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5,000 metres, Men

Date16 – 18 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationKokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants48 from 29 countries

A few weeks before the Tokyo Olympics, America’s Bob Schul had broken the world record for 2 miles, running 8:26.4 in Los Angeles. With no heavy favorite in the 5K, he felt he had the best finishing speed and, if he could stay in contact until the final lap, felt he could win the gold medal.

The pace in the final was set up Australia’s Ron Clarke, but France’s Michel Jazy took the lead at the bell. Jazy would break the world mile record in 1965 and also possessed top finishing speed. With 200 metres left, Jazy had a five-metre lead and looked a sure bet. However, Schul began his kick on the final curve and caught him with 50 metres left, becoming the first American to win the 5,000 metres at the Olympics – and thru 2024, the only one. Jazy had nothing left and fell out of the medals, passed in the closing metres by Harald Norpoth (FRG) and the USA’s Bill Dellinger. At the 1966 European Championships, Jazy would win the gold medal, defeating Norpoth in the stretch. The race was run in a heavy rain.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1Final
1719Bob SchulUSA14:11.4 (2 h3)13:48.8 (1)Gold
2209Harald NorpothGER14:11.6 (3 h3)13:49.6 (2)Silver
3717Bill DellingerUSA13:52.2 (2 h2)13:49.8 (3)Bronze
4124Michel JazyFRA13:55.4 (1 h1)13:49.8 (4)
5388Kip KeinoKEN13:49.6 (2 h4)13:50.4 (5)
6468Bill BaillieNZL13:55.4 (2 h1)13:51.0 (6)
7651Nikolay DutovURS13:50.6 (3 h4)13:53.8 (7)
8456Thor HellandNOR13:52.4 (3 h2)13:57.0 (8)
912Ron ClarkeAUS13:48.4 (1 h4)13:58.0 (9)
10652Stepan BaydyukURS14:00.2 (3 h1)14:11.2 (10)
11164Mike WiggsGBR13:51.0 (1 h2)14:20.8 (11)
1 h3 r1/2615Mohamad GammoudiTUN14:10.2 (1 h3)– (DNS)
4 h1 r1/2533Andrei BarabașROU14:00.2 (4 h1)–
4 h2 r1/2500Lech BoguszewiczPOL13:52.8 (4 h2)–
4 h3 r1/2469Murray HalbergNZL14:12.0 (4 h3)–
4 h4 r1/2558Paco AritmendiESP14:05.0 (4 h4)–
5 h1 r1/213Tony CookAUS14:02.4 (5 h1)–
5 h2 r1/2650Kęstutis OrentasURS13:54.0 (5 h2)–
5 h3 r1/285Josef TomášTCH14:12.6 (5 h3)–
5 h4 r1/2564Sven-Olov LarssonSWE14:10.2 (5 h4)–
6 h1 r1/2163John HerringGBR14:07.2 (6 h1)–
6 h2 r1/238Eugène AllonsiusBEL13:55.0 (6 h2)–
6 h3 r1/2565Bengt NåjdeSWE14:13.4 (6 h3)–
6 h4 r1/2792Satsuo IwashitaJPN14:18.4 (6 h4)–
7 h1 r1/2622Muharrem DalkılıçTUR14:12.0 (7 h1)–
7 h2 r1/2128Jean VaillantFRA14:05.8 (7 h2)–
7 h3 r1/2782Franc ČervanYUG14:16.6 (7 h3)–
7 h4 r1/2162Derek GrahamGBR14:21.6 (7 h4)–
8 h1 r1/2210Lutz PhilippGER14:15.2 (8 h1)–
8 h2 r1/2208Manfred LetzerichGER14:06.2 (8 h2)–
8 h3 r1/2103Simo SalorantaFIN14:24.6 (8 h3)–
8 h4 r1/2718Oscar MooreUSA14:24.0 (8 h4)–
9 h1 r1/260Bruce KiddCAN14:21.8 (9 h1)–
9 h2 r1/2325Tom O'RiordanIRL14:08.8 (9 h2)–
9 h3 r1/2291Lajos MecserHUN14:35.4 (9 h3)–
9 h4 r1/2781Simo VažićYUG14:33.8 (9 h4)–
10 h1 r1/2292János PintérHUN14:41.0 (10 h1)–
10 h2 r1/293Aske DamDEN14:20.4 (10 h2)–
10 h3 r1/2127Jean FayolleFRA14:44.6 (10 h3)–
10 h4 r1/239Henri ClerckxBEL14:40.0 (10 h4)–
11 h1 r1/2413Jean RandrianjatavoMAD15:50.4 (11 h1)–
11 h2 r1/211Albie ThomasAUS14:27.8 (11 h2)–
11 h3 r1/2600Somsak KeaokantaTHA16:08.8 (11 h3)–
11 h4 r1/2470Neville ScottNZL15:01.0 (11 h4)–
12 h2 r1/2557Fernando AguilarESP14:29.2 (12 h2)–
12 h3 r1/267Ranatunge KarunanandaSRI16:22.2 (12 h3)–
13 h2 r1/279Álvaro MejíaCOL14:41.4 (13 h2)–
13 h3 r1/2780Nguyễn Văn LýVNM17:28.0 (13 h3)–
DNS40Gaston RoelantsBEL– (DNS h1)–
DNS98Mamo WoldeETH– (DNS h4)–
DNS330Ibrahim Yazdan PanahIRI– (DNS h2)–
DNS434Ben Assou El-GhaziMAR– (DNS h4)–
DNS521Manuel OliveiraPOR– (DNS h4)–
DNS594Pascal MfyomiTAN– (DNS h1)–

