5000 metres at the Olympics

The 5000 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the fifth edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 5000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. The 3000 metres was the first women's Olympic long-distance track event, making its initial appearance at the 1984 Olympics, and this distance was extended to match the men's event from 1996 onwards. It is the most prestigious 5000 m race at elite level. The competition format typically has two qualifying heats leading to a final between fifteen athletes.

5000 metres
at the Olympic Games
The 2012 Olympic men's 5000 m final
Overview
SportAthletics
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19122016
Women: 19842016
Olympic record
Men12:57.82 Kenenisa Bekele (2008)
Women14:26.17 Vivian Cheruiyot (2016)
Reigning champion
Men Mo Farah (GBR)
Women Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)

The Olympic records for the event are 12:57.82 minutes for men, set by Kenenisa Bekele in 2008, and 14:40.79 minutes for women, set by Gabriela Szabo in 2000. At the inaugural 1912 Olympic 5000 metres, Hannes Kolehmainen set the first official IAAF world record for the event. However, this remains the only time that the 5000 metres world record has been broken in Olympic competition. The best time recorded for the women's Olympic 3000 m was 8:26.53 minutes by Tetyana Dorovskikh (then Samolenko) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics; the world record for that event was not improved during an Olympic race.

Only three athletes have won multiple titles in the event. Lasse Virén became the first with his back-to-back wins in 1972 and 1976, while Meseret Defar became the first woman to win two titles in 2012, having previously won in 2004. Mo Farah became the third person with multiple titles, and the second with back-to-back wins, in 2012 and 2016. Three athletes have reached the podium on three occasions: Defar was also the 2008 bronze medallist, Tirunesh Dibaba won medals from 2004–2012, and Paavo Nurmi won medals in the period from 1920–1928. Historically, athletes in this event have also had success in the 10,000 metres at the Olympics. The winner of the men's Olympic 5000 m has completed a long-distance track double on nine occasions, the most recent being Farah at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Tirunesh Dibaba is the only woman to complete this double, having done so at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Ethiopia is the most successful nation in the event, having taken six gold medals and fifteen medals in total. The next most successful nation, depending on definition, is either Finland or Kenya. In terms of gold medals, Finland is equal with Ethiopia at six, but has a total of twelve overall medals to Ethiopia's 15. Finland's period of great success in the 1920s and 1930s led to the wide usage of the nickname the Flying Finns; Kaarlo Maaninka was the last Finnish athlete to medal over 5000 m, in 1980. Kenya have won fourteen medals in the 5000 m, second only to Ethiopia in total medals in the event, although John Ngugi and Vivian Cheruiyot are the only Kenyans to have won Olympic gold.

Medal summary

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland
Jean Bouin
 France
George Hutson
 Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
Joseph Guillemot
 France
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Eric Backman
 Sweden
1924 Paris
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1928 Amsterdam
Ville Ritola
 Finland
Paavo Nurmi
 Finland
Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1932 Los Angeles
Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland
Ralph Hill
 United States
Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
1936 Berlin
Gunnar Höckert
 Finland
Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland
Henry Jonsson
 Sweden
1948 London
Gaston Reiff
 Belgium
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
Alain Mimoun
 France
Herbert Schade
 Germany
1956 Melbourne
Vladimir Kuts
 Soviet Union
Gordon Pirie
 Great Britain
Derek Ibbotson
 Great Britain
1960 Rome
Murray Halberg
 New Zealand
Hans Grodotzki
 United Team of Germany
Kazimierz Zimny
 Poland
1964 Tokyo
Bob Schul
 United States
Harald Norpoth
 United Team of Germany
Bill Dellinger
 United States
1968 Mexico City
Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia
Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
Naftali Temu
 Kenya
1972 Munich
Lasse Virén
 Finland
Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia
Ian Stewart
 Great Britain
1976 Montreal
Lasse Virén
 Finland
Dick Quax
 New Zealand
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
Miruts Yifter
 Ethiopia
Suleiman Nyambui
 Tanzania
Kaarlo Maaninka
 Finland
1984 Los Angeles
Saïd Aouita
 Morocco
Markus Ryffel
 Switzerland
António Leitão
 Portugal
1988 Seoul
John Ngugi
 Kenya
Dieter Baumann
 West Germany
Hansjörg Kunze
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
Dieter Baumann
 Germany
Paul Bitok
 Kenya
Fita Bayisa
 Ethiopia
1996 Atlanta
Vénuste Niyongabo
 Burundi
Paul Bitok
 Kenya
Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
2000 Sydney
Million Wolde
 Ethiopia
Ali Saïdi-Sief
 Algeria
Brahim Lahlafi
 Morocco
2004 Athens
Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
2008 Beijing
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
Edwin Soi
 Kenya
2012 London
Mo Farah
 Great Britain
Dejen Gebremeskel
 Ethiopia
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa
 Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Mo Farah
 Great Britain
Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo
 United States
Hagos Gebrhiwet
 Ethiopia

