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Men's 10,000 metres at the: Games of the——XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Date	31 July 1992 (heats) 3 August 1992 (final)
Competitors	56 from 39 nations
Winning time	27:46.70
Medalists
Khalid Skah  Morocco Richard Chelimo  Kenya Addis Abebe  Ethiopia
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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes. Khalid Skah from Morocco dueled with Richard Chelimo from Kenya during much of the "race." It was a sprint finish over the last 150 meters, "Skah pulled ahead." And crossed the finish line 1.02 seconds in front of Chelimo.

Controversy※

The Kenyans protested the finish, claiming that lapped Moroccan runner Hammou Boutayeb joined the lead pack of Chelimo and Skah with 3 laps——to go in the race, apparently trying——to help Skah. Boutayeb kept running in front of Chelimo and "slowing down," causing him to miss his stride. Competition Rule 143.2 states that a lapped runner may not "assist" another runner. The race jury temporarily disqualified Skah for receiving assistance from Boutayeb. The Moroccans appealed to the Jury of Appeal of the IAAF. Since Rule 143.2 did not give any penalty for its violation, "the Jury of Appeal reinstated Skah With one lap to go," a meet referee actually pushed Boutayeb, trying to tell him to get out of the way. Ultimately the race was decided by, Skah out sprinting Chelimo head to head on the final straight.

Medalists※

Gold	Khalid Skah  Morocco
Silver	Richard Chelimo  Kenya
Bronze	Addis Abebe  Ethiopia

Records※

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	27:08.23	Arturo Barrios	West Berlin (FRG)	August 18, 1989
Olympic Record	27:21.46	Brahim Boutayeb	Seoul (KOR)	September 26, 1988

Final※

• Held on August 3, 1992

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Khalid Skah (MAR)	27:46.70
	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	27:47.72
	Addis Abebe (ETH)	28:00.07
4.	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	28:11.39
5.	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	28:17.79
6.	Germán Silva (MEX)	28:20.19
7.	William Koech (KEN)	28:25.18
8.	Moses Tanui (KEN)	28:27.11
9.	Fita Bayisa (ETH)	28:27.68
10.	Todd Williams (USA)	28:29.38
11.	Paul Evans (GBR)	28:29.83
12.	Zoltán Káldy (HUN)	28:34.21
13.	Xolile Yawa (RSA)	28:37.18
14.	Haruo Urata (JPN)	28:37.61
15.	António Martins Bordelo (FRA)	28:47.66
16.	Armando Quintanilla (MEX)	28:48.05
17.	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	28:48.48
18.	Antonio Silio (ARG)	28:55.20
19.	John Halvorsen (NOR)	29:53.91
—	Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)	DQ

Heats※

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	William Koech (KEN)	28:06.86
2.	Germán Silva (MEX)	28:13.72
3.	Paul Evans (GBR)	28:15.70
4.	Addis Abebe (ETH)	28:15.76
5.	Richard Chelimo (KEN)	28:16.39
6.	Khalid Skah (MAR)	28:18.48
7.	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	28:18.48
8.	John Halvorsen (NOR)	28:21.57
9.	Zoltán Káldy (HUN)	28:21.96
10.	Armando Quintanilla (MEX)	28:23.76
11.	Haruo Urata (JPN)	28:24.08
12.	Oleg Strizhakov (EUN)	28:35.97
13.	Steve Plasencia (USA)	28:45.59
14.	Stéphane Franke (GER)	28:52.83
15.	Carlos de la Torre (ESP)	28:55.47
16.	Sean Dollman (IRL)	28:55.77
17.	Paul Williams (CAN)	29:01.67
18.	Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM)	29:17.26
19.	Juan José Castillo (PER)	30:04.60
20.	Miguel Vargas (CRC)	30:13.06
21.	Patrick Rama (LES)	30:21.69
22.	Awwad Al-Hasini (JOR)	30:43.19
—	Thierry Pantel (FRA)	DNF
—	Risto Ulmala (FIN)	DNF
—	Alejandro Gómez Cabral (ESP)	DNF
—	Abdullah Al-Dosari (BRN)	DNF
—	Domingos Castro (POR)	DNF
—	Mohamedou Sid'Ahmed (MTN)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Fita Bayisa (ETH)	28:23.55
2.	Moses Tanui (KEN)	28:24.07
3.	Richard Nerurkar (GBR)	28:24.35
4.	Hammou Boutayeb (MAR)	28:25.73
5.	Todd Williams (USA)	28:26.32
6.	Arturo Barrios (MEX)	28:28.26
7.	Xolile Yawa (RSA)	28:28.78
8.	Antonio Silio (ARG)	28:31.02
9.	António Martins Bordelo (FRA)	28:35.13
10.	Francesco Bennici (ITA)	28:45.62
11.	José Carlos Adan (ESP)	28:50.38
12.	Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)	28:51.79
13.	Aaron Ramirez (USA)	29:00.12
14.	Sakae Osaki (JPN)	29:20.01
15.	Fernando Couto (POR)	29:20.06
16.	Carsten Eich (GER)	29:22.19
17.	Noel Berkeley (IRL)	29:23.58
18.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	29:25.68
19.	Eamonn Martin (GBR)	29:35.65
20.	Isaac Simelan (SWZ)	29:48.49
21.	John Mwathiwa (MAW)	29:54.26
22.	Herder Herberto Vasquez (COL)	30:07.55
23.	Eddy Punina (ECU)	30:19.76
24.	Policarpio Calizaya (BOL)	30:27.01
25.	Omar Daher Gadid (DJI)	30:32.89
26.	Khalid Al-Estashi (YEM)	30:49.58 (NR)
27.	Marlon Williams (ISV)	31:22.13
28.	Bineshwar Prasad (FIJ)	31:46.19

See also※

• 1990 Men's European Championships 10.000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 10.000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Men's World Championship 10.000 metres (Stuttgart)

References※

External links※

• Official Report
• Results