Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
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10,000 m men women
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110 m hurdles men
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3000 m
steeplechase
men
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Wheelchair races

The Men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 57 competitors, with three qualifying heats (57) and two semifinals (30) before the final (15) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

Medalists

Gold John Ngugi
Kenya (KEN)
Silver Dieter Baumann
West Germany (FRG)
Bronze Hansjörg Kunze
East Germany (GDR)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 12:58.39 Morocco Saïd Aouita Rome (ITA) July 22, 1987
Olympic Record 13:05.59 Morocco Saïd Aouita Los Angeles (USA) August 11, 1984

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 John Ngugi (KEN) 13:11.70
 Dieter Baumann (FRG) 13:15.52
 Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) 13:15.73
4.  Domingos Castro (POR) 13:16.09
5.  Sydney Maree (USA) 13:23.69
6.  Jack Buckner (GBR) 13:23.85
7.  Stefano Mei (ITA) 13:26.17
8.  Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) 13:26.41
9.  John Doherty (IRL) 13:27.71
10.  Jonny Danielsson (SWE) 13:30.44
11.  Pascal Thiebaut (FRA) 13:31.99
12.  Yobes Ondieki (KEN) 13:52.01
13.  Gary Staines (GBR) 13:55.00
14.  Paul Arpin (FRA) 14:13.19
 José Regalo (POR) DNF

Non-Qualifiers

RANK SEMIFINALS TIME
16.  Salvatore Antibo (ITA) 13:25.64
17.  Eamonn Martin (GBR) 13:26.26
18.  Cyril Laventure (FRA) 13:29.92
19.  Mauricio González (MEX) 13:32.52
20.  Doug Padilla (USA) 13:37.11
21.  Charles Cheruiyot (KEN) 13:38.44
22.  Abel Antón (ESP) 13:39.13
23.  Alejandro Gómez (ESP) 13:41.73
24.  Andrew Lloyd (AUS) 13:42.49
25.  Mikhail Dasko (URS) 13:43.65
26.  Paul Williams (CAN) 13:44.57
27.  Marcos Barreto (MEX) 13:53.93
28.  Eamon Coghlan (IRL) 14:02.16
29.  Vincent Rousseau (BEL) 14:03.74
30.  Terry Brahm (USA) 14:04.12

See also

References

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