Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | August 31 (heats) September 2 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 32 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 13:43.7 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Grodotzki |  United Team of Germany |
14:01.29 | |
| 2 | Luigi Conti |  Italy |
14:01.55 | |
| 3 | Nyandika Maiyoro |  Kenya |
14:06.29 | |
| 4 | Yury Zakharov |  Soviet Union |
14:10.41 | |
| 5 | Reijo Höykinpuro |  Finland |
14:21.92 | |
| 6 | Hedwig Leenaert |  Belgium |
14:25.81 | |
| 7 | Frank Salvat |  Great Britain |
14:33.64 | |
| 8 | Gebru Merawi |  Ethiopia |
14:41.22 | |
| 9 | Jim Beatty |  United States |
14:44.40 | |
| 10 | Michael Hoey |  Ireland |
15:00.52 | |
| 11 | Kassim Mukhtar |  Iraq |
15:00.97 | |
| - | José Aceituno |  Chile |
DNF | |
| - | Béla Szekeres |  Hungary |
DNF |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Flosbach | United Team of Germany |
14:09.25 | |
| 2 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary |
14:09.38 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Artynyuk | Soviet Union |
14:09.92 | |
| 4 | Allan Lawrence |  Australia |
14:10.71 | |
| 5 | Hamoud Ameur |  France |
14:14.17 | |
| 6 | Manuel de Oliveira |  Portugal |
14:16.14 | |
| 7 | Doug Kyle |  Canada |
14:25.36 | |
| 8 | Marian Jochman |  Poland |
14:31.29 | |
| 9 | José Molíns |  Spain |
14:31.30 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Saïd |  Morocco |
14:53.6 | |
| 11 | Ranjit Bhatia |  India |
15:06.6 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friedrich Janke | United Team of Germany |
14:02.58 | |
| 2 | Michel Bernard | France |
14:04.82 | |
| 3 | Albie Thomas | Australia |
14:06.27 | |
| 4 | Bill Dellinger | United States |
14:08.72 | |
| 5 | Boris Yefimov | Soviet Union |
14:14.68 | |
| 6 | Simo Saloranta | Finland |
14:15.35 | |
| 7 | Jaroslav Bohatý |  Czechoslovakia |
14:30.34 | |
| 8 | Gordon Pirie | Great Britain |
14:43.6 | |
| 9 | Khristos Khiotis |  Greece |
15:01.2 | |
| 10 | Cyprian Tseriwa |  Rhodesia |
15:02.8 | |
| 11 | Somnuek Srisombati |  Thailand |
15:32.6 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Power | Australia |
14:03.31 | |
| 2 | Murray Halberg |  New Zealand |
14:04.28 | |
| 3 | Kazimierz Zimny | Poland |
14:07.75 | |
| 4 | Bruce Tulloh | Great Britain |
14:17.30 | |
| 5 | Miroslav Jurek | Czechoslovakia |
14:31.53 | |
| 6 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium |
14:37.20 | |
| 7 | Bob Soth | United States |
14:40.85 | |
| 8 | Miklós Szabó | Hungary |
14:51.99 | |
| 9 | Andrei Barabaș |  Romania |
15:11.2 | |
| 10 | Muharrem Dalkılıç |  Turkey |
15:13.6 | |
| 11 | Jean Aniset |  Luxembourg |
15:17.0 | |
| 12 | Mubarak Shah |  Pakistan |
15:43.0 | |
| 13 | George De Peana |  Guyana |
15:54.2 |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Murray Halberg | New Zealand |
13:43.76 | |
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Hans Grodotzki | United Team of Germany |
13:45.01 | |
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Kazimierz Zimny | Poland |
13:45.09 | |
| 4 | Friedrich Janke | United Team of Germany |
13:47.14 | |
| 5 | Dave Power | Australia |
13:52.38 | |
| 6 | Nyandika Maiyoro | Kenya |
13:53.25 | |
| 7 | Michel Bernard | France |
14:04.68 | |
| 8 | Horst Flosbach | United Team of Germany |
14:07.03 | |
| 9 | Aleksandr Artynyuk | Soviet Union |
14:08.45 | |
| 10 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary |
14:11.91 | |
| 11 | Albie Thomas | Australia |
14:20.88 | |
| 12 | Luigi Conti | Italy |
14:34.45 |
Key: DNF = did not finish
References
[edit]- ^ "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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