2011-2013: Early career and Junior 5 km road record Hagos had his first major win in 2011, when he took the title at the
San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km race in Spain. He defeated Spain's top distance runners and also edged Eritrea's
Teklemariam Medhin at the line in a personal best time of 27:57 minutes. Hagos came fourth in the junior section of the
2012 African Cross Country Championships. He made his debut on American soil at the
Boston Indoor Games, taking fourth place in a best of 7:44.08 minutes for the 3000 m. Still 17 years old, he was runner-up to World medallist
Dejen Gebremeskel at the
Carlsbad 5,000 on 1 April 2012. His time of 13:14 minutes was the fastest 5K road time ever for a junior athlete. He entered his first 5,000 m
Diamond League event at the
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May and upset the field by winning in wet conditions, setting a meet record time of 13:11.00 minutes and beating athletes including
Kenenisa Bekele and
Augustine Choge. He ended the year with a win at the
Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa. In February 2013, Hagos set a new junior world record in the 3000 m by winning the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, beating
Dejen Gebremeskel and
Galen Rupp with a time of 7:32.87. In March 2013 he won the junior
world cross country title in
Bydgoszcz,
Poland. At the
2013 World Championships in Moscow, Hagos won the silver medal in the 5,000 m. He leaned at the finish line to beat Kenyan
Isaiah Koech, and both were timed at 13:27.26. In March 2014, Hagos finished fifth in the 3,000 m at the
2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 7:56.34.
2015-2016: World and Olympic bronze medals Hagos opened his 2015 season with a fourth placed finish at the
World Cross Country Championships in
Guiyang. On 15 May, Hagos held off
Mo Farah to win the 3,000 m at the
Doha Diamond League, running a time of 7:38.08. At the
World Championships in
Beijing, Hagos won bronze over 5,000 m. At the
2016 Summer Olympics, Hagos won the bronze medal in the 5,000 m.
2017-2019: Ethiopian 10,000 m title In August 2018, Hagos set a new personal best of 12:45.82 over 5,000 m in finishing second behind
Selemon Barega at the
2018 Diamond League Final. He followed it up by winning his second
Great Ethiopian Run title in November. Hagos set a new 10,000 m personal best of 26:48.95 at the 2019 Ethiopian 10,000 m Trials in
Hengelo. At that year's
World Championships in
Doha, Hagos finished eighth in the 10,000 m.
2023-present: 5,000 m Ethiopian record, first global senior title and Second Olympics . On June 30, 2023, Gebrhiwet ran 12:49.80 for third place in the 5000 m at the
Lausanne Diamond League. By doing this, he became the first athlete to run sub-12:50 over 10 years apart, as his first time under 12:50 was his former world junior record in 2012. Hagos would later solidify this form at the
Monaco Diamond League on July 23, where he ran 12:42.18 for both the victory and a personal best. At the
World Championships in
Budapest, Hagos finished sixth in the 5,000 m. At the inaugural
World Road Running Championships in
Riga, Hagos won his first senior global title in the road 5 km. He improved his personal best at the 2024
Bislett Games with a time of 12:36.73, the second fastest in history over 5000 m and a new Ethiopian national record, breaking
Kenenisa Bekele's former record of 12:37.35. At the
2024 Olympics in
Paris, Hagos placed fifth in the 5,000 m in a time of 13:15.32. At the
Diamond League Final in
Brussels, Hagos finished second behind
Berihu Aregawi, running a time of 12:44.25. In December 2024, it was announced that he had signed up for the inaugural season of the
Michael Johnson founded
Grand Slam Track. At the
first slam in
Kingston, Hagos finished second overall behind
Grant Fisher. ==Statistics==