Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 22 (heats)
July 24 (final)
Competitors45 from  24 nations
Winning time14:06.6 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alain Mimoun
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Herbert Schade
 Germany
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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

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Heats

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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

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Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 14:06.6 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alain Mimoun  France 14:07.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ "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.