Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR) 13:19.69 2. Dieter Baumann (GER) 13:19.81 3. Daniel Komen (KEN) 13:19.87 4. Enrique Molina (ESP) 13:22.74 5. Paul Bitok (KEN) 13:24.85 6. Abdellah Béhar (FRA) 13:26.50 7. Worku Bikila (ETH) 13:31.18 8. Alan Culpepper (USA) 13:34.74 9. Anacleto Jimenez (ESP) 13:36.55 10. Keith Cullen (GBR) 13:42.40 11. Warsama Ahmed Ibrahim (QAT) 13:49.55 12. Sergey Drygin (RUS) 13:55.56 13. Jeff Schiebler (CAN) 13:57.31 14. Mark Carroll (IRL) 13:57.88 15. Robert Denmark (GBR) 13:58.08 16. Ali Zayed (LBA) 13:58.26 17. Nestor García (URU) 14:12.15 18. Francis Munthali (MAW) 14:14.80 — Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) DNF — Marco Condori (BOL) DNS Heat 2 1. Bob Kennedy (USA) 13:23.07 2. Khalid Boulami (MAR) 13:23.46 3. Tom Nyariki (KEN) 13:23.55 4. El Hassan Lahssini (MAR) 13:23.75 5. Dionisio Castro (POR) 13:24.51 6. Manuel Pancorbo (ESP) 13:25.71 7. Pablo Olmedo (MEX) 13:27.65 8. Fita Bayissa (ETH) 13:28.54 9. Ismael Kirui (KEN) 13:34.52 10. Ayele Mezgebu (ETH) 13:38.96 11. Mustapha Essaid (FRA) 13:39.11 12. Panagiotis Papoulias (GRE) 13:58.27 13. Brian Baker (USA) 14:03.95 14. Adrian Passey (GBR) 14:07.49 15. Samuli Vasala (FIN) 14:10.92 16. Yohannes Ghirmai (ERI) 14:59.47 17. Anatola Lekade (TOG) 15:00.21 18. Yeli Moussa (NIG) 15:00.61