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Athletics — 5,000 metres, Men

Athletics — 5,000 metres, Men

Times held	26
Total participants	1007
Total countries	131

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1912	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	31	11
1920	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	38	16
1924	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	39	22
1928	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	38	18
1932	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	18	11
1936	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	41	23
1948	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	33	21
1952	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	45	24
1956	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	23	13
1960	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	48	31
1964	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	48	29
1968	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	39	25
1972	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	61	35
1976	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	36	23
1980	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	35	22
1984	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	56	40
1988	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	56	39
1992	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	56	41
1996	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	37	22
2000	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	36	23
2004	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	36	22
2008	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	39	24
2012	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	42	26
2016	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	51	28
2020	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	38	23
2024	5,000 metres, Men	Olympic	39	22

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1912	Hannes Kolehmainen	👁 Image FIN	Jean Bouin	👁 Image FRA	George Hutson	👁 Image GBR
1920	Joseph Guillemot	👁 Image FRA	Paavo Nurmi	👁 Image FIN	Eric Backman	👁 Image SWE
1924	Paavo Nurmi	👁 Image FIN	Ville Ritola	👁 Image FIN	Edvin Wide	👁 Image SWE
1928	Ville Ritola	👁 Image FIN	Paavo Nurmi	👁 Image FIN	Edvin Wide	👁 Image SWE
1932	Lauri Lehtinen	👁 Image FIN	Ralph Hill	👁 Image USA	Lasse Virtanen	👁 Image FIN
1936	Gunnar Höckert	👁 Image FIN	Lauri Lehtinen	👁 Image FIN	Henry Jonsson	👁 Image SWE
1948	Gaston Reiff	👁 Image BEL	Emil Zátopek	👁 Image TCH	Wim Slijkhuis	👁 Image NED
1952	Emil Zátopek	👁 Image TCH	Alain Mimoun	👁 Image FRA	Herbert Schade	👁 Image GER
1956	Vladimir Kuts	👁 Image URS	Gordon Pirie	👁 Image GBR	Derek Ibbotson	👁 Image GBR
1960	Murray Halberg	👁 Image NZL	Hans Grodotzki	👁 Image GER	Kazimierz Zimny	👁 Image POL
1964	Bob Schul	👁 Image USA	Harald Norpoth	👁 Image GER	Bill Dellinger	👁 Image USA
1968	Mohamad Gammoudi	👁 Image TUN	Kip Keino	👁 Image KEN	Naftali Temu	👁 Image KEN
