Cragg 12th in 5,000m final

Ireland's Alastair Cragg had a disappointing race in the men's 5000metres final, finishing 12th in a time of 13:43.06.

Hicham El Guerrouj won the race to claim his second gold medal of the Athens Olympics.

Men’s 5000m Final: 1 Hicham El Guerrouj (Mor) 13:14.39, 2 Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) 13:14.59, 3 Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) 13:15.10, 4 Gebre Egziabher Gebremariam (Eth) 13:15.35, 5 Dejene Berhanu (Eth) 13:16.92, 6 John Kibowen (Ken) 13:18.24, 7 Zersenay Tadesse (Eri) 13:24.31, 8 Craig Mottram (Aus) 13:25.70, 9 Hicham Bellani (Mor) 13:31.81, 10 Ali Saidi Sief (Alg) 13:32.57, 11 Tim Broe (USA) 13:33.06, 12 Alistair Ian Cragg (Irl) 13:43.06, 13 Abderrahim Goumri (Mor) 13:47.27, 14 Samir Moussaoui (Alg) 14:02.01, Abraham Chebii (Ken)