The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and on Friday, August 3, 1928. Thirty-eight long-distance runners from 19 nations competed.[1]
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 31 (semifinals) August 3 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 14:38.0 | ||||||||||||
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Records edit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 14:28.2 |  Paavo Nurmi
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Helsinki (FIN) | June 19, 1924 |
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| Olympic Record | 14:31.2 | Paavo Nurmi
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Paris (FRA) | July 10, 1924 |
Results edit
Semifinals edit
All semifinals were held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and started at 5:10 p.m.
The best four finishers of every heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Leo Lermond |  United States |
15:02.6 | Q |
| 2 | Staņislavs Petkēvičs |  Latvia |
15:03.0 | Q |
| 3 | Eino Purje |  Finland |
15:03.6 | Q |
| 4 | Ragnar Magnusson |  Sweden |
15:03.8 | Q |
| 5 | Wally Beavers |  Great Britain |
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| 6 | Carl Petersen |  Denmark |
15:13.0 | |
| 7 | Frederick Light | Great Britain |
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| 8 | Lucien Duquesne |  France |
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| 9 | Seghir Beddari | France |
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| — | Ciro Chapa |  Mexico |
DNF | |
| Charles Haworth | United States |
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| Karel Nedobitý |  Czechoslovakia |
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| Billy Kibblewhite |  Canada |
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| Nol Wolf |  Netherlands |
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| Julien Serwy |  Belgium |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Nils Eklöf | Sweden |
15:07.4 | Q |
| 2 | Ville Ritola | Finland |
15:10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Armas Kinnunen | Finland |
15:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Brian Oddie | Great Britain |
15:16.0 | Q |
| 5 | Jesús Oyarbide |  Spain |
15:22.0 | |
| 6 | Roger Pelé | France |
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| 7 | Willi Boltze |  Germany |
15:33.0 | |
| 8 | Jozef Koščak | Czechoslovakia |
15:42.0 | |
| 9 | Andreas Paouris |  Greece |
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| 10 | Julius Petraitis |  Lithuania |
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| 11 | David Abbott | United States |
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| — | Art Keay | Canada |
DNF | |
| George Hyde |  Australia |
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| Pieter Gerbrands | Netherlands |
Semifinal 3 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Macauley Smith | United States |
15:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | Edvin Wide | Sweden |
15:05.0 | Q |
| 3 | Herbert Johnston | Great Britain |
15:06.3 | Q |
| 4 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland |
15:08.0 | Q |
| 5 | Otto Kohn | Germany |
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| 6 | Arie Klaase | Netherlands |
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| 7 | Arturo Peña | Spain |
15:45.0 | |
| 8 | Vincent Callard | Canada |
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| — | Gurbachan Singh |  India |
DNF |
Final edit
The final was held on Friday, August 3, 1928, and started at 2:30 p.m.
The same three runners finished on the podium as four years earlier in the 5000 metre event at the 1924 Games. But this time Ritola won the gold medal and Nurmi silver, Wide won the bronze medal again.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Ville Ritola | Finland |
14:38.0 |
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Paavo Nurmi | Finland |
14:40.0 |
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Edvin Wide | Sweden |
14:41.2 |
| 4 | Leo Lermond | United States |
14:50.0 |
| 5 | Ragnar Magnusson | Sweden |
14:59.6 |
| 6 | Armas Kinnunen | Finland |
15:02.0 |
| 7 | Staņislavs Petkēvičs | Latvia |
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| 8 | Herbert Johnston | Great Britain |
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| 9 | Brian Oddie | Great Britain |
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| 10 | Macauley Smith | United States |
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| — | Nils Eklöf | Sweden |
DNF |
| Eino Purje | Finland
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References edit
- ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
External links edit
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.