Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 10 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueBusan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates10 October
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Saudi Arabia
silver medal    Bahrain
bronze medal    Qatar
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Schedule edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Thursday, 10 October 2002 14:30 Final

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record   Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 12:39.36 Helsinki, Finland 13 June 1998
Asian Record   Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 13:13.40 Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium 1 August 1998
Games Record   Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 13:38.37 Hiroshima, Japan 16 October 1994

Results edit

Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish
Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Mukhlid Al-Otaibi (KSA) 13:41.48
    Abdelhak Zakaria (BRN) 13:43.82
    Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin (QAT) 13:44.42
4   Toshihiro Iwasa (JPN) 13:48.24
5   Dou Zhaobo (CHN) 13:51.34
6   Wu Wen-chien (TPE) 13:54.42
7   Ji Young-jun (KOR) 13:56.00
8   Tomohiro Seto (JPN) 13:58.33
9   Eduardo Buenavista (PHI) 13:58.43
10   Cho Keun-hyung (KOR) 14:12.61
11   Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari (NEP) 14:34.50
12   Esam Salah Juaim (YEM) 14:59.57
13   Nader Al-Masri (PLE) 15:05.97
  Nasir Ahmed Taib (QAT) DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Men 5000m Asian Games 2002 Busan (KOR)". todor66.com. Retrieved 25 February 2020.

External links edit