1972	Lasse Virén	👁 Image FIN	Mohamad Gammoudi	👁 Image TUN	Ian Stewart	👁 Image GBR
1976	Lasse Virén	👁 Image FIN	Dick Quax	👁 Image NZL	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand	👁 Image FRG
1980	Miruts Yifter	👁 Image ETH	Suleiman Nyambui	👁 Image TAN	Kaarlo Maaninka	👁 Image FIN
1984	Saïd Aouita	👁 Image MAR	Markus Ryffel	👁 Image SUI	António Leitão	👁 Image POR
1988	John Ngugi	👁 Image KEN	Dieter Baumann	👁 Image FRG	Hansjörg Kunze	👁 Image GDR
1992	Dieter Baumann	👁 Image GER	Paul Bitok	👁 Image KEN	Fita Bayesa	👁 Image ETH
1996	Vénuste Niyongabo	👁 Image BDI	Paul Bitok	👁 Image KEN	Khalid Boulami	👁 Image MAR
2000	Million Wolde	👁 Image ETH	Ali Saïdi-Sief	👁 Image ALG	Brahim Lahlafi	👁 Image MAR
2004	Hicham El Guerrouj	👁 Image MAR	Kenenisa Bekele	👁 Image ETH	Eliud Kipchoge	👁 Image KEN
2008	Kenenisa Bekele	👁 Image ETH	Eliud Kipchoge	👁 Image KEN	Edwin Soi	👁 Image KEN
2012	Mo Farah	👁 Image GBR	Dejen Gebremeskel	👁 Image ETH	Thomas Longosiwa	👁 Image KEN
2016	Mo Farah	👁 Image GBR	Paul Chelimo	👁 Image USA	Hagos Gebrhiwet	👁 Image ETH
2020	Joshua Cheptegei	👁 Image UGA	Moh Ahmed	👁 Image CAN	Paul Chelimo	👁 Image USA
2024	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	👁 Image NOR	Ronald Kwemoi	👁 Image KEN	Grant Fisher	👁 Image USA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Finland	👁 Image FIN	7	4	2	13
Ethiopia	👁 Image ETH	3	2	2	7
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	2	1	3	6
Morocco	👁 Image MAR	2	0	2	4
Kenya	👁 Image KEN	1	5	4	10
United States	👁 Image USA	1	2	3	6
Germany	👁 Image GER	1	2	1	4
France	👁 Image FRA	1	2	0	3
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1	1	0	2
New Zealand	👁 Image NZL	1	1	0	2
Tunisia	👁 Image TUN	1	1	0	2
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1	0	0	1
Burundi	👁 Image BDI	1	0	0	1
Norway	👁 Image NOR	1	0	0	1
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1	0	0	1
Uganda	👁 Image UGA	1	0	0	1
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	0	1	1	2
Algeria	👁 Image ALG	0	1	0	1
Canada	👁 Image CAN	0	1	0	1
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	0	1	0	1
United Republic of Tanzania	👁 Image TAN	0	1	0	1
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	0	0	4	4
East Germany	👁 Image GDR	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	0	0	1	1
Poland	👁 Image POL	0	0	1	1
Portugal	👁 Image POR	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Total
Lasse Virén	👁 Image FIN	2	0	2
Mo Farah	👁 Image GBR	2	0	2
Paavo Nurmi	👁 Image FIN	1	2	3
Lauri Lehtinen	👁 Image FIN	1	1	2
Ville Ritola	👁 Image FIN	1	1	2
Dieter Baumann	👁 Image GER 👁 Image FRG	1	1	2
Emil Zátopek	👁 Image CZE 👁 Image TCH	1	1	2
Mohamad Gammoudi	👁 Image TUN	1	1	2
Kenenisa Bekele	👁 Image ETH	1	1	2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Country		Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
Algeria	👁 Image ALG	2000 Summer Olympics	Ali Saïdi-Sief	2	Silver	See all
