World Championships, Athens, Greece (August 8th, 1997)
• Men’s 5,000m, First Round, Heat 1
1. SGHIR Smail MAR 13:19.69 Q
• 2. BAUMANN Dieter GER 13:19.81 Q
• 3. KOMEN Daniel KEN 13:19.87 Q
• 4. MOLINA Enrique ESP 13:22.74 Q
• 5. BITOK Paul KEN 13:24.85 Q
• 6. BEHAR Abdellah FRA 13:26.50 q
• 7. BIKILA Worku ETH 13:31.18 q
• 8. CULPEPPER Alan USA 13:34.74
• 9. JIMENEZ Anacleto ESP 13:36.55
• 10. CULLEN Keith GBR 13:42.40
• 11. WARSAMA Ahmad Ibrahim QAT 13:49.55
• 12. DRYGIN Sergey RUS 13:55.56
• 13. SCHIEBLER Jeffrey CAN 13:57.31
• 14. CARROLL Mark IRL 13:57.88
• 15. DENMARK Rob GBR 13:58.08
• 16. ZAIED Ali LBA 13:58.26 (NR)
• 17. GARCIA Nestor URU 14:12.15
• 18. MUNTHALI Francis MAW 14:14.80