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1991 3rd IAAF World Championships - Tokyo - Men's 5000m

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Host City: Tokyo, Japan

Format: First round (Aug 30) (First 4 & 3 fastest to final)

Dates: August 23 – September 1

Nations participating: 167

Athletes participating: 1517

Main venue: Olympic Stadium

Overview by IAAF

Ondieki established himself as favourite with a brilliant 13:01.82 in Zürich shortly before the championships. He fulfilled this promise with the most courageous of runs. He held back after a slow first lap in the final before making his move on the fourth bend of the race. In hot (30°), humid conditions, he ran the second lap in 59.88. He followed up with laps of 60.47, 60.61, and 61.50, reaching 2000m at 5:09.43 (12:54 pace!). Skah and Bayissa tried to stay with the Kenyan, but even though he slowed in the third kilometre, he had a 50m lead at 3000m (7:46.37). Ondieki’s final two kilometres slowed to 2:43.0 and 2:45.4. Bayissa closed to within 15m, but he never looked like catching the Kenyan. “I was thinking many times that maybe this was a mistake, and I can’t keep on till the end,” admitted Ondieki. “I didn’t know where the others were, because I didn’t look back.”

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 45 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on 1 September 1991.

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Saïd Aouita (MAR)	12:58.39	Rome, Italy	27 July 1987
Championship Record	John Ngugi (KEN)	13:22.68	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987

	5000m			*1 September*
	Final
1	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	21 Feb 61	13.14.45
2	Fita Bayissa	ETH	15 Dec 72	13.16.64
3	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	15 Aug 67	13.22.70
4	Dieter Baumann	GER	9 Feb 65	13.28.67
5	Domingos Castro	POR	22 Nov 63	13.28.88
6	Khalid Skah	MAR	29 Jan 67	13.32.90
7	Risto Ulmala	FIN	7 May 63	13.33.46
8	Dionísio Castro	POR	22 Nov 63	13.35.39
9	Rob Denmark	GBR	23 Nov 68	13.36.24
10	Ibrahim Kinuthia	KEN	22 May 63	13.38.96
11	Abel Antón	ESP	24 Oct 62	13.39.00
12	Bob Kennedy	USA	18 Aug 70	13.54.47
13	Gary Staines	GBR	3 Jul 63	13.58.26
14	Doug Padilla	USA	4 Oct 56	14.36.18
	Stefano Mei	ITA	3 Feb 63	DNF
	Heats			*30 August*
	Heat 1
1	Ibrahim Kinuthia	KEN		13.57.65
2	Khalid Skah	MAR		13.58.45
3	Gary Staines	GBR		13.58.68
4	Doug Padilla	USA		13.58.83
5	Andrew Sambu	TAN		13.59.01
6	Marti ten Kate	NED		13.59.51
7	Mikhail Dasko	URS		13.59.71
8	Antonio Serrano	ESP		13.59.75
9	Zeki Ozturk	TUR		14.06.20
10	Jonny Danielson	SWE		14.07.03
11	Valdenor Dos Santos	BRA		14.35.00
12	Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan	MGL		15.26.62
-	Mauricio Gonzalez	MEX		DNF
-	Dieudonne Lamothe	HAI		DNF
-	Prakash Davendra Singh	FIJ		DNS
	Heat 2
1	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR		13.53.75
2	Dieter Baumann	GER		13.54.07
3	Stefano Mei	ITA		13.54.35
4	Dionisio Castro	POR		13.54.39
5	Ondoro Osoro	KEN		13.54.41
6	Ian Hamer	GBR		13.54.49
7	Slawomir Majusiak	POL		13.57.98
8	Reuben Reina	USA		13.59.19
9	Martin Fiz	ESP		13.59.52
10	John Halvorsen	NOR		14.14.85
11	Katsuhito Kumagai	JPN		14.20.84
12	Gerard De Gaetano	MLT		15.31.08
-	Addis Abebe	ETH		DNS
-	Daouda Kassougue	MTN		DNS
-	Lucas Eningo Elonga	GEQ		DNS
	Heat 3
1	Fita Bayissa	ETH		13.41.59
2	Robert Denmark	GBR		13.46.25
3	Yobes Ondieki	KEN		13.47.05
4	Domingos Castro	POR		13.47.61
5	Risto Ulmala	FIN		13.48.86
6	Bob Kennedy	USA		13.53.56
7	Abel Anton	ESP		13.53.60
8	Mohamed Issangar	MAR		13.55.49
9	Andrew Lloyd	AUS		13.59.71
10	Frank O'Mara	IRL		14.03.19
11	Kerry Rodger	NZL		14.03.81
12	Yahia Azaidj	ALG		14.43.49
13	Souley Oumarou	NIG		14.52.89
14	Obva Elengha	CGO		15.37.13
15	Charbi Abi Tayeh	LIB		16.13.21

Startlist

Heat 1 30 AUG 1991 18:15

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Antonio Serrano	ESP	13:22.40	13:22.40
2	Valdenor dos Santos	BRA	15:10.01
3	Gary Staines	GBR	13:14.28
4	Davendra Prakash Singh	FIJ
5	Zeki Öztürk	TUR	13:26.77
6	Dieudonné Lamothe	HAI	15:33.26
7	Khalid Skah	MAR	13:09.55	13:17.72
8	Ibrahim Kinuthia	KEN	13:09.76	13:09.76
9	Andrea Sambu Sipe	TAN	13:20.12	13:20.12
10	Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan	MGL
11	Marti ten Kate	NED
12	Mauricio Gonzalez	MEX
13	Doug Padilla	USA	13:20.55i
14	Jonny Danielson	SWE	13:20.29
15	Mikhail Dasko	URS

Heat 2 30 AUG 1991 18:15

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Ondoro Osoro	KEN	13:11.77	13:11.77
2	Addis Abebe	ETH	13:58.08
3	Lucas Eningo Elonga	GEQ	16:21.00
4	Slawomir Majusiak	POL
5	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR	13:10.44	13:10.44
6	Stefano Mei	ITA	13:11.57
7	Gerard De Gaetano	MLT
8	John Halvorsen	NOR
9	Katsuhito Kumagai	JPN
10	Reuben Reina	USA	13:24.78	13:24.78
11	Martín Fiz	ESP	13:20.01	13:20.01
12	Dieter Baumann	GER	13:15.52
13	Ian Hamer	GBR
14	Dionisio Castro	POR	13:23.12
15	Daouda Kassougue	MTN

Heat 3 30 AUG 1991

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	PB	SB 1991
1	Obva Elengha	CGO	14:33.4	14:33.4
2	Abel Antón	ESP	13:28.92
3	Risto Ulmala	FIN
4	Andrew Lloyd	AUS
5	Domingos Castro	POR	13:14.41
6	Frank O'Mara	IRL	13:13.02
7	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	13:01.82	13:01.82
8	Kerry Rodger	NZL
9	Robert Denmark	GBR
10	Souley Oumarou	NIG
11	Mohamed Issangar	MAR	13:08.51
12	Bob Kennedy	USA	13:22.17	13:22.17
13	Fita Bayisa	ETH	13:42.59
14	Charbi Abi Tayeh	LBN
15	Yahia Azaïdj	ALG	13:38.98	13:38.98