Round One

Date16 October 1964 — 15:00
FormatTop 3 in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (hand)
112Ron ClarkeAUS13:48.4Q
2388Kip KeinoKEN13:49.6Q
3651Nikolay DutovURS13:50.6Q
4164Mike WiggsGBR13:51.0Q
5717Bill DellingerUSA13:52.2Q
6456Thor HellandNOR13:52.4Q
7500Lech BoguszewiczPOL13:52.8
8650Kęstutis OrentasURS13:54.0
938Eugène AllonsiusBEL13:55.0
10124Michel JazyFRA13:55.4Q
11468Bill BaillieNZL13:55.4Q
12652Stepan BaydyukURS14:00.2Q
13533Andrei BarabașROU14:00.2
1413Tony CookAUS14:02.4
15558Paco AritmendiESP14:05.0
16128Jean VaillantFRA14:05.8
17208Manfred LetzerichGER14:06.2
18163John HerringGBR14:07.2
19325Tom O'RiordanIRL14:08.8
=20615Mohamad GammoudiTUN14:10.2Q
=20564Sven-Olov LarssonSWE14:10.2
22719Bob SchulUSA14:11.4Q
23209Harald NorpothGER14:11.6Q
=24622Muharrem DalkılıçTUR14:12.0
=24469Murray HalbergNZL14:12.0
2685Josef TomášTCH14:12.6
27565Bengt NåjdeSWE14:13.4
28210Lutz PhilippGER14:15.2
29782Franc ČervanYUG14:16.6
30792Satsuo IwashitaJPN14:18.4
3193Aske DamDEN14:20.4
32162Derek GrahamGBR14:21.6
3360Bruce KiddCAN14:21.8
34718Oscar MooreUSA14:24.0
35103Simo SalorantaFIN14:24.6
3611Albie ThomasAUS14:27.8
37557Fernando AguilarESP14:29.2
38781Simo VažićYUG14:33.8
39291Lajos MecserHUN14:35.4
4039Henri ClerckxBEL14:40.0
41292János PintérHUN14:41.0
4279Álvaro MejíaCOL14:41.4
43127Jean FayolleFRA14:44.6
44470Neville ScottNZL15:01.0
45413Jean RandrianjatavoMAD15:50.4
46600Somsak KeaokantaTHA16:08.8
4767Ranatunge KarunanandaSRI16:22.2
48780Nguyễn Văn LýVNM17:28.0
DNS40Gaston RoelantsBEL–
DNS594Pascal MfyomiTAN–
DNS330Ibrahim Yazdan PanahIRI–
DNS98Mamo WoldeETH–
DNS434Ben Assou El-GhaziMAR–
DNS521Manuel OliveiraPOR–