Angola	👁 Image ANG	1980 Summer Olympics	Bernardo Manuel	11 h2 r1/3	See all
Argentina	👁 Image ARG	1984 Summer Olympics	Julio Gómez	10 h1 r1/3	See all
2012 Summer Olympics	Javier Carriqueo	19 h2 r1/2
Australasia	👁 Image ANZ	1912 Summer Olympics	George Hill	4 h1 r1/2	See all
Australia	👁 Image AUS	1956 Summer Olympics	Albie Thomas	5	See all
1960 Summer Olympics	Dave Power	5
1968 Summer Olympics	Ron Clarke	5
Austria	👁 Image AUT	1980 Summer Olympics	Dietmar Millonig	6	See all
Azerbaijan	👁 Image AZE	2012 Summer Olympics	Hayle İbrahimov	9	See all
Bahrain	👁 Image BRN	2020 Summer Olympics	Birhanu Balew	6	See all
Barbados	👁 Image BAR	1992 Summer Olympics	Leo Garnes	11 h2 r1/2	See all
Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1948 Summer Olympics	Gaston Reiff	1	Gold	See all
Belize	👁 Image BIZ	1984 Summer Olympics	Eugène Muslar	12 h2 r1/3	See all
Benin	👁 Image BEN	1980 Summer Olympics	Amadou Alimi	12 h3 r1/3	See all
Bolivia	👁 Image BOL	1992 Summer Olympics	Policarpio Calizaya	14 h4 r1/2	See all
Botswana	👁 Image BOT	1980 Summer Olympics	Robert Chideka	10 h1 r1/3	See all
Brazil	👁 Image BRA	1924 Summer Olympics	Alfredo Gomes	9 h1 r1/2	See all
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	1988 Summer Olympics	Evgeni Ignatov	8	See all
Burundi	👁 Image BDI	1996 Summer Olympics	Vénuste Niyongabo	1	Gold	See all
Cabo Verde	👁 Image CPV	2012 Summer Olympics	Ruben Sança	21 h2 r1/2	See all
Cameroon	👁 Image CMR	1968 Summer Olympics	Esau Adenji	12 h1 r1/2	See all
Canada	👁 Image CAN	2020 Summer Olympics	Moh Ahmed	2	Silver	See all
Central African Republic	👁 Image CAF	1968 Summer Olympics	Gabriel M'Boa	13 h1 r1/2	See all
Chad	👁 Image CHA	1992 Summer Olympics	Yussuf Moli Yesky	14 h1 r1/2	See all
Chile	👁 Image CHI	1972 Summer Olympics	Edmundo Warnke	5 h5 r1/2	See all
1984 Summer Olympics	Omar Aguilar	11 h1 r2/3
Colombia	👁 Image COL	1976 Summer Olympics	Domingo Tibaduiza	8 h2 r1/2	See all
Costa Rica	👁 Image CRC	1968 Summer Olympics	Rafael Pérez	12 h2 r1/2	See all
Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	1952 Summer Olympics	Emil Zátopek	1	Gold	See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo	👁 Image COD	1984 Summer Olympics	Masini Situ-Kumbanga	12 h4 r1/3	See all
Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1956 Summer Olympics	Thyge Thøgersen	8	See all
Djibouti	👁 Image DJI	2012 Summer Olympics	Mumin Gala	13	See all
Dominican Republic	👁 Image DOM	1984 Summer Olympics	Ruddy Cornielle	14 h2 r1/3	See all
East Germany	👁 Image GDR	1988 Summer Olympics	Hansjörg Kunze	3	Bronze	See all
Ecuador	👁 Image ECU	1984 Summer Olympics	Luis Tipán	12 h3 r1/3	See all
Egypt	👁 Image EGY	1924 Summer Olympics	Mohamed El-Sayed	10 h1 r1/2	See all
El Salvador	👁 Image ESA	1968 Summer Olympics	Efraín Cordero	DNS	See all
Equatorial Guinea	👁 Image GEQ	1988 Summer Olympics	Manuel Rondo	19 h1 r1/3	See all
Eritrea	👁 Image ERI	2004 Summer Olympics	Zersenay Tadese	7	See all
