Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with the final held on Friday 1 August 1980.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record	13:08.4	Henry Rono	Berkeley United States	April 8, 1978
Olympic Record	13:20.34	Brendan Foster	Montreal (Canada)	July 28, 1976

Results

Final

• Held on Friday 1 August 1980

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	13:21.0
	Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)	13:21.6
	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	13:22.0
4.	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	13:22.8
5.	Markus Ryffel (SUI)	13:23.1
6.	Dietmar Millonig (AUT)	13:23.3
7.	John Treacy (IRL)	13:23.7
8.	Aleksandr Fyodotkin (URS)	13:24.1
9.	Jiří Sýkora (TCH)	13:25.0
10.	Yohannes Mohamed (ETH)	13:28.4
11.	Martti Vainio (FIN)	13:32.1
12.	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)	13:34.2

Semi Finals

• Held on Wednesday 30 July 1980

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Yohannes Mohamed (ETH)	13:39.4
2.	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	13:40.0
3.	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	13:40.2
4.	John Treacy (IRL)	13:40.3
5.	Nick Rose (GBR)	13:40.6
6.	Valeriy Abramov (URS)	13:40.7
7.	Zakariah Barie (TAN)	13:44.9
8.	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	13:50.2
9.	David Moorcroft (GBR)	13:58.2
10.	Dave Fitzsimons (AUS)	13:58.3
11.	Hansjörg Kunze (GDR)	14:00.3
12.	Enrique Aquino (MEX)	14:01.4

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)	13:28.6
2.	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	13:28.8
3.	Markus Ryffel (SUI)	13:29.3
4.	Dietmar Millonig (AUT)	13:29.4
5.	Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)	13:30.2
6.	Martti Vainio (FIN)	13:30.4
7.	Jiří Sýkora (TCH)	13:31.0
8.	Aleksandr Fyodotkin (URS)	13:31.9
9.	Barry Smith (GBR)	13:36.7
10.	Alex Hagelsteens (BEL)	13:46.7
11.	Steve Austin (AUS)	13:47.6
12.	El-Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG)	14:15.9

Heats

• Held on Monday 28 July 1980

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	13:44.4
2.	Hansjörg Kunze (GDR)	13:44.4
3.	Nick Rose (GBR)	13:44.7
4.	John Treacy (IRL)	13:44.8
5.	Alex Hagelsteens (BEL)	13:44.9
6.	Aleksandr Fyodotkin (URS)	13:45.6
7.	Dave Fitzsimons (AUS)	13:46.4
8.	Enrique Aquino (MEX)	13:48.9
9.	Gopal Singh Saini (IND)	14:06.6
10.	Robert Chideka (BOT)	14:47.2
11.	Laxman Basnet (NEP)	16:11.7

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	El-Hachemi Abdenouz (ALG)	13:42.1
2.	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)	13:42.7
3.	Valeriy Abramov (URS)	13:42.9
4.	Emiel Puttemans (BEL)	13:43.0
5.	David Moorcroft (GBR)	13:43.0
6.	Jiří Sýkora (TCH)	13:43.1
7.	Steve Austin (AUS)	13:43.2
8.	Martti Vainio (FIN)	13:45.2
9.	Zakariah Barie (TAN)	13:49.9
10.	Mick O'Shea (IRL)	14:03.0
11.	Bernardo Manuel (ANG)	14:51.4
12.	Saleh El-Ali (SYR)	15:08.2

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Markus Ryffel (SUI)	13:45.0
2.	Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)	13:45.4
3.	Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)	13:45.4
4.	Dietmar Millonig (AUT)	13:45.7
5.	Yohannes Mohamed (ETH)	13:45.8
6.	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	13:45.8
7.	Barry Smith (GBR)	13:46.3
8.	Enn Sellik (URS)	13:52.4
9.	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	13:59.9
10.	Zephaniah Ncube (ZIM)	14:06.7
11.	Pedro Mulomo (MOZ)	15:11.9
12.	Amadou Alimi (BEN)	15:44.0

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic Games 5000 metres (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 5000 metres (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 5000 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 5000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 5000 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 5000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 5000 metres (Rome)

References

• Results
• sports-reference