Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Olympisch Stadion | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 16–17 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics  | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 14:36.6 |  Hannes Kolehmainen |
Stockholm (SWE) | July 10, 1912 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 14:36.6 | Hannes Kolehmainen |
Stockholm (SWE) | July 10, 1912 |
Results
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Monday, August 16, 1920.
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) | 15:23.8 | Q |
| 5 |  Alfred Gaschen (SUI) | 16:03.0 | |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Augusto Maccario (ITA) | ||
| 7 |  Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA) | 16:07.8 | |
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Pierre Trullemans (BEL) | DNF | |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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) | 15:39.4 | Q |
| 5 | Lucien Duquesne (FRA) | 16:08.2 | |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Juan Muguerza (ESP) | ||
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Konosuke Sano (JPN) | ||
| — |  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) | ||
| 6 | Alexandros Kranis (GRE) | ||
| 7 | François Vyncke (BEL) | ||
| 8 |  Karel Pacák (TCH) | ||
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Abdel 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) | 15:41.8 | Q |
| 4 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) | 15:54.0 | Q |
| 5 | Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) | 15:54.4 | |
| 6 | Tomeichi Oura (JPN) | ||
| 7 | Jón Jónsen (DEN) | ||
| 8 | Henri Smets (BEL) | ||
| 9 |  Gerardus van der Wel (NED) |
Final
The final was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Guillemot (FRA) | 14:55.6 |
| 2 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 15:00.0 |
| 3 | 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) | |
| 8 | Alfred Nichols (GBR) | |
| 9 | Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) | |
| 10 | Nils Bergström (SWE) | |
| 11 | Rudolf Falk (SWE) | |
| 12 | Herbert Irwin (GBR) | |
| 13 | Emanuel Lundström (SWE) | |
| — | Clifford Furnas (USA) | DNF |
| Hal Brown (USA) | DNF | |
| Ivan Dresser (USA) | DNF |
References
- sports-reference.com
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 12 August 2007.
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