Estonia	👁 Image EST	1920 Summer Olympics	Jüri Lossman	DNS	See all
1928 Summer Olympics	Felix Beldsinsky	DNS
Eswatini	👁 Image SWZ	1992 Summer Olympics	Isaac Simelane	9 h3 r1/2	See all
Ethiopia	👁 Image ETH	1980 Summer Olympics	Miruts Yifter	1	Gold	See all
2000 Summer Olympics	Million Wolde	1	Gold
2008 Summer Olympics	Kenenisa Bekele	1	Gold
Fiji	👁 Image FIJ	1972 Summer Olympics	Usaia Sotutu	13 h5 r1/2	See all
Finland	👁 Image FIN	1912 Summer Olympics	Hannes Kolehmainen	1	Gold	See all
1924 Summer Olympics	Paavo Nurmi	1	Gold
1928 Summer Olympics	Ville Ritola	1	Gold
1932 Summer Olympics	Lauri Lehtinen	1	Gold
1936 Summer Olympics	Gunnar Höckert	1	Gold
1972 Summer Olympics	Lasse Virén	1	Gold
1976 Summer Olympics	Lasse Virén	1	Gold
France	👁 Image FRA	1920 Summer Olympics	Joseph Guillemot	1	Gold	See all
Germany	👁 Image GER	1992 Summer Olympics	Dieter Baumann	1	Gold	See all
Ghana	👁 Image GHA	1968 Summer Olympics	Robert Hackman	DNS	See all
Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	2012 Summer Olympics	Mo Farah	1	Gold	See all
2016 Summer Olympics	Mo Farah	1	Gold
Greece	👁 Image GRE	1924 Summer Olympics	Alexandros Kranis	7 h3 r1/2	See all
Guatemala	👁 Image GUA	2020 Summer Olympics	Luis Grijalva	12	See all
Guyana	👁 Image GUY	1960 Summer Olympics	George De Peana	13 h4 r1/2	See all
Haiti	👁 Image HAI	1976 Summer Olympics	Dieudonné Lamothe	13 h1 r1/2	See all
Honduras	👁 Image HON	1968 Summer Olympics	Juan Valladares	14 h1 r1/2	See all
1968 Summer Olympics	Clovis Morales	14 h2 r1/2
Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1956 Summer Olympics	Miklós Szabó	4	See all
Iceland	👁 Image ISL	1952 Summer Olympics	Kristján Jóhannsson	14 h3 r1/2	See all
India	👁 Image IND	1980 Summer Olympics	Gopal Saini	9 h1 r1/3	See all
Indonesia	👁 Image INA	1988 Summer Olympics	Edward Nabunome	14 h2 r1/3	See all
Iraq	👁 Image IRQ	2000 Summer Olympics	Shihab Houna Murad	18 h2 r1/2	See all
Ireland	👁 Image IRL	1980 Summer Olympics	Eamonn Coghlan	4	See all
Islamic Republic of Iran	👁 Image IRI	1976 Summer Olympics	Hossein Rabbi	10 h2 r1/2	See all
Israel	👁 Image ISR	1984 Summer Olympics	Arie Gamliel	10 h3 r1/3	See all
Italy	👁 Image ITA	1920 Summer Olympics	Carlo Speroni	7	See all
1936 Summer Olympics	Umberto Cerati	7
1988 Summer Olympics	Stefano Mei	7
Jamaica	👁 Image JAM	2016 Summer Olympics	Kemoy Campbell	10 h1 r1/2	See all
Japan	👁 Image JPN	1936 Summer Olympics	Kohei Murakoso	4	See all
Jordan	👁 Image JOR	1984 Summer Olympics	Basil Kilani	12 h1 r1/3	See all
Kenya	👁 Image KEN	1988 Summer Olympics	John Ngugi	1	Gold	See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	👁 Image KSA	2008 Summer Olympics	Moukheld Al-Outaibi	6 h3 r1/2	See all
Kyrgyzstan	👁 Image KGZ	2020 Summer Olympics	Nursultan Keneshbekov	18 h1 r1/2	See all
Latvia	👁 Image LAT	1928 Summer Olympics	Staņislavs Petkevičs	7	See all
Lesotho	👁 Image LES	2016 Summer Olympics	Namakoe Nkhasi	15 h1 r1/2	See all
