Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Appearance
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Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 22 (heats) July 24 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 45 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 14:06.6 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
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 | |
10 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 event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.[1] The winning margin was 0.8 seconds.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The first round was on July 22. The fastest five runners from each heat qualified for the final.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Alain Mimoun | ![]() |
14:19.0 | Q |
2 | Ilmari Taipale | ![]() |
14:22.8 | Q |
3 | Gaston Reiff | ![]() |
14:23.8 | Q |
4 | Åke Andersson | ![]() |
14:25.0 | Q |
5 | Gordon Pirie | ![]() |
14:26.2 | Q |
6 | Nikifor Popov | ![]() |
14:28.5 | |
7 | Charlie Capozzoli | ![]() |
14:39.0 | |
8 | August Sutter | ![]() |
14:45.2 | |
9 | Øistein Saksvik | ![]() |
14:55.4 | |
10 | John Landy | ![]() |
14:56.4 | |
11 | Helmuth Perz | ![]() |
14:57.2 | |
12 | Osamu Inoue | ![]() |
14:59.0 | |
13 | Stevan Pavlović | ![]() |
14:59.2 | |
14 | József Kovács | ![]() |
17:09.2 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Herbert Schade | ![]() |
14:15.4 | Q |
2 | Alan Parker | ![]() |
14:18.2 | Q |
3 | Ernő Béres | ![]() |
14:19.6 | Q |
4 | Lucien Theys | ![]() |
14:22.2 | Q |
5 | Eero Tuomaala | ![]() |
14:26.8 | Q |
6 | Ivan Semyonov | ![]() |
14:28.0 | |
7 | Alojzy Graj | ![]() |
14:30.0 | |
8 | Osman Coşgül | ![]() |
14:36.2 | |
9 | Bertil Karlsson | ![]() |
14:45.8 | |
10 | Pierre Page | ![]() |
14:57.0 | |
11 | Ali Baghbanbashi | ![]() |
15:03.0 | |
12 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim | ![]() |
15:10.2 | |
13 | Wes Santee | ![]() |
15:10.4 | |
14 | Zdravko Ceraj | ![]() |
15:17.8 | |
Rich Ferguson | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Aleksandr Anufriyev | ![]() |
14:23.6 | Q |
2 | Bertil Albertsson | ![]() |
14:26.0 | Q |
3 | Emil Zátopek | ![]() |
14:26.0 | Q |
4 | Les Perry | ![]() |
14:27.0 | Q |
5 | Christopher Chataway | ![]() |
14:27.8 | Q |
6 | Ib Planck | ![]() |
14:31.6 | |
7 | Martin Stokken | ![]() |
14:39.0 | |
8 | Curt Stone | ![]() |
14:42.8 | |
9 | Jean Schlegel | ![]() |
14:45.6 | |
10 | Kurt Rötzer | ![]() |
14:49.4 | |
11 | Väinö Koskela | ![]() |
14:50.8 | |
12 | Velimir Ilić | ![]() |
14:51.6 | |
13 | Paul Frieden | ![]() |
15:23.2 | |
14 | Kristján Jóhannsson | ![]() |
15:23.8 | |
15 | Alphonse Vandenrydt | ![]() |
15:51.2 | |
George Hoskins | ![]() |
DNF |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Emil Zátopek | ![]() |
14:06.6 | OR |
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Alain Mimoun | ![]() |
14:07.4 | |
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Herbert Schade | ![]() |
14:08.6 | |
4 | Gordon Pirie | ![]() |
14:18.0 | |
5 | Chris Chataway | ![]() |
14:18.0 | |
6 | Les Perry | ![]() |
14:23.6 | |
7 | Ernő Béres | ![]() |
14:24.8 | |
8 | Åke Andersson | ![]() |
14:26.0 | |
9 | Bertil Albertsson | ![]() |
14:27.8 | |
10 | Aleksandr Anufriyev | ![]() |
14:31.4 | |
11 | Alan Parker | ![]() |
14:37.0 | |
12 | Ilmari Taipale | ![]() |
14:40.0 | |
13 | Eero Tuomaala | ![]() |
14:54.2 | |
14 | Lucien Theys | ![]() |
14:59.0 | |
Gaston Reiff | ![]() |
DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2017.