Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who turns 20 tomorrow, led until it was less than 50 meters left of the race, but then he was passed by the Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo of the same age.
Kiplimo won in 7,26,64 and the Norwegian finished in 7,27,05.
With that, they are the eight and nine in the world through the ages, but it is a good distance up to the Kenyan Daniel Komen's world record of 7.20.67 from 1996.
Ingebrigtsen took the Norwegian record from big brother Henrik and set the personal best in the distance with a full 33 seconds.
- It is always fun to take the national records, but I see potential to run faster in the future, he says to NRK.
"I'm below the magic line"
The Norwegian giant talent was only a few tenths of the Belgian Mohammed Mourhit's European record as well.
- I'm very close to it, but I'm below the magic 7.30 limit, so I'm very, very happy, says Ingebrigtsen.
It's been thirteen years since anyone ran faster than Kiplimo.
Then Kenenisa Bekele was noted for the time 7.25.79 in Stockholm.