Liberia	👁 Image LBR	1984 Summer Olympics	Nimley Twegbe	13 h1 r1/3	See all
Lithuania	👁 Image LTU	1928 Summer Olympics	Julius Petraitis	10 h2 r1/2	See all
Luxembourg	👁 Image LUX	1936 Summer Olympics	Michel Medinger, Sr.	13 h3 r1/2	See all
1952 Summer Olympics	Paul Frieden	13 h3 r1/2
Madagascar	👁 Image MAD	1964 Summer Olympics	Jean Randrianjatavo	11 h1 r1/2	See all
Malawi	👁 Image MAW	1996 Summer Olympics	Henry Moyo	13 h2 r1/3	See all
Mauritania	👁 Image MTN	1996 Summer Olympics	Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou	11 h1 r1/3	See all
Mexico	👁 Image MEX	1968 Summer Olympics	Juan Martínez	4	See all
Monaco	👁 Image MON	1928 Summer Olympics	Robert Masino	DNS	See all
Morocco	👁 Image MAR	1984 Summer Olympics	Saïd Aouita	1	Gold	See all
2004 Summer Olympics	Hicham El Guerrouj	1	Gold
Mozambique	👁 Image MOZ	1980 Summer Olympics	Pedro Mulomo	11 h3 r1/3	See all
Myanmar	👁 Image MYA	2000 Summer Olympics	Maung Maung Nge	19 h2 r1/2	See all
Nepal	👁 Image NEP	1980 Summer Olympics	Laxman Basnet	11 h1 r1/3	See all
Netherlands	👁 Image NED	1948 Summer Olympics	Wim Slijkhuis	3	Bronze	See all
New Zealand	👁 Image NZL	1960 Summer Olympics	Murray Halberg	1	Gold	See all
North Yemen	👁 Image YAR	1988 Summer Olympics	Anwar Al-Harazi	16 h2 r1/3	See all
Norway	👁 Image NOR	2024 Summer Olympics	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	1	Gold	See all
Pakistan	👁 Image PAK	1960 Summer Olympics	Mubarak Shah	12 h4 r1/2	See all
Palestine	👁 Image PLE	2008 Summer Olympics	Nader Al-Massri	13 h2 r1/2	See all
Papua New Guinea	👁 Image PNG	1976 Summer Olympics	John Kokinai	11 h2 r1/2	See all
Paraguay	👁 Image PAR	1984 Summer Olympics	Ramón López	13 h3 r1/3	See all
People's Republic of China	👁 Image CHN	1948 Summer Olympics	Luo Wenao	8 h2 r1/2	See all
Peru	👁 Image PER	2016 Summer Olympics	David Torrence	15	See all
Philippines	👁 Image PHI	1968 Summer Olympics	Benjamin Silva-Netto	13 h2 r1/2	See all
Poland	👁 Image POL	1960 Summer Olympics	Kazimierz Zimny	3	Bronze	See all
Portugal	👁 Image POR	1984 Summer Olympics	António Leitão	3	Bronze	See all
Qatar	👁 Image QAT	2008 Summer Olympics	James Kwalia	8	See all
Republic of Korea	👁 Image KOR	1948 Summer Olympics	Sim Bok-Seok	10 h2 r1/2	See all
Rhodesia	👁 Image RHO	1960 Summer Olympics	Cyprian Tseriwa	10 h3 r1/2	See all
Romania	👁 Image ROU	1964 Summer Olympics	Andrei Barabaș	4 h1 r1/2	See all
Russian Federation	👁 Image RUS	1912 Summer Olympics	Mikhail Nikolsky	4 h3 r1/2	See all
Rwanda	👁 Image RWA	1992 Summer Olympics	Seraphin Mugabo	11 h4 r1/2	See all
Senegal	👁 Image SEN	1972 Summer Olympics	Siatka Badji	DNS	See all
Serbia	👁 Image SRB	2024 Summer Olympics	Elzan Bibić	14h1 r1/2	See all
Singapore	👁 Image SGP	1972 Summer Olympics	P. C. Suppiah	11 h1 r1/2	See all
Slovakia	👁 Image SVK	1996 Summer Olympics	Miroslav Vanko	12 h1 r2/3	See all
Solomon Islands	👁 Image SOL	2016 Summer Olympics	Rosefelo Siosi	24 h1 r1/2	See all
Somalia	👁 Image SOM	2008 Summer Olympics	Abdinasir Ibrahim	12 h3 r1/2	See all
