Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (semifinals)
August 3 (final)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Winning time14:38.0
Medalists
Ville Ritola  Finland
Paavo Nurmi  Finland
Edvin Wide  Sweden
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Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 14:28.2 Paavo Nurmi Helsinki (FIN) June 19, 1924
Olympic Record 14:31.2 Paavo Nurmi Paris (FRA) July 10, 1924

Results

Semifinals

All semifinals 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
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Leo Lermond United States15:02.6Q
2Staņislavs Petkēvičs Latvia15:03.0Q
3Eino Purje Finland15:03.6Q
4Ragnar Magnusson Sweden15:03.8Q
5Wally Beavers Great Britain
6Carl Petersen Denmark15:13.0
7Frederick Light Great Britain
8Lucien Duquesne France
9Seghir Beddari France
—Ciro Chapa MexicoDNF
Charles Haworth United States
Karel Nedobitý Czechoslovakia
Billy Kibblewhite Canada
Nol Wolf Netherlands
Julien Serwy Belgium

Semifinal 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Nils Eklöf Sweden15:07.4Q
2Ville Ritola Finland15:10.8Q
3Armas Kinnunen Finland15:10.8Q
4Brian Oddie Great Britain15:16.0Q
5Jesús Oyarbide Spain15:22.0
6Roger Pelé France
7Willi Boltze Germany15:33.0
8Jozef Koščak Czechoslovakia15:42.0
9Andreas Paouris Greece
10Julius Petraitis Lithuania
11David Abbott United States
—Art Keay CanadaDNF
George Hyde Australia
Pieter Gerbrands Netherlands

Semifinal 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Macauley Smith United States15:04.0Q
2Edvin Wide Sweden15:05.0Q
3Herbert Johnston Great Britain15:06.3Q
4Paavo Nurmi Finland15:08.0Q
5Otto Kohn Germany
6Arie Klaase Netherlands
7Arturo Peña Spain15:45.0
8Vincent Callard Canada
—Gurbachan Singh IndiaDNF

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.

RankAthleteNationTime
Ville Ritola Finland14:38.0
Paavo Nurmi Finland14:40.0
Edvin Wide Sweden14:41.2
4Leo Lermond United States14:50.0
5Ragnar Magnusson Sweden14:59.6
6Armas Kinnunen Finland15:02.0
7Staņislavs Petkēvičs Latvia
8Herbert Johnston Great Britain
9Brian Oddie Great Britain
10Macauley Smith United States
—Nils Eklöf SwedenDNF
Eino Purje Finland

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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