These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997.
Final edit
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Daniel Komen (KEN)
|
13:07.38 |
|
 Khalid Boulami (MAR)
|
13:09.34 |
|
Tom Nyariki (KEN)
|
13:11.09 |
| 4. | Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)
|
13:17.45 |
| 5. |  Dieter Baumann (GER)
|
13:17.64 |
| 6. |  Bob Kennedy (USA)
|
13:19.45 |
| 7. | El Hassan Lahssini (MAR)
|
13:20.52 |
| 8. |  Enrique Molina (ESP)
|
13:24.54 |
| 9. | Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)
|
13:25.78 |
| 10. |  Fita Bayissa (ETH)
|
13:25.98 |
| 11. |  Abdellah Béhar (FRA)
|
13:29.10 |
| 12. | Worku Bikila (ETH)
|
13:30.02 |
| 13. | Paul Bitok (KEN)
|
13:30.25 |
| 14. |  Dionisio Castro (POR)
|
13:31.74 |
| 15. |  Pablo Olmedo (MEX)
|
14:05.59 |
Qualifying heats edit
- Held on Friday 1997-08-08
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
See also edit
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