Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 28 July 1976 (heats)
29 July 1976 (semi-finals)
30 July 1976 (final)
Competitors 35 from 24 nations
Winning time 13:24.76
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Lasse Virén
 Finland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dick Quax
 New Zealand
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
 West Germany
Official Video Highlights

These are the official results of the Men's 5.000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The final was held on Friday July 30, 1976, after the three qualifying heats were run on Wednesday July 28, 1976.[1]

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Lasse Virén (FIN) 13:24.76
 Dick Quax (NZL) 13:25.16
 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand (FRG) 13:25.38
4.  Rod Dixon (NZL) 13:25.50
5.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 13:26.19
6.  Willy Polleunis (BEL) 13:26.99
7.  Ian Stewart (GBR) 13:27.65
8.  Aniceto Simões (POR) 13:29.38
9.  Knut Kvalheim (NOR) 13:30.33
10.  Detlef Uhlemann (FRG) 13:31.07
11.  Enn Sellik (URS) 13:36.72
12.  Paul Geis (USA) 13:42.51
13.  Pekka Päivärinta (FIN) 13:46.61
—  Boris Kuznetsov (URS) DNF

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Dick Quax (NZL) 13:30.85
2.  Paul Geis (USA) 13:32.36
3.  Boris Kuznetsov (URS) 13:32.78
4.  Lasse Virén (FIN) 13:33.39
5.  Jean-Marie Conrath (FRA) 13:34.39
6.  Luis Hernández (MEX) 13:36.42
7.  Ilie Floroiu (ROU) 13:37.09
8.  Toshiaki Kamata (JPN) 13:38.22
9.  Dave Black (GBR) 13:39.37
10.  Edmundo Warnke (CHI) 13:39.69
11.  Edward Leddy (IRL) 13:40.54
12.  Fernando Cerrada (ESP) 13:43.89
13.  Dieudonné LaMothe (HAI) 18:50.07
—  Emiel Puttemans (BEL) DNF


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Willy Polleunis (BEL) 13:45.24
2.  Pekka Päivärinta (FIN) 13:45.77
3.  Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand (FRG) 13:45.85
4.  Ian Stewart (GBR) 13:45.94
5.  Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 13:46.23
6.  Grant McLaren (CAN) 13:46.40
7.  Duncan MacDonald (USA) 13:47.14
8.  Tibaduiza Reyes (COL) 13:49.49
9.  Venanzio Ortis (ITA) 13:52.40
10.  Hossein Rabbi (IRI) 14:47.12
11.  John Kokinai (PNG) 14:58.33
—  David Fitzsimons (AUS) DNS
—  Carlos Lopes (POR) DNS
—  Knut Børø (NOR) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 13:20.34
2.  Rod Dixon (NZL) 13:20.48
3.  Knut Kvalheim (NOR) 13:20.60
4.  Enn Sellik (URS) 13:20.81
5.  Detlef Uhlemann (FRG) 13:21.08
6.  Aniceto Simões (POR) 13:21.93
7.  Lasse Orimus (FIN) 13:23.43
8.  Marc Smet (BEL) 13:23.76
9.  Dick Buerkle (USA) 13:29.01
10.  Jacques Boxberger (FRA) 13:36.94
11.  Markus Ryffel (SUI) 13:46.07
—  Mohamed Benbaraka (MAR) DNS
—  Shetwy Al-Bishy (KSA) DNS
—  José Andrade da Silva (BRA) DNS

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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