The Men's

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at the

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took place on 20 and 23 August at the

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. The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard).

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record was:

Results

Heat 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the

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. ''To sort this table by heat, athlete, or any other column, click on the image:Sort both.gif icon next to the column title.''

Heat 2

Heat 3

Final

23 August 2008 - 20:10

Splits

References

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