Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesAugust 31 (heats)
September 2 (final)
Medalists
Murray Halberg
 New Zealand
Hans Grodotzki
 United Team of Germany
Kazimierz Zimny
 Poland

Results

Heats

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany14:01.29
2Luigi Conti Italy14:01.55
3Nyandika Maiyoro Kenya14:06.29
4Yury Zakharov Soviet Union14:10.41
5Reijo Höykinpuro Finland14:21.92
6Hedwig Leenaert Belgium14:25.81
7Frank Salvat Great Britain14:33.64
8Gebru Merawi Ethiopia14:41.22
9Jim Beatty United States14:44.40
10Michael Hoey Ireland15:00.52
11Kassim Mukhtar Iraq15:00.97
-José Aceituno ChileDNF
-Béla Szekeres HungaryDNF

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Horst Flosbach United Team of Germany14:09.25
2Sándor Iharos Hungary14:09.38
3Aleksandr Artynyuk Soviet Union14:09.92
4Allan Lawrence Australia14:10.71
5Hamoud Ameur France14:14.17
6Manuel de Oliveira Portugal14:16.14
7Doug Kyle Canada14:25.36
8Marian Jochman Poland14:31.29
9José Molíns Spain14:31.30
10Mohamed Saïd Morocco14:53.6
11Ranjit Bhatia India15:06.6

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Friedrich Janke United Team of Germany14:02.58
2Michel Bernard France14:04.82
3Albie Thomas Australia14:06.27
4Bill Dellinger United States14:08.72
5Boris Yefimov Soviet Union14:14.68
6Simo Saloranta Finland14:15.35
7Jaroslav Bohatý Czechoslovakia14:30.34
8Gordon Pirie Great Britain14:43.6
9Khristos Khiotis Greece15:01.2
10Cyprian Tseriwa Rhodesia15:02.8
11Somnuek Srisombati Thailand15:32.6

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Dave Power Australia14:03.31
2Murray Halberg New Zealand14:04.28
3Kazimierz Zimny Poland14:07.75
4Bruce Tulloh Great Britain14:17.30
5Miroslav Jurek Czechoslovakia14:31.53
6Eugène Allonsius Belgium14:37.20
7Bob Soth United States14:40.85
8Miklós Szabó Hungary14:51.99
9Andrei Barabaș Romania15:11.2
10Muharrem Dalkılıç Turkey15:13.6
11Jean Aniset Luxembourg15:17.0
12Mubarak Shah Pakistan15:43.0
13George De Peana Guyana15:54.2

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Murray Halberg New Zealand13:43.76
Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany13:45.01
Kazimierz Zimny Poland13:45.09
4Friedrich Janke United Team of Germany13:47.14
5Dave Power Australia13:52.38
6Nyandika Maiyoro Kenya13:53.25
7Michel Bernard France14:04.68
8Horst Flosbach United Team of Germany14:07.03
9Aleksandr Artynyuk Soviet Union14:08.45
10Sándor Iharos Hungary14:11.91
11Albie Thomas Australia14:20.88
12Luigi Conti Italy14:34.45

Key: DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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