Here is the results from the past 3 global championships so one person broke 13 in all of them and the medalist were decided by who had the best kick not who was the fastest time trialist. Galen Rupp is starting to show that he is mentally tough and has the closing speed to handle a tactical race. If he goes out and runs 12:55ish for 5k with his strength over 10k I think few people will be able to doubt that he is a real medal contender now. Some times things are too good to be true but what result are we looking at the shows that he isn't a medal contender? He ran 13:11 indoors, 60:30's in the half marathon and now a 13:06 with a 1:53 final 800. Yes Bekele can close with a 52 on a similar paced race but his final 800 and 1200 isn't any faster then what Galen just ran today and galen beat two guys that many people consider the best in the world. I think that either Mo Farah or Galen will come home with a medal this year and could possibly be a winner next year. Nobody has 12:40 5k speed or sub 26:20 10k strength in the world right now so everybody on any given day is just as good as the next 26:50 guy.
2009 Berlin
1 402 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 13:17.09
2 1196 Bernard Lagat USA 13:17.33
3 952 James Kwalia C'KuruQAT 13:17.78
4 1134 Moses Ndiema KipsirUGA 13:18.11 (SB)
5 726 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 13:18.95
6 401 Ali Abdosh ETH 13:19.11
7 497 Mohammed Farah GBR 13:19.69
8 1235 Matthew Tegenkamp USA 13:20.23
9 719 Vincent Kiprop ChepKEN 13:21.31
10 361 Jesús España ESP 13:22.07
11 802 Chakir Boujattaoui MAR 13:23.05
12 1229 Chris Solinsky USA 13:25.87
13 722 Joseph Ebuya KEN 13:39.59
14 813 Anis Selmouni MAR 13:44.59
15 344 Teklemariam Medhin ERI 13:44.65
16 132 Collis BirminghamAUS 13:55.58
2008 olympics
1 Kenenisa Bekele ETH 12:57.82 (OR)
2 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 13:02.80 .
3 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 13:06.22 (SB)
4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 13:10.56 .
5 Abreham Cherkos ETH 13:16.46 .
6 Tariku Bekele ETH 13:19.06 .
7 Juan Luis Barrios MEX 13:19.79 (SB)
8 James Kwalia C'Kurui QAT 13:23.48 .
9 Bernard Lagat USA 13:26.89 .
10 Kidane Tadasse ERI 13:28.40 .
11 Aelemayehu Bezabeh ESP 13:30.48 .
12 Thomas Pkemei LongosiwaKEN 13:31.34 .
13 Matthew Tegenkamp USA 13:33.13 .
14 Jesús España ESP 13:55.94 .
. Alistair Ian Cragg IRL DNF .
2007 World Championships
1 1113 Bernard Lagat USA 13:45.87 .
2 768 Eliud Kipchoge KEN 13:46.00 .
3 1067 Moses Ndiema KipsiUGA 13:46.75 .
4 1143 Matthew Tegenkamp USA 13:46.78 .
5 532 Tariku Bekele ETH 13:47.33 .
6 588 Mohammed Farah [] GBR 13:47.54 .
7 506 Jesús España [SESP 13:50.55 .
8 533 Abraham CherkosETH 13:51.01 .
9 923 Felix Kikwai KiboreQAT 13:51.18 .
10 498 Ali Abdalla [ERI 13:52.69 .
11 1101 Adam Goucher [USA 13:53.17 .
12 810 Hicham Bellani [MAR 13:55.44 .
13 340 Craig Mottram [AAUS 13:56.24 .
14 827 Juan Luis BarrioMEX 13:59.86 .
15 774 Benjamin Limo [KEN 14:01.25 .