Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | |||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and on Friday, August 3, 1928.
Thirty-eight long-distance runners from 19 nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Ville RitolaFinland (FIN) |
Paavo Nurmi Finland (FIN) |
 Edvin WideSweden (SWE) |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 14:28.2 | Paavo Nurmi |
Helsinki (FIN) | June 19, 1924 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 14:31.2 | Paavo Nurmi |
Paris (FRA) | July 10, 1924 |
Results
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928, and started at 5:10 p.m.
The best four finishers of every heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Leo Lermond (USA) | 15:02.6 | Q |
| 2 |  Staņislavs Petkēvičs (LAT) | 15:03.0 | Q |
| 3 | Eino Purje (FIN) | 15:03.6 | Q |
| 4 | Ragnar Magnusson (SWE) | 15:03.8 | Q |
| 5 |  Wally Beavers (GBR) | ||
| 6 |  Carl Petersen (DEN) | 15:13.0 | |
| 7 | Frederick Light (GBR) | ||
| 8 |  Lucien Duquesne (FRA) | ||
| 9 | Seghir Beddari (FRA) | ||
| — | .svg.png){kind=small} Ciro Chapa (MEX) | DNF | |
| Charles Haworth (USA) | DNF | ||
 Karel Nedobitý (TCH) | DNF | ||
 Billy Kibblewhite (CAN) | DNF | ||
 Nol Wolf (NED) | DNF | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Julien Serwy (BEL) | DNF |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nils Eklöf (SWE) | 15:07.4 | Q |
| 2 | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 15:10.8 | Q |
| 3 | Armas Kinnunen (FIN) | 15:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Brian Oddie (GBR) | 15:16.0 | Q |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jesús Oyarbide (ESP) | 15:22.0 | |
| 6 | Roger Pelé (FRA) | ||
| 7 | .svg.png){kind=small} Willi Boltze (GER) | 15:33.0 | |
| 8 | Jozef Koščak (TCH) | 15:42.0 | |
| 9 | .svg.png){kind=small} Andreas Paouris (GRE) | ||
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Julius Petraitis (LTU) | ||
| 11 | Dave Abbott (USA) | ||
| — | Art Keay (CAN) | DNF | |
 George Hyde (AUS) | DNF | ||
| Pieter Gerbrands (NED) | DNF |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Athlete | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Macauley Smith (USA) | 15:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | Edvin Wide (SWE) | 15:05.0 | Q |
| 3 | Herbert Johnston (GBR) | 15:06.3 | Q |
| 4 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 15:08.0 | Q |
| 5 | Otto Kohn (GER) | ||
| 6 | Arie Klaase (NED) | ||
| 7 | Arturo Peña (ESP) | 15:45.0 | |
| 8 | Vincent Callard (CAN) | ||
| — |  Gurbachan Singh (IND) | DNF |
Final
The final was held on Friday, August 3, 1928, and started at 2:30 p.m.
The same three runners finished on the podium than four years earlier in the 5000 metre event at the 1924 Games. But this time Ritola won the gold medal and Nurmi silver, Wide won the bronze medal again.
| Place | Athlete | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ville Ritola (FIN) | 14:38.0 |
| 2 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) | 14:40.0 |
| 3 | Edvin Wide (SWE) | 14:41.2 |
| 4 | Leo Lermond (USA) | 14:50.0 |
| 5 | Ragnar Magnusson (SWE) | 14:59.6 |
| 6 | Armas Kinnunen (FIN) | 15:02.0 |
| 7 | Staņislavs Petkēvičs (LAT) | |
| 8 | Herbert Johnston (GBR) | |
| 9 | Brian Oddie (GBR) | |
| 10 | Macauley Smith (USA) | |
| — | Nils Eklöf (SWE) | DNF |
| Eino Purje (FIN) | DNF |
References
- sports-reference.com
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
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