Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 16–17 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| Track events | |
| 100 m | men |
| 200 m | men |
| 400 m | men |
| 800 m | men |
| 1500 m | men |
| 5000 m | men |
| 10,000 m | men |
| 110 m hurdles | men |
| 400 m hurdles | men |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men |
| 4×100 m relay | men |
| 4×400 m relay | men |
| 3000 m team race | men |
| 3 km walk | men |
| 10 km walk | men |
| Road events | |
| Marathon | men |
| Field events | |
| Long jump | men |
| Triple jump | men |
| High jump | men |
| Pole vault | men |
| Shot put | men |
| Discus throw | men |
| Hammer throw | men |
| Javelin throw | men |
| 56 lb weight throw | men |
| Combined events | |
| Pentathlon | men |
| Decathlon | men |
| Cross-country events | |
| Individual | men |
| Team | men |
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[]
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[]
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)
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 10, 1912 |
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| Olympic Record | 14:36.6 |  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 10, 1912 |
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 16 August 1920 | 10:00 | Round 1 |
| Tuesday, 17 August 1920 | 15:15 | Final |
Results[]
Semifinals[]
Semifinal 1
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rudolf Falk (SWE) |
15:17.8 | Q |
| 2 |  Herbert Irwin (GBR) |
15:17.8 | Q |
| 3 |  Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN) |
15:22.0 | Q |
| 4 |  Clifford Furnas (USA) |
15:23.0 | Q |
| 5 |  Augusto Maccario (ITA) |
15:23.2 | |
| 6 |  Alfred Gaschen (SUI) |
15:38.0 | |
| 7 |  Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA) |
16:17.8 | |
| — |  Pierre Trullemans (BEL) |
DNF | |
 Panagiotis Retelas (GRE) |
DNF | ||
 Tommy Town (CAN) |
DNF |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Blewitt (GBR) |
15:19.8 | Q |
| 2 | Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) |
15:22.6 | Q |
| 3 | Hal Brown (USA) |
15:31.8 | Q |
| 4 | Nils Bergström (SWE) |
15:39.2 | Q |
| 5 | Lucien Duquesne (FRA) |
16:08.2 | |
| 6 |  Juan Muguerza (ESP) |
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| 7 |  Konosuke Sano (JPN) |
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| — |  Artur Nielsen (DEN) |
DNF | |
| Teodoro Pons (ESP) |
DNF | ||
| Carlo Martinenghi (ITA) |
DNF |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Speroni (ITA) |
15:27.6 | Q |
| 2 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) |
15:33.0 | Q |
| 3 | William Seagrove (GBR) |
15:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Emanuel Lundström (SWE) |
16:04.2 | Q |
| 5 | Charles Hunter (USA) |
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| 6 | Alexandros Kranis (GRE) |
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| 7 | François Vyncke (BEL) |
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| 8 |  Karel Pacák (TCH) |
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| 9 |  Abdul Ali Maghoub (EGY) |
Semifinal 4
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Guillemot (FRA) |
15:33.0 | Q |
| 2 | Eric Backman (SWE) |
15:34.0 | Q |
| 3 | Ivan Dresser (USA) |
15:41.6 | Q |
| 4 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) |
15:54.0 | Q |
| 5 | Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) |
15:54.4 | |
| 6 | Tomeichi Ohura (JPN) |
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| 7 | Jón Jónsen (DEN) |
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| 8 | Henri Smets (BEL) |
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| 9 |  Gerardus van der Wel (NED) |
Final[]
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
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Joseph Guillemot (FRA) |
14:55.6 |
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Paavo Nurmi (FIN) |
15:00.0 |
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Eric Backman (SWE) |
15:13.0 |
| 4 | Teodor Koskenniemi (FIN) |
15:17.0 |
| 5 | Joe Blewitt (GBR) |
15:19.0 |
| 6 | William Seagrove (GBR) |
15:21.0 |
| 7 | Carlo Speroni (ITA) |
15:21.2 |
| 8 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) |
15:24.0 |
| 9 | Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) |
15:25.0 |
| 10 | Nils Bergström (SWE) |
15:29.5 |
| 11 | Rudolf Falk (SWE) |
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| 12 | Herbert Irwin (GBR) |
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| 13 | Emanuel Lundström (SWE) |
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| — | Clifford Furnas (USA) |
DNF |
| Hal Brown (USA) |
DNF | |
| Ivan Dresser (USA) |
DNF |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "5000 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "World Record Progression of 5000 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
Notes[]
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.
Categories:
- Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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