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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 16 (round 1)
August 17 (final)
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Winning time14:55.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joseph Guillemot  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Backman  Sweden
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The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, August 16, 1920, and on Tuesday, August 17, 1920. Thirty-eight runners from 16 nations competed.[1]

Competition format

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The competition consisted of two rounds. First four semifinals were held of 9 to 10 runners with the top four in each heat advancing. The final race was then held the next day with 16 competitors.[2]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

World Record 14:36.6  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912
Olympic Record 14:36.6  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 16 August 1920 10:00 Round 1
Tuesday, 17 August 1920 15:15 Final

Results

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Times were generally only published for the winners of each heat. Some of the times listed below are estimates based on contemporary reports of the races.[4]

Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Rudolf Falk  Sweden 15:17.8 Q
2 Herbert Irwin  Great Britain 15:17.8 Q
3 Teodor Koskenniemi  Finland 15:22.0 Q
4 Clifford Furnas  United States 15:23.0 Q
5 Augusto Maccario  Italy 15:23.2
6 Alfred Gaschen  Switzerland 15:38.0
7 Jean-Baptiste Manhès  France 16:17.8
Tommy Town  Canada DNF
Panagiotis Retelas  Greece DNF
Pierre Trullemans  Belgium DNF

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joe Blewitt  Great Britain 15:19.8 Q
2 Julien Van Campenhout  Belgium 15:22.6 Q
3 Hal Brown  United States 15:31.8 Q
4 Nils Bergström  Sweden 15:39.2 Q
5 Lucien Duquesne  France
6 Juan Muguerza  Spain
7 Konosuke Sano  Japan
Teodoro Pons  Spain DNF
Carlo Martinenghi  Italy DNF
Artur Nielsen  Denmark DNF
Heikki Liimatainen  Finland DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carlo Speroni  Italy 15:27.6 Q
2 Paavo Nurmi  Finland 15:33.0 Q
3 William Seagrove  Great Britain 15:53.6 Q
4 Emanuel Lundström  Sweden 16:04.2 Q
5 Charles Hunter  United States
6 Alexandros Kranis  Greece
7 François Vyncke  Belgium
8 Karel Pacák  Czechoslovakia
9 Abdul Ali Maghoub  Egypt
Gaston Heuet  France DNS
Jüri Lossman  Estonia DNS
Saburo Hasumi  Japan DNS

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joseph Guillemot  France 15:33.0 Q
2 Eric Backman  Sweden 15:34.0 Q
3 Ivan Dresser  United States 15:41.6 Q
4 Alfred Nichols  Great Britain 15:54.0 Q
5 Ilmari Vesamaa  Finland 15:54.4
6 Tomeichi Ohura  Japan
7 Jón Jónsen  Denmark
8 Henri Smets  Belgium
9 Gerardus van der Wel  Netherlands
Eddie Lawrence  Canada DNS
Constantino Lussana  Italy DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joseph Guillemot  France 14:55.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland 15:00.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Backman  Sweden 15:13.0
4 Teodor Koskenniemi  Finland 15:17.0
5 Joe Blewitt  Great Britain 15:19.0
6 William Seagrove  Great Britain 15:21.0
7 Carlo Speroni  Italy 15:21.2
8 Alfred Nichols  Great Britain 15:24.0
9 Julien Van Campenhout  Belgium 15:25.0
10 Nils Bergström  Sweden 15:29.5
11 Rudolf Falk  Sweden
12 Herbert Irwin  Great Britain
13 Emanuel Lundström  Sweden
Clifford Furnas  United States DNF
Hal Brown  United States DNF
Ivan Dresser  United States DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "5000 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "World Record Progression of 5000 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

Further reading

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  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.


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