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

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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]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 16–17
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joseph Guillemot  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paavo Nurmi  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eric Backman  Sweden
← 1912
1924 →

Competition format

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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

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3]

World Record 14:36.6   Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912
Olympic Record 14:36.6   Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 16 August 1920 10:00 Round 1
Tuesday, 17 August 1920 15:15 Final

Results

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Semifinals

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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) 15:23.0 Q
5   Augusto Maccario (ITA) 15:23.2
6   Alfred Gaschen (SUI) 15:38.0
7   Jean-Baptiste Manhès (FRA) 16:17.8
—   Pierre Trullemans (BEL) DNF
  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) 15:39.2 Q
5   Lucien Duquesne (FRA) 16:08.2
6   Juan Muguerza (ESP)
7   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   Abdul 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) 15:41.6 Q
4   Alfred Nichols (GBR) 15:54.0 Q
5   Ilmari Vesamaa (FIN) 15:54.4
6   Tomeichi Ohura (JPN)
7   Jón Jónsen (DEN)
8   Henri Smets (BEL)
9   Gerardus van der Wel (NED)

Final

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Place Athlete Time
    Joseph Guillemot (FRA) 14:55.6
    Paavo Nurmi (FIN) 15:00.0
    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) 15:21.2
8   Alfred Nichols (GBR) 15:24.0
9   Julien Van Campenhout (BEL) 15:25.0
10   Nils Bergström (SWE) 15:29.5
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

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "5000 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. ^ "World Record Progression of 5000 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

Notes

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  • 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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