2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 27 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia | Martin Mathathi Kenya |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following world and championship records were as follows.

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:49.57 | Paris, France | 24 August 2003 |
| World leading | Sileshi Sihine (ETH) | 26:48.73 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 26 May 2007 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| August 27, 2007 | 21:40 | Final |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 27:05.90 | SB |
| | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia | 27:09.03 | |
| | Martin Mathathi | Kenya | 27:12.17 | |
| 4 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 27:21.37 | |
| 5 | Josephat Ndambiri | Kenya | 27:31.41 | |
| 6 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 27:44.58 | |
| 7 | Abdihakem Abdirahman | United States | 27:56.62 | |
| 8 | Josphat Kiprono Menjo | Kenya | 28:25.67 | |
| 9 | Dathan Ritzenhein | United States | 28:28.59 | SB |
| 10 | Boniface Toroitich Kiprop | Uganda | 28:30.99 | |
| 11 | Galen Rupp | United States | 28:41.71 | |
| 12 | Kensuke Takezawa | Japan | 28:51.69 | |
| 13 | Tadese Tola | Ethiopia | 28:51.75 | |
| 14 | Alejandro Suárez | Mexico | 28:52.19 | |
| 15 | Wilson Busienei | Uganda | 29:24.72 | SB |
| 16 | Dickson Marwa | Tanzania | 29:25.91 | |
| 17 | Kazuhiro Maeda | Japan | 29:48.17 | |
| 18 | Michael Aish | New Zealand | 30:34.16 | |
| | Khalid El Aamri | Morocco | | DNF |
| | Simon Bairu | Canada | | DNF |
| | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | Qatar | | DNF |
| | Essa Ismail Rashed | Qatar | | DNF |
| | Hasan Mahboob | Bahrain | | DNS |
| | David Galván | Mexico | | DNS |
