Olympic Track and Field 2016: Men's 10,000M Medal Winners, Times and Results

The world has tried everything to stop Mo Farah's distance dominance on the Olympic stage. On Saturday, he was even tripped up by his own training partner.

None of it matters. Farah is undeniable.

The British runner earned his second straight gold medal in the 10,000-meter sprint, overcoming a mid-race spill to defeat Kenya's Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola in Rio. Former British track and field athlete Sally Gunnell commented on Farah's win:

His time of 27 minutes, 5.17 seconds was just narrowly better than Tanui, a 25-year-old Kenyan who took home his first Olympic medal with a time of 27:05.64. But Farah likely would have won the race by a greater margin if it weren't for an incident that nearly took him out of contention.

Place	Runner	Time
Gold	Mo Farah (Great Britain)	27:05.17
Siver	Paul Kipngetich Tanui (Kenya)	27:05.64
Bronze	Tamirat Tola (Ethiopia)	27:06.26

Farah sprawled to the ground midway through the 10th lap, after he and American Galen Rupp got tangled up in a turn. Rupp, who trains with Farah, slowed down to make sure his partner was going to continue the race before getting back into it himself. The Brit dusted himself off and resumed running, but he had ground to make up.

Runner Vernon Norwood commented on Rupp:

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Great job and Sportsmanship from Galen Rupp. Real character

— VERNON L. NORWOOD (@Vernon400m) August 14, 2016"

Unfortunately, that hesitation may have cost Rupp a medal. He finished more than two seconds behind Tola, another first-time Olympic medalist. The American nonetheless continued a stream of steady improvement with his fifth-place showing. Yigrem Demelash, who was fourth, rounded out the top five.

Farah's gold is his third in the Olympic Games. He will look to repeat in the men's 5,000-meter final next Saturday. The 33-year-old already joined Haile Gebrselassie (Ethiopia), Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) and Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia) as the only back-to-back winners in the 10,000 meters. A sweep of both events would only further cement Farah's place among the all-time great distance runners.

For now, his victory marks Great Britain's 10th gold thus far in Rio. That ranks third behind only the United States and China. Britain is also third in the overall medal count with 27.

Kenya has won two medals, both bronze. Ethiopia took home its third medal, second bronze, with Tola's third-place finish.