South Africa	👁 Image RSA	2016 Summer Olympics	Elroy Gelant	13	See all
South Vietnam	👁 Image VNM	1964 Summer Olympics	Nguyễn Văn Lý	13 h3 r1/2	See all
South Yemen	👁 Image YMD	1988 Summer Olympics	Farouk Ahmed Sayed	18 h3 r1/3	See all
Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1956 Summer Olympics	Vladimir Kuts	1	Gold	See all
Spain	👁 Image ESP	1996 Summer Olympics	Enrique Molina	7	See all
Sri Lanka	👁 Image SRI	1964 Summer Olympics	Ranatunge Karunananda	12 h3 r1/2	See all
Sudan	👁 Image SUD	1984 Summer Olympics	Ahmed Musa Jouda	9 h2 r1/3	See all
1996 Summer Olympics	Khamis Abdullah Seifeddine	12 h3 r1/3
Sweden	👁 Image SWE	1920 Summer Olympics	Eric Backman	3	Bronze	See all
1924 Summer Olympics	Edvin Wide	3	Bronze
1928 Summer Olympics	Edvin Wide	3	Bronze
1936 Summer Olympics	Henry Jonsson	3	Bronze
Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	1984 Summer Olympics	Markus Ryffel	2	Silver	See all
Syrian Arab Republic	👁 Image SYR	1980 Summer Olympics	Saleh El-Ali	12 h2 r1/3	See all
São Tomé and Príncipe	👁 Image STP	2016 Summer Olympics	Romário Leitão	25 h2 r1/2	See all
Thailand	👁 Image THA	1960 Summer Olympics	Somnuek Srisombat	11 h3 r1/2	See all
1964 Summer Olympics	Somsak Keaokanta	11 h3 r1/2
Trinidad and Tobago	👁 Image TTO	1948 Summer Olympics	Manny Ramjohn	10 h1 r1/2	See all
Tunisia	👁 Image TUN	1968 Summer Olympics	Mohamad Gammoudi	1	Gold	See all
Türkiye	👁 Image TUR	1952 Summer Olympics	Osman Coşgül	8 h2 r1/2	See all
Uganda	👁 Image UGA	2020 Summer Olympics	Joshua Cheptegei	1	Gold	See all
Ukraine	👁 Image UKR	2000 Summer Olympics	Serhiy Lebid	7	See all
Unified Team	👁 Image EUN	1992 Summer Olympics	Andrey Tikhonov	8 h4 r1/2	See all
United Republic of Tanzania	👁 Image TAN	1980 Summer Olympics	Suleiman Nyambui	2	Silver	See all
United States	👁 Image USA	1964 Summer Olympics	Bob Schul	1	Gold	See all
United States Virgin Islands	👁 Image ISV	1992 Summer Olympics	Marlon Williams	12 h2 r1/2	See all
Uruguay	👁 Image URU	2024 Summer Olympics	Santiago Catrofe	14h2 r1/2	See all
Vanuatu	👁 Image VAN	1992 Summer Olympics	Tawai Keiruan	13 h1 r1/2	See all
Venezuela	👁 Image VEN	2004 Summer Olympics	Freddy González	13 h2 r1/2	See all
West Germany	👁 Image FRG	1988 Summer Olympics	Dieter Baumann	2	Silver	See all
Yemen	👁 Image YEM	1992 Summer Olympics	Hussein Salah Joaim	DNS	See all
Yugoslavia	👁 Image YUG	1964 Summer Olympics	Franc Červan	7 h3 r1/2	See all
Zambia	👁 Image ZAM	2000 Summer Olympics	Sam Mfula Mwape	14 h2 r1/2	See all
Zimbabwe	👁 Image ZIM	1984 Summer Olympics	Zephaniah Ncube	12 h1 r2/3	See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies	👁 Image EOR	2024 Summer Olympics	Dominic Lobalu	4	See all

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/45

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Athletics — 5,000 metres, Men

Participants

Medal winners

Medals by country

Top medallists

Best performance by country