| Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 22 (heats) July 24 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:06.6 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.[1] The winning margin was 0.8 seconds.
Results[edit]
Heats[edit]
The first round was on July 22. The fastest five runners from each heat qualified for the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Mimoun |  France |
14:19.0 | Q |
| 2 | Ilmari Taipale |  Finland |
14:22.8 | Q |
| 3 | Gaston Reiff |  Belgium |
14:23.8 | Q |
| 4 | Åke Andersson |  Sweden |
14:25.0 | Q |
| 5 | Gordon Pirie |  Great Britain |
14:26.2 | Q |
| 6 | Nikifor Popov |  Soviet Union |
14:28.5 | |
| 7 | Charlie Capozzoli |  United States |
14:39.0 | |
| 8 | August Sutter |  Switzerland |
14:45.2 | |
| 9 | Øistein Saksvik |  Norway |
14:55.4 | |
| 10 | John Landy |  Australia |
14:56.4 | |
| 11 | Helmuth Perz |  Austria |
14:57.2 | |
| 12 | Osamu Inoue |  Japan |
14:59.0 | |
| 13 | Stevan Pavlović |  Yugoslavia |
14:59.2 | |
| 14 | József Kovács |  Hungary |
17:09.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Schade |  Germany |
14:15.4 | Q |
| 2 | Alan Parker | Great Britain |
14:18.2 | Q |
| 3 | Ernő Béres | Hungary |
14:19.6 | Q |
| 4 | Lucien Theys | Belgium |
14:22.2 | Q |
| 5 | Eero Tuomaala | Finland |
14:26.8 | Q |
| 6 | Ivan Semyonov | Soviet Union |
14:28.0 | |
| 7 | Alojzy Graj |  Poland |
14:30.0 | |
| 8 | Osman Coşgül |  Turkey |
14:36.2 | |
| 9 | Bertil Karlsson | Sweden |
14:45.8 | |
| 10 | Pierre Page | Switzerland |
14:57.0 | |
| 11 | Ali Baghbanbashi |  Iran |
15:03.0 | |
| 12 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim | France |
15:10.2 | |
| 13 | Wes Santee | United States |
15:10.4 | |
| 14 | Zdravko Ceraj | Yugoslavia |
15:17.8 | |
| Rich Ferguson |  Canada |
DNF |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Anufriyev | Soviet Union |
14:23.6 | Q |
| 2 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden |
14:26.0 | Q |
| 3 | Emil Zátopek |  Czechoslovakia |
14:26.0 | Q |
| 4 | Les Perry | Australia |
14:27.0 | Q |
| 5 | Christopher Chataway | Great Britain |
14:27.8 | Q |
| 6 | Ib Planck |  Denmark |
14:31.6 | |
| 7 | Martin Stokken | Norway |
14:39.0 | |
| 8 | Curt Stone | United States |
14:42.8 | |
| 9 | Jean Schlegel | France |
14:45.6 | |
| 10 | Kurt Rötzer | Austria |
14:49.4 | |
| 11 | Väinö Koskela | Finland |
14:50.8 | |
| 12 | Velimir Ilić | Yugoslavia |
14:51.6 | |
| 13 | Paul Frieden |  Luxembourg |
15:23.2 | |
| 14 | Kristján Jóhannsson |  Iceland |
15:23.8 | |
| 15 | Alphonse Vandenrydt | Belgium |
15:51.2 | |
| George Hoskins |  New Zealand |
DNF |
Final[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia |
14:06.6 | OR |
 |
Alain Mimoun | France |
14:07.4 | |
 |
Herbert Schade | Germany |
14:08.6 | |
| 4 | Gordon Pirie | Great Britain |
14:18.0 | |
| 5 | Chris Chataway | Great Britain |
14:18.0 | |
| 6 | Les Perry | Australia |
14:23.6 | |
| 7 | Ernő Béres | Hungary |
14:24.8 | |
| 8 | Åke Andersson | Sweden |
14:26.0 | |
| 9 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden |
14:27.8 | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Anufriyev | Soviet Union |
14:31.4 | |
| 11 | Alan Parker | Great Britain |
14:37.0 | |
| 12 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland |
14:40.0 | |
| 13 | Eero Tuomaala | Finland |
14:54.2 | |
| 14 | Lucien Theys | Belgium |
14:59.0 | |
| Gaston Reiff | Belgium |
DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2017.