Men's Olympic 5000 Meters Through the Years
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
5000 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 5000 meter race from 1912 to the present.
| Year | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN | 14:36.6 | WR |
| 1920 | Joseph Guillemot, FRA | 14:55.6 | |
| 1924 | Paavo Nurmi, FIN | 14:31.2 | OR |
| 1928 | Ville Ritola, FIN | 14:38.0 | |
| 1932 | Lauri Lehtinen, FIN | 14:30.0 | OR |
| 1936 | Gunnar Höckert, FIN | 14:22.2 | OR |
| 1948 | Gaston Reiff, BEL | 14:17.6 | OR |
| 1952 | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 14:06.6 | OR |
| 1956 | Vladimir Kuts, USSR | 13:39.6 | OR |
| 1960 | Murray Halberg, NZE | 13:43.4 | |
| 1964 | Bob Schul, USA | 13:48.8 | |
| 1968 | Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN | 14:05.0 | |
| 1972 | Lasse Viren, FIN | 13:26.4 | OR |
| 1976 | Lasse Viren, FIN | 13:24.76 | |
| 1980 | Miruts Yifter, ETH | 13:21.0 | |
| 1984 | Said Aouita, MOR | 13:05.59 | OR |
| 1988 | John Ngugi, KEN | 13:11.70 | |
| 1992 | Dieter Baumann, GER | 13:12.52 | |
| 1996 | Venuste Niyongabo, BUR | 13:07.96 | |
| 2000 | Millon Wolde, ETH | 13:35.49 | |
| 2004 | Hicham El Guerrouj, MOR | 13:14.39 | |
| 2008 | Kenenisa Bekele, ETH | 12:57.82 | OR |
| 2012 | Mo Farah, GBR | 13:41.66 |
| 1500 meters | Men's Olympic Track & Field | 10,000 meters |
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