Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The finish: Kolehmainen on the way to pass Bouin who is still in the lead.
Venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Dates July 9 (semifinals)
July 10 (final)
Competitors 31 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jean Bouin  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) George Hutson  Great Britain

The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 10000 metre event replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912 and on Wednesday, July 10, 1912. Thirty-one long distance runners from eleven nations competed.[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 14:59.0(*) United Kingdom Alfred Shrubb Glasgow (GBR) June 13, 1904
Olympic Record - none - -

(*) unofficial

George Bonhag, in winning the first semifinal, set the Olympic record at 15:22.6. It lasted until the 5th and last semifinal, in which Jean Bouin broke it by finishing in 15:05.0. Unsurprisingly, that record stood only until the next race—Hannes Kolehmainen won the final at 14:36.6 as both he and Bouin (just behind Kolehmainen, at 14:36.7) surpassed the best time of the semifinals. This record became the first official world record for the 5000 metres.

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Bonhag (USA)15:22.6 ORQF
2 Alex Decoteau (CAN)15:24.2QF
3 Frederick Hibbins (GBR)15:27.6QF
4 George Hill (ANZ)15:56.8
— Klas Lundström (SWE)Did not finish

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Louis Scott (USA)15:23.5QF
2 Joe Keeper (CAN)15:28.9QF
3 George Hutson (GBR)15:29.0QF
4 Bror Modigh (SWE)16:07.1
— Eddie Fitzgerald (USA)Did not finish
 Martin Persson (SWE)Did not finish
 Charles Ruffell (GBR)Did not finish

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)15:34.6QF
2 Ernest Glover (GBR)16:09.1QF
3 Cyril Porter (GBR)16:23.4QF
4 Mikhail Nikolsky (RUS)17:21.7
— Aarne Lindholm (FIN)Did not finish
 Garnett Wikoff (USA)Did not finish

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)15:38.9QF
2 Henrik Nordström (SWE)15:49.1QF
3 Tell Berna (USA)15:53.3QF
4 George Lee (GBR)
— Gregor Vietz (GER)Did not finish

Semifinal 5

The start of the final.
The upcoming winner Hannes Kolehmainen in the lead with Jean Bouin behind.
PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Jean Bouin (FRA)15:05.0 ORQF
2 Thorild Olsson (SWE)15:25.2QF
3 Viljam Johansson (FIN)15:31.4QF
— Gaston Heuet (FRA)Did not finish
 Wallace McCurdy (USA)Did not finish
 Alfonso Orlando (ITA)Did not finish
 Alfonso Sánchez (CHI)Did not finish
 Arnold Treble (GBR)Did not finish

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)14:36.6 WR
2 Jean Bouin (FRA)14:36.7
3 George Hutson (GBR)15:07.6
4 George Bonhag (USA)15:09.8
5 Tell Berna (USA)15:10.0
6 Alex Decoteau (CAN)
7 Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)15:18.6
8-11 Frederick Hibbins (GBR)
 Joe Keeper (CAN)
 Cyril Porter (GBR)
 Louis Scott (USA)
— Ernest Glover (GBR)Did not start
 Viljam Johansson (FIN)Did not start
 Henrik Nordström (SWE)Did not start
 Thorild Olsson (SWE)Did not start
Finish

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

Notes

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 27 August 2006.
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