Broe Among 15 Qualifiers for Olympic 5,000-Meter Final
8/25/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track & Field, Olympics
ATHENS, Greece -- University of Michigan men's track and field volunteer assistant coach Tim Broe earned a trip to the 5,000-meter run final after recording a time of 13:20.29 -- the second-fastest clocking of his career -- during the first round of the event on Wednesday (Aug. 25) at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Broe claimed sixth place in the second and faster heat of the 5,000-meter first round, and despite missing the last automatic qualifying spot by 0.26 seconds, the American netted the first of five additional time qualifying positions with his performance. Broe set the pace late in the race, pushing to the front with five laps remaining to lead the 18-man field through the 4,000-meter mark at 10:52.69.
Despite giving up the lead and gradually dropping back, Broe stayed among the leaders late in the race, hanging to the third position with just 300 meters remaining before losing another three positions in the final kick. Broe posted a 2:27.6 split in his final 1,000 meters to cross the line just 1.35 seconds behind heat winner Ali Said Sief of Algeria.
Broe will return to the track on Saturday (Aug. 28) for the final of the 5,000-meter run at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. The race is slated to start at 9:05 p.m. local time (2:05 p.m. EDT).
Results
5,000-meter Run (First Round) Heat 1 1. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethopia 13:21.16Q 2. Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam, Ethopia 13:21.20Q 3. Hicham El Guerroug, Morocco 13:21.87Q 4. Craig Mottram, Australia 13:21.88Q 5. Abrahman Chebii, Kenya 13:22.30Q 6. Hicham Bellani, Morocco 13:22.64q 7. Alistair Ian Cragg, Ireland 13:23.01q 8. Samir Moussaoui, Algeria 13:24.98q 9. Sultan Khamis Zaman, Qatar 13:26.52 10. John Mayock, Great Britain 13:26.81 11. Guenther Weidlinger, Austria 13:29.32 12. Christian Belz, Switerland 13:29.59 13. Alejandro Suarez, Mexico 13:35.32 14. Jonathon Riley, USA 13:38.79 15. Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria, Bahrain 13:42.04 16. Monder Riziki, Belguim 14:03.58 17. Sergiy Lebid, Ukraine 14:10.23 -- Carlos Garcia, Spain DNF Heat 2 1. Ali Saidi Sief, Algeria 13:18.94Q 2. Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya 13:19.01Q 3. Dejene Berhanu, Ethopia 13:19.42Q 4. John Kibowen, Kenya 13:19.65Q 5. Abderrahim Goumri, Morocco 13:20.03Q 6. TIM BROE, USA 13:20.29q 7. Zersenay Tadesse, Eritrea 13:22.17q 8. Samson Kiflemariam, Eritrea 13:26.97 9. Roberto Garcia, Spain 13:27.71 10. Khoudir Ggoune, Algeria 13:29.37 11. Fabiano Joseph, Tanzania 13:31.89 12. Marius Bakken, Norway 13:36.38 13. Freddy Gonzalez, Venezuela 13:42.44 14. Tom Compernolle, Belgium 13:43.44 15. Mark Carroll, Ireland 13:46.81 16. Carles Castillejo, Spain 13:49.16 17. Michael Aish, New Zealand 13:50.00 18. Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari, Nepal 14:04.89 Overall 1. Ali Saidi Sief, Algeria 13:18.94Q 2. Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya 13:19.01Q 3. Dejene Berhanu, Ethopia 13:19.42Q 4. John Kibowen, Kenya 13:19.65Q 5. Abderrahim Goumri, Morocco 13:20.03Q 6. TIM BROE, USA 13:20.29q 7. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethopia 13:21.16Q 8. Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam, Ethopia 13:21.20Q 9. Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco 13:21.87Q 10. Craig Mottram, Australia 13:21.88Q 11. Zersenay Tadesse, Eritrea 13:22.17q 12. Abraham Chebii, Kenya 13:22.30Q 13. Hicham Bellani, Morocco 13:22.64q 14. Alistair Ian Cragg, Ireland 13:23.01q 15. Samir Moussaoui, Algeria 13:24.98q 16. Sultan Khamis Zaman, Qatar 13:26.52 17. John Mayock, Great Britain 13:26.81 18. Samson Kiflemariam, Eritrea 13:26.97 19. Roberto Garcia, Spain 13:27.71 20. Guenther Weidlinger, Austria 13:29.32 21. Khoudir Aggoune, Algeria 13:29.37 22. Christian Belz, Switzerland 13:29.59 23. Khoudir Joseph, Tanzania 13:31.89 24. Alejandro Suarez, Mexico 13:35.32 25. Marius Bakken, Norway 13:36.38 26. Jonathon Riley, USA 13:38.79 27. Mohammed Abdelhak Zakaria, Bahrain 13:42.04 28. Freddy Gonzalez, Venezuela 13:42.44 29. Tom Compernolle, Belgium 13:43.44 30. Mark Carroll, Ireland 13:46.81 31. Carles Castillego, Spain 13:49.16 32. Michael Aish, New Zealand 13:50.00 33. Monder Rizki, Belgium 14:03.58 34. Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari, Nepal 14:04.89 35. Sergiy Lebid, Ukraine 14:10.23 -- Carlos Garcia, Spain DNF
Q Qualified for final as one of top 5 in heat
q Qualified as one of next 5 fastest times