Heat #1

PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)
11Michel JazyFRA13:55.4Q
212Bill BaillieNZL13:55.4Q
313Stepan BaydyukURS14:00.2Q
42Andrei BarabașROU14:00.2
56Tony CookAUS14:02.4
61John HerringGBR14:07.2
78Muharrem DalkılıçTUR14:12.0
811Lutz PhilippGER14:15.2
94Bruce KiddCAN14:21.8
1010János PintérHUN14:41.0
117Jean RandrianjatavoMAD15:50.4
DNS40Gaston RoelantsBEL–
DNS594Pascal MfyomiTAN–

Heat #2

PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)
18Mike WiggsGBR13:51.0Q
212Bill DellingerUSA13:52.2Q
31Thor HellandNOR13:52.4Q
46Lech BoguszewiczPOL13:52.8
59Kęstutis OrentasURS13:54.0
614Eugène AllonsiusBEL13:55.0
73Jean VaillantFRA14:05.8
85Manfred LetzerichGER14:06.2
910Tom O'RiordanIRL14:08.8
1011Aske DamDEN14:20.4
117Albie ThomasAUS14:27.8
122Fernando AguilarESP14:29.2
134Álvaro MejíaCOL14:41.4
DNS330Ibrahim Yazdan PanahIRI–

Heat #3

PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)
17Mohamad GammoudiTUN14:10.2Q
28Bob SchulUSA14:11.4Q
311Harald NorpothGER14:11.6Q
45Murray HalbergNZL14:12.0
59Josef TomášTCH14:12.6
61Bengt NåjdeSWE14:13.4
710Franc ČervanYUG14:16.6
82Simo SalorantaFIN14:24.6
912Lajos MecserHUN14:35.4
104Jean FayolleFRA14:44.6
116Somsak KeaokantaTHA16:08.8
123Ranatunge KarunanandaSRI16:22.2
1312Nguyễn Văn LýVNM17:28.0

Heat #4

PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)
13Ron ClarkeAUS13:48.4Q
27Kip KeinoKEN13:49.6Q
38Nikolay DutovURS13:50.6Q
410Paco AritmendiESP14:05.0
511Sven-Olov LarssonSWE14:10.2
69Satsuo IwashitaJPN14:18.4
76Derek GrahamGBR14:21.6
85Oscar MooreUSA14:24.0
912Simo VažićYUG14:33.8
1014Henri ClerckxBEL14:40.0
1113Neville ScottNZL15:01.0
DNS98Mamo WoldeETH–
DNS434Ben Assou El-GhaziMAR–
DNS521Manuel OliveiraPOR–

Final Round

Date18 October 1964 — 16:05
PosStart OrderCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)
12Bob SchulUSA13:48.8
21Harald NorpothGER13:49.6
36Bill DellingerUSA13:49.8
45Michel JazyFRA13:49.8
510Kip KeinoKEN13:50.4
69Bill BaillieNZL13:51.0
711Nikolay DutovURS13:53.8
88Thor HellandNOR13:57.0
93Ron ClarkeAUS13:58.0
1012Stepan BaydyukURS14:11.2
114Mike WiggsGBR14:20.8
DNS7Mohamad GammoudiTUN–

Split Times

TimeAthlete(s)NOCResultNotes
1000 mThor Helland 2:50.2
2000 mThor Helland 5:39.4
3000 mThor Helland 8:22.2
4000 mMichel Jazy 11:15.6