Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Olympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 16–17
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joseph Guillemot Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Paavo Nurmi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Eric Backman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1912
1924  

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 Record14:36.6Flag of Russia.svg  Hannes Kolehmainen  (FIN) Stockholm (SWE)July 10, 1912
Olympic Record14:36.6Flag of Russia.svg  Hannes Kolehmainen  (FIN) Stockholm (SWE)July 10, 1912

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Monday, 16 August 192010:00Round 1
Tuesday, 17 August 192015:15Final

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Rudolf Falk  (SWE)15:17.8Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Herbert Irwin  (GBR)15:17.8Q
3Flag of Finland.svg  Teodor Koskenniemi  (FIN)15:22.0Q
4US flag 48 stars.svg  Clifford Furnas  (USA)15:23.0Q
5Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Augusto Maccario  (ITA)15:23.2
6Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Alfred Gaschen  (SUI)15:38.0
7Flag of France.svg  Jean-Baptiste Manhès  (FRA)16:17.8
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Pierre Trullemans  (BEL)DNF
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Panagiotis Retelas  (GRE)DNF
Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Tommy Town  (CAN)DNF

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Joe Blewitt  (GBR)15:19.8Q
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Van Campenhout  (BEL)15:22.6Q
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Hal Brown  (USA)15:31.8Q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Nils Bergström  (SWE)15:39.2Q
5Flag of France.svg  Lucien Duquesne  (FRA)16:08.2
6Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Juan Muguerza  (ESP)
7Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Konosuke Sano  (JPN)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Artur Nielsen  (DEN)DNF
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Teodoro Pons  (ESP)DNF
Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Martinenghi  (ITA)DNF

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Speroni  (ITA)15:27.6Q
2Flag of Finland.svg  Paavo Nurmi  (FIN)15:33.0Q
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Seagrove  (GBR)15:53.6Q
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Emanuel Lundström  (SWE)16:04.2Q
5US flag 48 stars.svg  Charles Hunter  (USA)
6Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Alexandros Kranis  (GRE)
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  François Vyncke  (BEL)
8Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Karel Pacák  (TCH)
9Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg  Abdul Ali Maghoub  (EGY)

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1Flag of France.svg  Joseph Guillemot  (FRA)15:33.0Q
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Eric Backman  (SWE)15:34.0Q
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Ivan Dresser  (USA)15:41.6Q
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Alfred Nichols  (GBR)15:54.0Q
5Flag of Finland.svg  Ilmari Vesamaa  (FIN)15:54.4
6Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tomeichi Ohura  (JPN)
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Jón Jónsen  (DEN)
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Henri Smets  (BEL)
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Gerardus van der Wel  (NED)

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Joseph Guillemot  (FRA)14:55.6
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Paavo Nurmi  (FIN)15:00.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Eric Backman  (SWE)15:13.0
4Flag of Finland.svg  Teodor Koskenniemi  (FIN)15:17.0
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Joe Blewitt  (GBR)15:19.0
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  William Seagrove  (GBR)15:21.0
7Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Carlo Speroni  (ITA)15:21.2
8Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Alfred Nichols  (GBR)15:24.0
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Van Campenhout  (BEL)15:25.0
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Nils Bergström  (SWE)15:29.5
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Rudolf Falk  (SWE)
12Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Herbert Irwin  (GBR)
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Emanuel Lundström  (SWE)
US flag 48 stars.svg  Clifford Furnas  (USA)DNF
US flag 48 stars.svg  Hal Brown  (USA)DNF
US flag 48 stars.svg  Ivan Dresser  (USA)DNF

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