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5,000 metres, Men

Date16 – 17 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Antwerpen
Participants38 from 16 countries

The world and Olympic record was 14:36.6, set by Hannes Kolehmainen in winning the 1912 gold medal. There was no equivalent race held at either the AAU or AAA Championships. The closest AAA race was the four-mile, while the AAU held no similar event at the American national championship from 1906-1931. The 5,000 was the first Olympic appearance for Paavo Nurmi. He was met by Frenchman Joseph Guillemot, who had suffered the effects of mustard gas in World War I, and was told in 1918 that he would never be able to run again. The two of them left the field behind after two laps, and ran together until Guillemot outsprinted Nurmi with a kick that began from about 200 metres out.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1Final
1329Joseph GuillemotπŸ‘ Image
FRA
15:33.0 (1 h4)14:55.6 (1)Gold
2275Paavo NurmiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:33.0 (2 h3)15:00.0 (2)Silver
3567Eric BackmanπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:34.0 (2 h4)15:13.0 (3)Bronze
4265Teodor KoskenniemiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:22.0 (3 h1)15:17.0 (4)
5380Joe BlewittπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:19.8 (1 h2)15:19.0 (5)
6418William SeagroveπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:53.6 (3 h3)15:21.0 (6)
7498Carlo SperoniπŸ‘ Image
ITA
15:27.6 (1 h3)15:21.2est / at 1 metre (7)
8413Alfred NicholsπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:54.0 (4 h4)15:24.0est / at 15 metres (8)
955Julien Van CampenhoutπŸ‘ Image
BEL
15:22.6 (2 h2)15:25.0est / at 5 metres (9)
10568Nils BergstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:39.2 (4 h2)15:29.5est / at 25 metres (10)
11405Carmichael IrwinπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:17.8 (2 h1)– (11)
12608Emanuel LundstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
16:04.2 (4 h3)– (12)
578Rudolf FalkπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:17.8 (1 h1)– ()
168Clifford FurnasπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:23.0 (4 h1)– ()
–Hal BrownπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:31.8 (3 h2)– ()
156Ivan DresserπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:41.6 (3 h4)– ()
5 h1 r1/2636Augusto MaccarioπŸ‘ Image
ITA
15:23.2est (5 h1)–
5 h2 r1/2315Lucien DuquesneπŸ‘ Image
FRA
– (5 h2)–
5 h3 r1/2182Charles HunterπŸ‘ Image
USA
– (5 h3)–
5 h4 r1/2290Ilmari VesamaaπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:54.4 (5 h4)–
6 h1 r1/2487Alfred GaschenπŸ‘ Image
SUI
15:38.0est (6 h1)–
6 h2 r1/2123Juan MuguerzaπŸ‘ Image
ESP
– (6 h2)–
6 h3 r1/2432Alexandros KranisπŸ‘ Image
GRE
– (6 h3)–
6 h4 r1/2518Tomeichi OhuraπŸ‘ Image
JPN
– (9 h4)–
7 h1 r1/2350Jean-Baptiste ManhΓ¨sπŸ‘ Image
FRA
16:17.8est (7 h1)–
7 h3 r1/266FranΓ§ois VynckeπŸ‘ Image
BEL
– (7 h3)–
7 h4 r1/297JΓ³n JΓ³nssonπŸ‘ Image
DEN
– (6 h4)–
8 h3 r1/2665Karel PacΓ‘kπŸ‘ Image
TCH
– (8 h3)–
8 h4 r1/253Henri SmetsπŸ‘ Image
BEL
– (7 h4)–
9 h4 r1/2451Gerardus van der WelπŸ‘ Image
NED
– (8 h4)–
AC h1 r1/254Pierre TrullemansπŸ‘ Image
BEL
– (DNF h1)–
AC h1 r1/285Tommy TownπŸ‘ Image
CAN
– (DNF h1)–
AC h1 r1/2435Panagiotis RetelasπŸ‘ Image
GRE
– (DNF h1)–
AC h2 r1/2520Konosuke SanoπŸ‘ Image
JPN
– (DNF h2)–
AC h2 r1/299Artur NielsenπŸ‘ Image
DEN
– (DNF h2)–
AC h2 r1/2126Diodoro PonsπŸ‘ Image
ESP
– (DNF h2)–
AC h2 r1/2486Carlo MartinenghiπŸ‘ Image
ITA
– (DNF h2)–
AC h3 r1/2112Ali MaghoubπŸ‘ Image
EGY
– (DNF h3)–
307Louis CorletπŸ‘ Image
FRA
––
336Gaston HeuetπŸ‘ Image
FRA
– (DNS h3)–
374RenΓ© VignaudπŸ‘ Image
FRA
––
271Heikki LiimatainenπŸ‘ Image
FIN
– (DNS h2)–
680JΓΌri LossmanπŸ‘ Image
EST
– (DNS h3)–
511Saburo HasumiπŸ‘ Image
JPN
– (DNS h3)–
77Eddie LawrenceπŸ‘ Image
CAN
– (DNS h4)–
484Costantino LussanaπŸ‘ Image
ITA
– (DNS h4)–

