Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Emil Zatopek finish.jpg
Emil Zátopek
DatesJuly 31 (heats)
August 2 (final)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gaston Reiff
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Zátopek
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal icon.svg Willem Slijkhuis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1936
1952  
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Gaston Reiff of Belgium. [1] The Belgian Gaston Reiff became the Olympic champion ahead of the Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek. Willem Slijkhuis from the Netherlands won bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Flag of Sweden.svg  Gunder Hägg  (SWE)13:58.2 Gothenburg, Sweden 20 September 1942
Olympic recordFlag of Finland.svg  Gunnar Höckert  (FIN)14:22.2 Berlin, Germany 7 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
2 AugustFinalFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gaston Reiff  (BEL)14:17.6 OR


Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

DateTime
Saturday, 31 July 194816:00Round 1
Monday, 2 August 194817:00Final


Results

The first four runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

RankCountryAthletesTime (hand)
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Evert Nyberg 14:58.2
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Väinö Koskela 14:58.3
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Curt Stone 14:58.6
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Marcel Vandewattyne 15:14.0
5Flag of France.svg  France Jacques Vernier 15:29.8
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Harold Nelson 15:34.4
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jef Lataster 15:39.0
8Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Jack Braughton
9Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada Cliff Salmond 16:05.0
10Flag of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1958).svg  Trinidad and Tobago Manny Ramjohn
-Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Aage Poulsen DNF
-Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland John Joe Barry DNF

Heat 2

RankCountryAthletesTime (hand)
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Erik Ahldén 14:34.2
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Emil Zátopek 14:34.4
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Väinö Mäkelä 14:45.8
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Martin Stokken 15:04.4
5Flag of France.svg  France Maurice Pouzieux 15:09.8
6Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Gregorio Rojo 15:19.0
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Bill Lucas
8Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Lou Wen-ngau
9Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece Vasilios Mavrapostolos
10Flag of South Korea (1945-1948).svg  South Korea Sim Bok-seok
-Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Mustafa Özcan DNF
-US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Clarence Robison DNF

Heat 3

RankCountryAthletesTime (hand)
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Willem Slijkhuis 15:06.8
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Gaston Reiff 15:07.0
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Bertil Albertsson 15:07.8
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helge Perälä 15:07.8
5US flag 48 stars.svg  United States Jerry Thompson 15:08.4
6Flag of France.svg  France Alain Mimoun 15:11.2
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Alec Olney
8Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico Martín Alarcón
9Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ernst Günther

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Gaston Reiff Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14:17.6 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Emil Zátopek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:17.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Willem Slijkhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14:26.8
4 Erik Ahldén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:28.6
5 Bertil Albertsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:39.0
6 Curt Stone US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14:39.4
7 Väinö Koskela Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:41.0
8 Väinö Mäkelä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:43.0
9 Marcel Vandewattyne Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
10 Martin Stokken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
11 Helge Perälä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Evert Nyberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2017.