Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesAugust 31, 1960 (heats)
September 2, 1960 (final)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time13:43.7
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Murray Halberg
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Grodotzki
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Kazimierz Zimny
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
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The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2. [1]

Results

Heats

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Hans Grodotzki Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 14:01.29
2 Luigi Conti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:01.55
3 Nyandika Maiyoro Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 14:06.29
4 Yury Zakharov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:10.41
5 Reijo Höykinpuro Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:21.92
6 Hedwig Leenaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14:25.81
7 Frank Salvat Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:33.64
8 Gebru Merawi Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia 14:41.22
9 Jim Beatty Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:44.40
10 Michael Hoey Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 15:00.52
11Kassim MukhtarFlag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Iraq 15:00.97
- José Aceituno Flag of Chile.svg  Chile DNF
- Béla Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Horst Flosbach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 14:09.25
2 Sándor Iharos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:09.38
3 Aleksandr Artynyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:09.92
4 Allan Lawrence Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:10.71
5 Hamoud Ameur Flag of France.svg  France 14:14.17
6 Manuel de Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14:16.14
7 Doug Kyle Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 14:25.36
8 Marian Jochman Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14:31.29
9 José Molíns Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 14:31.30
10 Mohamed Saïd Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 14:53.6
11 Ranjit Bhatia Flag of India.svg  India 15:06.6

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Friedrich Janke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 14:02.58
2 Michel Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 14:04.82
3 Albie Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:06.27
4 Bill Dellinger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:08.72
5 Boris Yefimov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:14.68
6 Simo Saloranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:15.35
7 Jaroslav Bohatý Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:30.34
8 Gordon Pirie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:43.6
9 Khristos Khiotis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 15:01.2
10 Cyprian Tseriwa Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  Rhodesia 15:02.8
11 Somnuek Srisombati Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 15:32.6

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Dave Power Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:03.31
2 Murray Halberg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14:04.28
3 Kazimierz Zimny Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 14:07.75
4 Bruce Tulloh Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:17.30
5 Miroslav Jurek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:31.53
6 Eugène Allonsius Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14:37.20
7 Bob Soth Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:40.85
8 Miklós Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:51.99
9 Andrei Barabaș Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 15:11.2
10 Muharrem Dalkılıç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:13.6
11 Jean Aniset Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 15:17.0
12 Mubarak Shah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15:43.0
13 George De Peana Flag of British Guiana (1955-1966).svg  Guyana 15:54.2

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Murray Halberg Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13:43.76
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Grodotzki Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 13:45.01
Bronze medal icon.svg Kazimierz Zimny Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 13:45.09
4 Friedrich Janke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 13:47.14
5 Dave Power Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13:52.38
6 Nyandika Maiyoro Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 13:53.25
7 Michel Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 14:04.68
8 Horst Flosbach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 14:07.03
9 Aleksandr Artynyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:08.45
10 Sándor Iharos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:11.91
11 Albie Thomas Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:20.88
12 Luigi Conti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:34.45

Key: DNF = did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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