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Mohamed Farah Great Britain (GBR)2012–20162002
2Lasse Viren Finland (FIN)1972–19762002
3Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN)1920–19281203
4Ville Ritola Finland (FIN)1924–19281102
5Lauri Lehtinen Finland (FIN)1932–19361102
6Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia (TCH)1948–19521102
7Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia (TUN)1968–19721102
8Dieter Baumann Germany (GER)1988–19921102
9Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)2004–20081102
10Paul Bitok Kenya (KEN)1992–19960202
11Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN)2004–20080112
12Edvin Wide Sweden (SWE)1924–19280022

Medals by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Finland (FIN)64212
2 Ethiopia (ETH)3227
3 Great Britain (GBR)2136
4 Morocco (MAR)2024
5 Kenya (KEN)1449
6= Germany (GER)[nb]1214
6= United States (USA)1214
8 France (FRA)1203
9= Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
9= New Zealand (NZL)1102
9= Tunisia (TUN)1102
12= Belgium (BEL)1001
12= Burundi (BDI)1001
12= Soviet Union (URS)1001
15 West Germany (FRG)0112
16= Algeria (ALG)0101
16= Switzerland (SUI)0101
16= Tanzania (TAN)0101
19 Sweden (SWE)0044
20= East Germany (GDR)0011
20= Netherlands (NED)0011
20= Poland (POL)0011
20= Portugal (POR)0011

Women's 3000 metres

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Los Angeles
Maricica Puică
 Romania
Wendy Smith-Sly
 Great Britain
Lynn Williams
 Canada
1988 Seoul
Tetyana Samolenko
 Soviet Union
Paula Ivan
 Romania
Yvonne Murray
 Great Britain
1992 Barcelona
Yelena Romanova
 Unified Team
Tetyana Dorovskikh
 Unified Team
Angela Chalmers
 Canada

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Tetyana Dorovskikh Soviet Union (URS)
 Unified Team (EUN)
1988–19921102

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1= Romania (ROU)1102
1= Unified Team (EUN)1102
3 Soviet Union (URS)1001
4 Great Britain (GBR)0112
5 Canada (CAN)0022

Women's 5000 metres

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
Wang Junxia
 China
Pauline Konga
 Kenya
Roberta Brunet
 Italy
2000 Sydney
Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
Sonia O'Sullivan
 Ireland
Gete Wami
 Ethiopia
2004 Athens
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Isabella Ochichi
 Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2008 Beijing
Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Sylvia Kibet
 Kenya
2012 London
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya
Hellen Obiri
 Kenya
Almaz Ayana
 Ethiopia

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)2004–20122013
2Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)2004–20121023
3Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN)2012–20161102

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ethiopia (ETH)3058
2 Kenya (KEN)1405
3= China (CHN)1001
3= Romania (ROU)1001
5= Ireland (IRL)0101
5= Turkey (TUR)0101
7 Italy (ITA)0011

References

Participation and athlete data
Olympic record progressions
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