Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The Men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany took place on 7 and 10 September 1972.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 10
Competitors61 from 35 nations
Winning time13:26.4
Medalists
Lasse Virén
 Finland
Mohamed Gammoudi
 Tunisia
Ian Stewart
 Great Britain

Having won the 10,000 metres a week earlier, Lasse Virén controlled the pace through the first 2000 metres in 5:32.61. David Bedford, tired of the slow pace, passing Viren and leading a crowd to go around to a faster pace. As the pace accelerated, Javier Álvarez came from the rear around the field to take the point for the next kilometre. At 3200 metres, Nikolay Sviridov challenged for the lead.

Steve Prefontaine[2] took the lead at 3400 metres. Over the next lap, Viren came from sixth place in line to mark Prefontaine. Viren was in turn marked by Emiel Puttemans. A five-man breakaway formed. With 850 metres to go, Viren passed Prefontaine. Down the back stretch, Prefontaine strained back into the lead. 50 metres before the bell, Viren took the lead again, with Mohammed Gammoudi breaking off the remaining group to mark the leaders.

Down the final backstretch, Gammoudi eased around Viren while Prefontaine hit almost a full sprint to get on Gammoudi's shoulder. With 200 to go, Prefontaine relaxed and Viren moved ahead of him. Prefontaine surged again to keep pace. In the middle of the final turn, Virén changed gears into his full sprint, taking the lead. Gammoudi couldn't keep pace and began to watch Prefontaine while trying to hold on to the silver medal. Mid-straightaway all three checked the position of their rivals as Prefontaine took one more surge after Gammoudi. As it was quickly clear he couldn't make enough progress, Prefontaine strained. Ian Stewart came from the chasing group in full sprint gaining rapidly. As Stewart caught him from behind, Prefontaine fell apart, struggling the final steps.[3][4]

Virén successfully defended both titles in 1976.

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Emiel Puttemans Belgium13:31.8Q
22Steve Prefontaine United States13:32.6Q
34Juha Väätäinen Finland13:32.8Q
44Ian Stewart Great Britain13:33.0Q
52Harald Norpoth West Germany13:33.4Q
64Mariano Haro Spain13:35.4Q
72Javier Álvarez Spain13:36.6Q
83Ian McCafferty Great Britain13:38.2Q
93Frank Eisenberg East Germany13:38.4Q
95Lasse Virén Finland13:38.4Q
95Nikolay Sviridov Soviet Union13:38.4Q
123Per Halle Norway13:38.6Q
135Josef Jánský Czechoslovakia13:39.8
143Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia13:40.4
155George Young United States13:41.2
163Paul Mose Kenya13:41.4
173Tapio Kantanen Finland13:42.0
183Tony Benson Australia13:42.8
195Edmundo Warnke Chile13:43.6
202Grant McLaren Canada13:43.8
215Bob Finlay Canada13:44.0
225Keisuke Sawaki Japan13:44.8
233Boualem Rahoui Algeria13:45.0
242Pedro Miranda Mexico13:45.2
254Tolossa Kotu Ethiopia13:46.2
265Bronisław Malinowski Poland13:48.2
271Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia13:49.8Q
281David Bedford Great Britain13:49.8Q
293Tekle Fitinsa Ethiopia13:50.4
304Willy Polleunis Belgium13:52.6
313Richard Tayler New Zealand13:56.2
321Ben Jipcho Kenya13:56.8
331Anders Gärderud Sweden13:57.2
344Nikolay Puklakov Soviet Union13:57.6
351Michael Keogh Ireland13:57.8
361René Goris Belgium13:57.8
374Mario Pérez Mexico13:58.2
383Edward Sequeira India14:01.4
391Arne Risa Norway14:01.6
405Jürgen May West Germany14:06.6
414Leonard Hilton United States14:07.2
422Vladimir Afonin Soviet Union14:08.6
435Gavin Thorley New Zealand14:11.6
441Takaharu Koyama Japan14:12.6
454Wolfgang Riesinger West Germany14:15.2
464Knut Børø Norway14:15.8
474Jørn Lauenbourg Denmark14:18.8
485Hikmet Şen Turkey14:26.0
491Carlos Lopes Portugal14:29.6
502Raymond Zembri France14:34.4
513John Hartnett Ireland14:34.6
522Dick Quax New Zealand14:35.2
534Evans Mogaka Kenya14:37.2
544Ngwila Musonda Zambia14:37.4
552Gert Kærlin Denmark14:39.2
565Fritz Rüegsegger Switzerland14:54.4
571Nji Esau Ade Cameroon15:19.6
585Usaia Sotutu Fiji15:24.2
591P. C. Suppiah[5] Singapore15:36.6
603Abdullah Al-Mabrouk Saudi Arabia15:51.0
612Carlos Cuque Guatemala15:53.4
1Jadour Haddou MoroccoDNS
1Siatka Badji SenegalDNS
1Dane Korica YugoslaviaDNS
2Mikhail Jelev BulgariaDNS
2Ánge Pérez Jaime Costa RicaDNS
2Kerry O'Brian AustraliaDNS
3Jos Hermens NetherlandsDNS
4Ardelham Khamis EgyptDNS
5Merus Yifter EthiopiaDNS
5Crispín Quispe BoliviaDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityTime
Lasse Virén  Finland 13:26.4
Mohamed Gammoudi  Tunisia 13:27.4
Ian Stewart  Great Britain 13:27.6
4 Steve Prefontaine  United States 13:28.4
5 Emiel Puttemans  Belgium 13:30.8
6 Harald Norpoth  West Germany 13:32.6
7 Per Halle  Norway 13:34.4
8 Nikolay Sviridov  Soviet Union 13:39.4
9 Frank Eisenberg  East Germany 13:40.8
10 Javier Álvarez  Spain 13:41.8
11 Ian McCafferty  Great Britain 13:43.2
12 David Bedford  Great Britain 13:43.2
13 Juha Väätäinen  Finland 13:53.8
Mariano Haro  Spain DNS

Sources

  • "Official Olympic Reports". la84foundation.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Games: Men's 5000 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Newnham, Blaine (September 10, 1972). "It's Pre versus the Europeans". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1C.
  3. Newnham, Blaine (September 11, 1972). "Pre's warning for 1976: 'He'd better watch out'". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  4. Newnham, Blaine (June 1, 1975). "Only first". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  5. "Official Olympic Reports: 1972 Munich Volume 3" (PDF). la84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007.
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