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

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 10
Medalists
 Lasse Virén  Finland
 Mohamed Gammoudi  Tunisia
 Ian Stewart  Great Britain
Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 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 women
Road events
Marathon men
20 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
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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

Underdog Steve Prefontaine[1] took the lead in the final during the last mile and ended the slow pace of the first two miles. In second place at the start of the bell lap, he fell back to third with 200 meters to go. Lasse Virén took the lead in the final turn over silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi. Prefontaine ran out of gas with 30 meters to go as Britain's hard-charging Ian Stewart caught him from behind and moved into third place within ten meters of the finish, depriving Prefontaine of an Olympic bronze medal.[2][3]

Virén also won the 10,000 metres a week earlier, and 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.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Emiel Puttemans Belgium 13:31.8 Q
2 2 Steve Prefontaine United States 13:32.6 Q
3 4 Juha Väätäinen Finland 13:32.8 Q
4 4 Ian Stewart Great Britain 13:33.0 Q
5 2 Harald Norpoth West Germany 13:33.4 Q
6 4 Mariano Haro Spain 13:35.4 Q
7 2 Javier Álvarez Spain 13:36.6 Q
8 3 Ian McCafferty Great Britain 13:38.2 Q
9 3 Frank Eisenberg East Germany 13:38.4 Q
9 5 Lasse Virén Finland 13:38.4 Q
9 5 Nikola Sviridov Soviet Union 13:38.4 Q
12 3 Per Halle Norway 13:38.6 Q
13 5 Josef Jánský Czechoslovakia 13:39.8
14 3 Dušan Moravčík Czechoslovakia 13:40.4
15 5 George Young United States 13:41.2
16 3 Paul Mose Kenya 13:41.4
17 3 Tapio Kantanen Finland 13:42.0
18 3 Tony Benson Australia 13:42.8
19 5 Edmundo Warnke Chile 13:43.6
20 2 Grant McLaren Canada 13:43.8
21 5 Bob Finlay Canada 13:44.0
22 5 Keisuke Sawaki Japan 13:44.8
23 3 Boualem Rahoui Algeria 13:45.0
24 2 Pedro Miranda Mexico 13:45.2
25 4 Tolossa Kotu Ethiopia 13:46.2
26 5 Bronisław Malinowski Poland 13:48.2
27 1 Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia 13:49.8 Q
28 1 David Bedford Great Britain 13:49.8 Q
29 3 Tekle Fitinsa Ethiopia 13:50.4
30 4 Willy Polleunis Belgium 13:52.6
31 3 Richard Tayler New Zealand 13:56.2
32 1 Ben Jipcho Kenya 13:56.8
33 1 Anders Gärderud Sweden 13:57.2
34 4 Nikola Puklakov Soviet Union 13:57.6
35 1 Michael Keogh Ireland 13:57.8
36 1 René Goris Belgium 13:57.8
37 4 Mario Pérez Mexico 13:58.2
38 3 Edward Sequeira India 14:01.4
39 1 Arne Roald Risa Norway 14:01.6
40 5 Jürgen May West Germany 14:06.6
41 4 Leonard Hilton United States 14:07.2
42 2 Vladimir Afonin Soviet Union 14:08.6
43 5 Gavin Thorley New Zealand 14:11.6
44 1 Takaharu Koyama Japan 14:12.6
45 4 Wolfgang Riesinger West Germany 14:15.2
46 4 Knut Børø Norway 14:15.8
47 4 Jørn Lauenbourg Denmark 14:18.8
48 5 Hikmet Şen Turkey 14:26.0
49 1 Carlos Alberto Lopes Portugal 14:29.6
50 2 Raymond Zembri France 14:34.4
51 3 John Hartnett Ireland 14:34.6
52 2 Dick Quax New Zealand 14:35.2
53 4 Evans Mogaka Kenya 14:37.2
54 4 Ngwila Musonda Zambia 14:37.4
55 2 Gert Kaerulin Denmark 14:39.2
56 5 Fritz Rüegsegger Switzerland 14:54.4
57 1 Nji Esau Ade Cameroon 15:19.6
58 5 Usaia Sotutu Fiji 15:24.2
59 1 Pehind Carappan Suppiah Singapore 15:36.6
60 3 Abdullah Al-Mabrouk Saudi Arabia 15:51.0
61 2 Carlos Cuque Guatemala 15:53.4
62 1 Jadour Haddou Morocco DNS
62 1 Siatka Badji Senegal DNS
62 1 Dane Korica Yugoslavia DNS
62 2 Mikhail Jelev Bulgaria DNS
62 2 Ánge Pérez Jaime Costa Rica DNS
62 2 Kerry O'Brian Australia DNS
62 3 Jos Hermens Netherlands DNS
62 4 Ardelham Khamis Egypt DNS
62 5 Merus Yifter Ethiopia DNS
62 5 Crispín Quispe Bolivia DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time
1st, gold medalist(s) Lasse Virén Finland 13:26.4
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia 13:27.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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 Nikola 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
14 Mariano Haro Spain DNS

References

  1. ↑ Newnham, Blaine (September 10, 1972). "It's Pre versus the Europeans". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1C.
  2. ↑ Newnham, Blaine (September 11, 1972). "Pre's warning for 1976: 'He'd better watch out'". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
  3. ↑ Newnham, Blaine (June 1, 1975). "Only first". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.


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