Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, August 16, 1920, and on Tuesday, August 17, 1920. Thirty-eight runners from 16 nations competed.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 16–17
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Medalists
Joseph Guillemot  France
Paavo Nurmi  Finland
Eric Backman  Sweden

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record 14:36.6 Hannes Kolehmainen Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912
Olympic Record 14:36.6 Hannes Kolehmainen Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912

Results

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Monday, August 16, 1920.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Rudolf Falk (SWE)15:17.8Q
2 Herbert Irwin (GBR)15:17.8Q
3 Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN)15:22.0Q
4 Clifford Furnas (USA)15:23.8Q
5 Alfred Gaschen (SUI)16:03.0
6 Augusto Maccario (ITA)
7 Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA)16:07.8
 Pierre Trullemans (BEL)DNF
 Panagiotis Retelas (GRE)DNF
 Tommy Town (CAN)DNF

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Joe Blewitt (GBR)15:19.8Q
2 Julien Van Campenhout (BEL)15:22.6Q
3 Hal Brown (USA)15:31.8Q
4 Nils Bergström (SWE)15:39.4Q
5 Lucien Duquesne (FRA)16:08.2
6 Juan Muguerza (ESP)
7 Konosuke Sano (JPN)
 Artur Nielsen (DEN)DNF
 Teodoro Pons (ESP)DNF
 Carlo Martinenghi (ITA)DNF

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Carlo Speroni (ITA)15:27.6Q
2 Paavo Nurmi (FIN)15:33.0Q
3 William Seagrove (GBR)15:53.6Q
4 Emanuel Lundström (SWE)16:04.2Q
5 Charles Hunter (USA)
6 Alexandros Kranis (GRE)
7 François Vyncke (BEL)
8 Karel Pacák (TCH)
9 Abdul Ali Maghoub (EGY)

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Joseph Guillemot (FRA)15:33.0Q
2 Eric Backman (SWE)15:34.0Q
3 Ivan Dresser (USA)15:41.8Q
4 Alfred Nichols (GBR)15:54.0Q
5 Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN)15:54.4
6 Tomeichi Ohura (JPN)
7 Jón Jónsen (DEN)
8 Henri Smets (BEL)
9 Gerardus van der Wel (NED)

Final

The final was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Joseph Guillemot (FRA)14:55.6
2 Paavo Nurmi (FIN)15:00.0
3 Eric Backman (SWE)15:13.0
4 Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN)15:17.0
5 Joe Blewitt (GBR)15:19.0
6 William Seagrove (GBR)15:21.0
7 Carlo Speroni (ITA)
8 Alfred Nichols (GBR)
9 Julien Van Campenhout (BEL)
10 Nils Bergström (SWE)
11 Rudolf Falk (SWE)
12 Herbert Irwin (GBR)
13 Emanuel Lundström (SWE)
 Clifford Furnas (USA)DNF
 Hal Brown (USA)DNF
 Ivan Dresser (USA)DNF

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

Notes

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.
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