1993 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

None The men's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 22 August 1993. Defending champion Moses Tanui moved out to the front early, controlling the pace. His progress was marked by World Junior Champion Haile Gebrselassie. The field strung out behind them, one by one dropping off the back. With nine laps to go, the last to drop off was Richard Chelimo, then it was just the two. Tanui was unable to shake the youngster. Coming into the bell, Gebrselassie moved closer to Tanui and accidentally stepping on his heel. Tanui's shoe flew off. With just one shoe, an angered Tanui sprinted out to a quick 5-meter lead, expanding to a 10-meter lead with 200 to go. Through the final turn, Gebrselassie began to gain. As they onto the final straight, Tanui went wide, straining to sprint to the finish. Gebrselassie accepted the opening, sprinting past Tanui on the inside and on to a 5-meter victory. This was the changing of the guard as Gebrselassie would go on to win the next three world championships and two Olympics. Final RANKFINALTIMEFile:Med 1.pngHaile Gebrselassie ETH 199127:46.02File:Med 2.pngMoses Tanui KEN27:46.54File:Med 3.pngRichard Chelimo KEN28:06.024.Stéphane Franke GER28:10.695.Aloÿs Nizigama BDI28:13.436.Francesco Panetta ITA28:27.057.Todd Williams USA28:30.498.Antonio Silio ARG28:36.889.Germán Silva MEX28:39.4710.William Sigei KEN28:54.3911.Antonio Serrano ESP29:04.1012.Salvatore Antibo ITA29:10.8313.Boay Akonay TAN29:15.1314.Armando Quintanilla MEX29:32.3415.Tadashi Fukushima JPN29:46.7016.José Carlos Adán ESP30:04.3417.Dan Nelson USA30:41.72—Rolando Vera ECUDNF—Fita Bayisa ETH 1991DNF—Oleg Strizhakov RUS 1991DNF Qualifying heats Held on Friday 1993-08-20 RANKHEAT 1TIME1.Antonio Silio ARG28:16.622.Haile Gebrselassie ETH 199128:17.953.Moses Tanui KEN28:18.564.Richard Chelimo KEN28:18.705.Boay Akonay TAN28:18.976.Stéphane Franke GER28:19.117.Francesco Panetta ITA28:20.498.Germán Silva MEX28:22.169.José Carlos Adán ESP28:23.0810.Steve Plasencia USA28:40.6911.Fackson Nkandu ZAM 196429:03.6712.Steve Moneghetti AUS29:21.1813.Domingos Castro POR29:35.4714.Nozomi Saho JPN29:36.4015.John Mwathiwa MAW 196429:45.55Zoltán Káldy HUNDNFJosé Regalo PORDNFAhmed Mohamed Moosa PLEDNF RANKHEAT 2TIME1.Salvatore Antibo ITA28:27.482.Fita Bayisa ETH 199128:28.323.William Sigei KEN28:28.334.Todd Williams USA28:28.625.Dan Nelson USA28:28.766.Aloÿs Nizigama BDI28:29.187.Tadashi Fukushima JPN28:29.498.Oleg Strizhakov RUS 199128:29.849.Antonio Serrano ESP28:31.4810.Armando Quintanilla MEX28:34.5711.Rolando Vera ECU28:35.4512.Martin Pitayo MEX28:54.2313.Tendai Chimusasa ZIM28:57.6814.Luis Jesus POR29:12.0015.Jun Hiratsuka JPN29:12.2216.Murusamy Ramachandran MAS29:38.9717.Thein Win Gopal MYA 197429:56.61Mathias Ntawulikura RWA 1962DNS See also 1991 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres 1992 Men's Olympic 10.000 metres 1995 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres References Results Category:10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships