5000 metres

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Athletics
5000 metres
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Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007.
World records
Men Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36 (2020)
Women Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 14:06.62 (2020)
Olympic records
Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 (2008)
Women Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.17 (2016)
World Championship records
Men Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 (2003)
Women Hellen Obiri (KEN) 14:26.72 (2019)

The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12+1⁄2 laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's.

The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. While mainly run as an outdoor event, the 5000 m is sometimes run on an indoor track. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.[1][2]

3 miles[]

The 5000 metres is the (slightly longer) approximate metric equivalent of the 3-mile (4,828.0 m) run, an event common in countries which used the imperial measurement system. The 3-mile event featured in the Commonwealth Games through 1966, and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It required 12 laps around a 1⁄4-mile (402 m; 440 yd; 1,320 ft) track.

All-time top 25[]

See also: 5000 metres world record progression

Men[]

  • Correct as of July 2021.[3]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 12:35.36 Joshua Cheptegei  Uganda 14 AUG 2020 Monaco [4]
2 2 12:37.35 Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia 31 MAY 2004 Hengelo
3 3 12:39.36 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 13 JUN 1998 Helsinki
4 4 12:39.74 Daniel Komen  Kenya 22 AUG 1997 Brussels
5 12:40.18 Bekele #2 01 JUL 2005 Paris
6 12:41.86 Gebrselassie #2 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
5 7 12:43.02 Selemon Barega  Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
8 12:44.39 Gebrselassie #3 16 AUG 1995 Zürich
9 12:44.90 Komen #2 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
10 12:45.09 Komen #3 14 AUG 1996 Zürich
6 11 12:45.82 Hagos Gebrhiwet  Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
7 12 12:46.53 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 02 JUL 2004 Rome
8 13 12:46.79 Yomif Kejelcha  Ethiopia 31 AUG 2018 Brussels [5]
9 14 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel  Ethiopia 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
10 15 12:47.04 Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia 02 JUL 2004 Rome
11 16 12:47.20 Mohammed Ahmed  Canada 10 JUL 2020 Portland [7]
17 12:47.53 Gebrhiwet #2 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
18 12:48.09 Bekele #3 25 AUG 2006 Brussels
19 12:48.25 Bekele #4 18 AUG 2006 Zürich
12 20 12:48.45 Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Norway 10 JUN 2021 Florence [8]
13 21 12:48.63 Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda 08 SEP 2020 Ostrava [9]
14 22 12:48.64 Isaiah Kiplangat Koech  Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
15 23 12:48.66 Isaac Songok  Kenya 18 AUG 2006 Zürich
16 24 12:48.77 Yenew Alamirew  Ethiopia 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
17 25 12:48.81 Stephen Cherono  Kenya 12 JUN 2003 Ostrava
18 12:49.04 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa  Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris
19 12:49.28 Brahim Lahlafi  Morocco 25 AUG 2000 Brussels
20 12:49.50 John Kipkoech  Kenya 06 JUL 2012 Paris [6]
21 12:49.71 Mohammed Mourhit  Belgium 25 AUG 2000 Brussels
22 12:49.87 Paul Tergat  Kenya 13 AUG 1997 Zürich
23 12:50.24 Hicham El Guerrouj  Morocco 12 JUN 2003 Ostrava
24 12:50.25 Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco 26 AUG 2005 Brussels
25 12:50.55 Moses Ndiema Masai  Kenya 01 JUN 2008 Berlin

Women[]

  • Correct as of July 2021.[10]
Ath.# Perf.# Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 1 14:06.62 Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia 07 OCT 2020 Valencia [11]
2 2 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia 06 JUN 2008 Oslo
3 3 14:12.59 Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia 02 JUN 2016 Rome [12]
4 4 14:12.88 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 22 JUL 2008 Stockholm
5 5 14:13.32 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
6 6 14:14.09 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
7 14:14.32 Ayana #2 17 MAY 2015 Shanghai
7 8 14:15.24 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 08 JUN 2021 Hengelo [13]
8 9 14:15.41 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 04 JUL 2015 Paris [14]
10 14:16.31 Ayana #3 22 MAY 2016 Rabat
11 14:16.63 Defar #2 15 JUN 2007 Oslo
9 12 14:18.37 Hellen Obiri  Kenya 08 JUN 2017 Rome [15]
13 14:18.89 Ayana #4 09 SEP 2016 Brussels
14 14:19.76 G. Dibaba #2 30 MAY 2015 Eugene
15 14:20.36 Obiri #2 21 JUL 2019 London [16]
10 16 14:20.68 Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya 21 JUL 2019 London [16]
11 17 14:20.87 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 29 JUL 2011 Stockholm
18 14:21.29 G. Dibaba #3 11 JUN 2015 Oslo
19 14:21.75 Obiri #3 13 JUL 2018 Rabat
20 14:21.97 Ayana #5 04 JUL 2015 Paris
12 21 14:22.12 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 21 JUL 2019 London
21 14:22.12 Obiri #4 14 AUG 2020 Monaco [16]
23 14:22.34 Hassan #2 13 JUL 2018 Rabat
24 14:22.47 Obiri #5 13 MAY 2017 Shanghai
25 14:22.51 Cheruiyot #2 15 JUN 2007 Oslo
13 14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova  Russia 19 JUL 2008 Kazan
14 14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan  United States 10 JUL 2020 Portland [17]
15 14:24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey 11 JUN 2004 Bergen
16 14:25.34 Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi 03 SEP 2021 Brussels [18]
17 14:26.34 Karissa Schweizer  United States 10 JUL 2020 Portland [17]
18 14:26.76 Konstanze Klosterhalfen  Germany 03 AUG 2019 Berlin [19]
19 14:26.80 Fantu Worku  Ethiopia 01 JUL 2021 Oslo
20 14:27.12 Margaret Kipkemboi  Kenya 03 SEP 2021 Brussels [18]
21 14:27.55 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui  Kenya 01 SEP 2017 Brussels [20]
22 14:28.09 Jiang Bo  China 23 OCT 1997 Shanghai
23 14:28.39 Sentayehu Ejigu  Ethiopia 16 JUL 2010 Paris
24 14:28.55 Eilish McColgan  United Kingdom 01 JUL 2021 Oslo
25 14:29.11 Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 20 JUN 2004 Bydgoszcz

Olympic medalists[]

Men[]

Two men have won the Olympic 5000 metres on two occasions, both times back-to-back. Lasse Virén of Finland was the first to achieve the feat, winning the title in 1972 in Munich, before retaining the title in 1976 in Montreal. Mo Farah of Great Britain matched the achievement, winning the title in 2012 in London, and retaining it four years later in Rio de Janeiro. Both men achieved 5000 metre - 10,000 metre doubles on both occasions.

Finnish legend Paavo Nurmi is the only male runner to have won three Olympic medals at the distance, a gold and two silvers between 1920 and 1928.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
details 		Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland 		Jean Bouin
 France 		George Hutson
 Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
details 		Joseph Guillemot
 France 		Paavo Nurmi
 Finland 		Eric Backman
 Sweden
1924 Paris
details 		Paavo Nurmi
 Finland 		Ville Ritola
 Finland 		Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1928 Amsterdam
details 		Ville Ritola
 Finland 		Paavo Nurmi
 Finland 		Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1932 Los Angeles
details 		Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland 		Ralph Hill
 United States 		Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
1936 Berlin
details 		Gunnar Höckert
 Finland 		Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland 		Henry Jonsson
 Sweden
1948 London
details 		Gaston Reiff
 Belgium 		Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia 		Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
details 		Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia 		Alain Mimoun
 France 		Herbert Schade
 Germany
1956 Melbourne
details 		Vladimir Kuts
 Soviet Union 		Gordon Pirie
 Great Britain 		Derek Ibbotson
 Great Britain
1960 Rome
details 		Murray Halberg
 New Zealand 		Hans Grodotzki
 United Team of Germany 		Kazimierz Zimny
 Poland
1964 Tokyo
details 		Bob Schul
 United States 		Harald Norpoth
 United Team of Germany 		Bill Dellinger
 United States
1968 Mexico City
details 		Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia 		Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya 		Naftali Temu
 Kenya
1972 Munich
details 		Lasse Virén
 Finland 		Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia 		Ian Stewart
 Great Britain
1976 Montreal
details 		Lasse Virén
 Finland 		Dick Quax
 New Zealand 		Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
details 		Miruts Yifter
 Ethiopia 		Suleiman Nyambui
 Tanzania 		Kaarlo Maaninka
 Finland
1984 Los Angeles
details 		Saïd Aouita
 Morocco 		Markus Ryffel
 Switzerland 		António Leitão
 Portugal
1988 Seoul
details 		John Ngugi
 Kenya 		Dieter Baumann
 West Germany 		Hansjörg Kunze
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
details 		Dieter Baumann
 Germany 		Paul Bitok
 Kenya 		Fita Bayisa
 Ethiopia
1996 Atlanta
details 		Vénuste Niyongabo
 Burundi 		Paul Bitok
 Kenya 		Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
2000 Sydney
details 		Million Wolde
 Ethiopia 		Ali Saïdi-Sief
 Algeria 		Brahim Lahlafi
 Morocco
2004 Athens
details 		Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco 		Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia 		Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
2008 Beijing
details 		Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia 		Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya 		Edwin Soi
 Kenya
2012 London
details 		Mo Farah
 Great Britain 		Dejen Gebremeskel
 Ethiopia 		Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa
 Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Mo Farah
 Great Britain 		Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo
 United States 		Hagos Gebrhiwet
 Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
details 		Joshua Cheptegei
 Uganda 		Mohammed Ahmed
 Canada 		Paul Chelimo
 United States

Women[]

Only one woman has won the Olympic 5000 metres title twice, Ethiopian Meseret Defar winning in Athens in 2004, taking silver behind compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008, before regaining the title in London in 2012. Defar and Dibaba are the only athletes with three Olympic medals at the distance, with both reaching the podium in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
details 		Wang Junxia
 China 		Pauline Konga
 Kenya 		Roberta Brunet
 Italy
2000 Sydney
details 		Gabriela Szabo
 Romania 		Sonia O'Sullivan
 Ireland 		Gete Wami
 Ethiopia
2004 Athens
details 		Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia 		Isabella Ochichi
 Kenya 		Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2008 Beijing
details 		Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia 		Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia 		Sylvia Kibet
 Kenya
2012 London
details 		Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia 		Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya 		Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
details 		Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya 		Hellen Obiri
 Kenya 		Almaz Ayana
 Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
details 		Sifan Hassan
 Netherlands 		Hellen Obiri
 Kenya 		Gudaf Tsegay
 Ethiopia

World Championship Medalists[]

Men[]

In the World Championships, Great Britain's Mo Farah stands alone, the most successful and most decorated athlete in the event with three gold medals (2011, 2013 and 2015) and four medals in total (including silver in 2017) between 2011 and 2017. Kenya's Ismael Kirui was the first athlete to win the title twice in 1993 and 1995, and Ethiopia's Muktar Edris the third between 2017 and 2019.

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details 		 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)  Werner Schildhauer (GDR)  Martti Vainio (FIN)
1987 Rome
details 		 Saïd Aouita (MAR)  Domingos Castro (POR)  Jack Buckner (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
details 		 Yobes Ondieki (KEN)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1993 Stuttgart
details 		 Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995 Gothenburg
details 		 Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Shem Kororia (KEN)
1997 Athens
details 		 Daniel Komen (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Tom Nyariki (KEN)
1999 Seville
details 		 Salah Hissou (MAR)  Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)
2001 Edmonton
details 		 Richard Limo (KEN)  Million Wolde (ETH)  John Kibowen (KEN)
2003 Saint-Denis
details 		 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2005 Helsinki
details 		 Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Sileshi Sihine (ETH)  Craig Mottram (AUS)
2007 Osaka
details 		 Bernard Lagat (USA)  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Moses Kipsiro (UGA)
2009 Berlin
details 		 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  James Kwalia C'Kurui (QAT)
2011 Daegu
details 		 Mo Farah (GBR)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2013 Moscow
details 		 Mo Farah (GBR)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)  Isiah Koech (KEN)
2015 Beijing
details 		 Mo Farah (GBR)  Caleb Ndiku (KEN)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
2017 London
details 		 Muktar Edris (ETH)  Mo Farah (GBR)  Paul Chelimo (USA)
2019 Doha
details 		 Muktar Edris (ETH)  Selemon Barega (ETH)  Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)

Women[]

Romania's Gabriela Szabo won the title twice between 1995 and 1997. Since then four African runners - two Kenyan, two Ethiopian - have repeated the feat; Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and Vivian Cheruiyot and Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Meseret Defar's five medals - 2 gold, a silver and two bronze won between 2005 and 2013 - are the most won in the event by any athlete.


Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Gothenburg
details 		 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
1997 Athens
details 		 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Roberta Brunet (ITA)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Seville
details 		 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
details 		 Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2003 Saint-Denis
details 		 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Edith Masai (KEN)
2005 Helsinki
details 		 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Meseret Defar (ETH)  Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)
2007 Osaka
details 		 Meseret Defar (ETH)  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
2009 Berlin
details 		 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2011 Daegu
details 		 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2013 Moscow
details 		 Meseret Defar (ETH)  Mercy Cherono (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2015 Beijing
details 		 Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Senbere Teferi (ETH)  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2017 London
details 		 Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2019 Doha
details 		 Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN)  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)

Season's bests[]

  • "i" indicates indoor performance.

See also[]

  • National champions 5000 metres (men)
  • National champions 5000 metres (women)

References[]

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