Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Dates July 22 (heats)
July 24 (final)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alain Mimoun
 France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Herbert Schade
 Germany

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.[1]

Results

Heats

The first round was on July 22. The fastest five runners from each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
1Alain Mimoun France14:19.0Q
2Ilmari Taipale Finland14:22.8Q
3Gaston Reiff Belgium14:23.8Q
4Åke Andersson Sweden14:25.0Q
5Gordon Pirie Great Britain14:26.2Q
6Nikifor Popov Soviet Union14:28.5
7Charlie Capozzoli United States14:39.0
8August Sutter Switzerland14:45.2
9Øistein Saksvik Norway14:55.4
10John Landy Australia14:56.4
11Helmuth Perz Austria14:57.2
12Osamu Inoue Japan14:59.0
13Stevan Pavlović Yugoslavia14:59.2
14József Kovács Hungary17:09.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
1Herbert Schade Germany14:15.4Q
2Alan Parker Great Britain14:18.2Q
3Ernő Béres Hungary14:19.6Q
4Lucien Theys Belgium14:22.2Q
5Eero Tuomaala Finland14:26.8Q
6Ivan Semyonov Soviet Union14:28.0
7Alojzy Graj Poland14:30.0
8Osman Coşgül Turkey14:36.2
9Bertil Karlsson Sweden14:45.8
10Pierre Page Switzerland14:57.0
11Ali Baghbanbashi Iran15:03.0
12Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim France15:10.2
13Wes Santee United States15:10.4
14Zdravko Ceraj Yugoslavia15:17.8
Rich Ferguson CanadaDNF

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
1Aleksandr Anufriyev Soviet Union14:23.6Q
2Bertil Albertsson Sweden14:26.0Q
3Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia14:26.0Q
4Les Perry Australia14:27.0Q
5Christopher Chataway Great Britain14:27.8Q
6Ib Planck Denmark14:31.6
7Martin Stokken Norway14:39.0
8Curt Stone United States14:42.8
9Jean Schlegel France14:45.6
10Kurt Rötzer Austria14:49.4
11Väinö Koskela Finland14:50.8
12Velimir Ilić Yugoslavia14:51.6
13Paul Frieden Luxembourg15:23.2
14Kristján Jóhannsson Iceland15:23.8
15Alphonse Vandenrydt Belgium15:51.2
George Hoskins New ZealandDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia14:06.6OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)Alain Mimoun France14:07.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Herbert Schade Germany14:08.6
4Gordon Pirie Great Britain14:18.0
5Chris Chataway Great Britain14:18.0
6Les Perry Australia14:23.6
7Ernő Béres Hungary14:24.8
8Åke Andersson Sweden14:26.0
9Bertil Albertsson Sweden14:27.8
10Aleksandr Anufriyev Soviet Union14:31.4
11Alan Parker Great Britain14:37.0
12Ilmari Taipale Finland14:40.0
13Eero Tuomaala Finland14:54.2
14Lucien Theys Belgium14:59.0
Gaston Reiff BelgiumDNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
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