Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and on Friday, August 3, 1928. Thirty-eight long-distance runners from 19 nations competed.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Ville Ritola |
Paavo Nurmi |
Edvin Wide |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 14:28.2 | |
Helsinki (FIN) | June 19, 1924 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 14:31.2 | |
Paris (FRA) | July 10, 1924 |
Results
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and started at 5:10 p.m.
The best four finishers of every heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 15:02.6 | Q |
| 2 |  | 15:03.0 | Q |
| 3 | | 15:03.6 | Q |
| 4 | | 15:03.8 | Q |
| 5 |  | ||
| 6 |  | 15:13.0 | |
| 7 | | ||
| 8 |  | ||
| 9 | | ||
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} | DNF | |
| DNF | ||
 | DNF | ||
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 | DNF | ||
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Semifinal 2
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 15:07.4 | Q |
| 2 | | 15:10.8 | Q |
| 3 | | 15:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | | 15:16.0 | Q |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 15:22.0 | |
| 6 | | ||
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 15:33.0 | |
| 8 | | 15:42.0 | |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| 11 | | ||
| — | | DNF | |
 | DNF | ||
| DNF |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 15:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | | 15:05.0 | Q |
| 3 | | 15:06.3 | Q |
| 4 | | 15:08.0 | Q |
| 5 | | ||
| 6 | | ||
| 7 | | 15:45.0 | |
| 8 | | ||
| — |  | DNF |
Final
The final was held on Friday, August 3, 1928, and started at 2:30 p.m.
The same three runners finished on the podium than four years earlier in the 5000 metre event at the 1924 Games. But this time Ritola won the gold medal and Nurmi silver, Wide won the bronze medal again.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 14:38.0 |
| 2 | | 14:40.0 |
| 3 | | 14:41.2 |
| 4 | | 14:50.0 |
| 5 | | 14:59.6 |
| 6 | | 15:02.0 |
| 7 | | |
| 8 | | |
| 9 | | |
| 10 | | |
| — | | DNF |
| DNF |
References
- ↑ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.