Round One

Date16 August 1920 β€” 10:00
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
1578Rudolf FalkπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:17.8
2405Carmichael IrwinπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:17.8
3265Teodor KoskenniemiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:22.0
4168Clifford FurnasπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:23.0
5487Augusto MaccarioπŸ‘ Image
ITA
15:23.2est
6636Alfred GaschenπŸ‘ Image
SUI
15:38.0est
7350Jean-Baptiste ManhΓ¨sπŸ‘ Image
FRA
16:17.8est
54Pierre TrullemansπŸ‘ Image
BEL
–1
435Panagiotis RetelasπŸ‘ Image
GRE
–2
85Tommy TownπŸ‘ Image
CAN
–3

Heat #2

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
1380Joe BlewittπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:19.8
255Julien Van CampenhoutπŸ‘ Image
BEL
15:22.6
3–Hal BrownπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:31.8
4568Nils BergstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:39.2
5315Lucien DuquesneπŸ‘ Image
FRA
–
6123Juan MuguerzaπŸ‘ Image
ESP
–
520Konosuke SanoπŸ‘ Image
JPN
–
99Artur NielsenπŸ‘ Image
DEN
–4
126Diodoro PonsπŸ‘ Image
ESP
–5
486Carlo MartinenghiπŸ‘ Image
ITA
–6
271Heikki LiimatainenπŸ‘ Image
FIN
–

Heat #3

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
1498Carlo SperoniπŸ‘ Image
ITA
15:27.6
2275Paavo NurmiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:33.0
3418William SeagroveπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:53.6
4608Emanuel LundstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
16:04.2
5182Charles HunterπŸ‘ Image
USA
–
6432Alexandros KranisπŸ‘ Image
GRE
–
766FranΓ§ois VynckeπŸ‘ Image
BEL
–
8665Karel PacΓ‘kπŸ‘ Image
TCH
–
112Ali MaghoubπŸ‘ Image
EGY
–
336Gaston HeuetπŸ‘ Image
FRA
–
680JΓΌri LossmanπŸ‘ Image
EST
–
511Saburo HasumiπŸ‘ Image
JPN
–

Heat #4

PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
1329Joseph GuillemotπŸ‘ Image
FRA
15:33.0
2567Eric BackmanπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:34.0
3156Ivan DresserπŸ‘ Image
USA
15:41.6
4413Alfred NicholsπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:54.0
5290Ilmari VesamaaπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:54.4
697JΓ³n JΓ³nssonπŸ‘ Image
DEN
–
753Henri SmetsπŸ‘ Image
BEL
–
8451Gerardus van der WelπŸ‘ Image
NED
–
9518Tomeichi OhuraπŸ‘ Image
JPN
–
77Eddie LawrenceπŸ‘ Image
CAN
–
484Costantino LussanaπŸ‘ Image
ITA
–

Final Round

Date17 August 1920 β€” 15:15
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
1329Joseph GuillemotπŸ‘ Image
FRA
14:55.6
2275Paavo NurmiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:00.0
3567Eric BackmanπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:13.0
4265Teodor KoskenniemiπŸ‘ Image
FIN
15:17.0
5380Joe BlewittπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:19.0
6418William SeagroveπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:21.0
7498Carlo SperoniπŸ‘ Image
ITA
15:21.2est / at 1 metre
8413Alfred NicholsπŸ‘ Image
GBR
15:24.0est / at 15 metres
955Julien Van CampenhoutπŸ‘ Image
BEL
15:25.0est / at 5 metres
10568Nils BergstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
15:29.5est / at 25 metres
11405Carmichael IrwinπŸ‘ Image
GBR
–
12608Emanuel LundstrΓΆmπŸ‘ Image
SWE
–
578Rudolf FalkπŸ‘ Image
SWE
–
168Clifford FurnasπŸ‘ Image
USA
–
–Hal BrownπŸ‘ Image
USA
–
156Ivan DresserπŸ‘ Image
USA
–