Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 25 and August 28.The final saw an epic clash between two track greats from different generations: in his final competitive international race 1500m champion and track legend Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco and 10000 meter Olympic champion world record holder at the distance and rising star 21-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.Despite finding himself boxed in with 200m remaining and trailing Bekele by several metres El Guerrouj ran down and overhauled the Ethiopian in the final 30m to win by just 0.2s.
