Athletics — 5,000 metres, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 1007
Total countries 131

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 31 11
1920 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 16
1924 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 39 22
1928 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 18
1932 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 18 11
1936 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 41 23
1948 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 33 21
1952 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 45 24
1956 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 23 13
1960 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 48 31
1964 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 48 29
1968 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 39 25
1972 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 61 35
1976 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 36 23
1980 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 35 22
1984 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 56 40
1988 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 56 39
1992 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 56 41
1996 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 37 22
2000 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 36 23
2004 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 36 22
2008 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 39 24
2012 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 42 26
2016 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 51 28
2020 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 23
2024 5,000 metres, Men Olympic 39 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Hannes KolehmainenFIN Jean BouinFRA George HutsonGBR
1920 Joseph GuillemotFRA Paavo NurmiFIN Eric BackmanSWE
1924 Paavo NurmiFIN Ville RitolaFIN Edvin WideSWE
1928 Ville RitolaFIN Paavo NurmiFIN Edvin WideSWE
1932 Lauri LehtinenFIN Ralph HillUSA Lasse VirtanenFIN
1936 Gunnar HöckertFIN Lauri LehtinenFIN Henry JonssonSWE
1948 Gaston ReiffBEL Emil ZátopekTCH Wim SlijkhuisNED
1952 Emil ZátopekTCH Alain MimounFRA Herbert SchadeGER
1956 Vladimir KutsURS Gordon PirieGBR Derek IbbotsonGBR
1960 Murray HalbergNZL Hans GrodotzkiGER Kazimierz ZimnyPOL
1964 Bob SchulUSA Harald NorpothGER Bill DellingerUSA
1968 Mohamad GammoudiTUN Kip KeinoKEN Naftali TemuKEN
1972 Lasse VirénFIN Mohamad GammoudiTUN Ian StewartGBR
1976 Lasse VirénFIN Dick QuaxNZL Klaus-Peter HildenbrandFRG
1980 Miruts YifterETH Suleiman NyambuiTAN Kaarlo MaaninkaFIN
1984 Saïd AouitaMAR Markus RyffelSUI António LeitãoPOR
1988 John NgugiKEN Dieter BaumannFRG Hansjörg KunzeGDR
1992 Dieter BaumannGER Paul BitokKEN Fita BayesaETH
1996 Vénuste NiyongaboBDI Paul BitokKEN Khalid BoulamiMAR
2000 Million WoldeETH Ali Saïdi-SiefALG Brahim LahlafiMAR
2004 Hicham El GuerroujMAR Kenenisa BekeleETH Eliud KipchogeKEN
2008 Kenenisa BekeleETH Eliud KipchogeKEN Edwin SoiKEN
2012 Mo FarahGBR Dejen GebremeskelETH Thomas LongosiwaKEN
2016 Mo FarahGBR Paul ChelimoUSA Hagos GebrhiwetETH
2020 Joshua CheptegeiUGA Moh AhmedCAN Paul ChelimoUSA
2024 Jakob IngebrigtsenNOR Ronald KwemoiKEN Grant FisherUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Finland FIN 7 4 2 13
Ethiopia ETH 3 2 2 7
Great Britain GBR 2 1 3 6
Morocco MAR 2 0 2 4
Kenya KEN 1 5 4 10
United States USA 1 2 3 6
Germany GER 1 2 1 4
France FRA 1 2 0 3
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 1 0 2
New Zealand NZL 1 1 0 2
Tunisia TUN 1 1 0 2
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Burundi BDI 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Uganda UGA 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 1 2
Algeria ALG 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 0 1 0 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 4 4
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Portugal POR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Lasse Virén FIN 2 0 0 2
Mo Farah GBR 2 0 0 2
Paavo Nurmi FIN 1 2 0 3
Lauri Lehtinen FIN 1 1 0 2
Ville Ritola FIN 1 1 0 2
Dieter Baumann GER
FRG
1 1 0 2
Emil Zátopek CZE
TCH
1 1 0 2
Mohamad Gammoudi TUN 1 1 0 2
Kenenisa Bekele ETH 1 1 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Ali Saïdi-Sief 2 Silver See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Bernardo Manuel 11 h2 r1/3 See all
Argentina ARG 1984 Summer Olympics Julio Gómez 10 h1 r1/3 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Javier Carriqueo 19 h2 r1/2
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics George Hill 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Albie Thomas 5 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Dave Power 5
1968 Summer Olympics Ron Clarke 5
Austria AUT 1980 Summer Olympics Dietmar Millonig 6 See all
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Hayle İbrahimov 9 See all
Bahrain BRN 2020 Summer Olympics Birhanu Balew 6 See all
Barbados BAR 1992 Summer Olympics Leo Garnes 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Belgium BEL 1948 Summer Olympics Gaston Reiff 1 Gold See all
Belize BIZ 1984 Summer Olympics Eugène Muslar 12 h2 r1/3 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Amadou Alimi 12 h3 r1/3 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Policarpio Calizaya 14 h4 r1/2 See all
Botswana BOT 1980 Summer Olympics Robert Chideka 10 h1 r1/3 See all
Brazil BRA 1924 Summer Olympics Alfredo Gomes 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Evgeni Ignatov 8 See all
Burundi BDI 1996 Summer Olympics Vénuste Niyongabo 1 Gold See all
Cabo Verde CPV 2012 Summer Olympics Ruben Sança 21 h2 r1/2 See all
Cameroon CMR 1968 Summer Olympics Esau Adenji 12 h1 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 2020 Summer Olympics Moh Ahmed 2 Silver See all
Central African Republic CAF 1968 Summer Olympics Gabriel M'Boa 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Chad CHA 1992 Summer Olympics Yussuf Moli Yesky 14 h1 r1/2 See all
Chile CHI 1972 Summer Olympics Edmundo Warnke 5 h5 r1/2 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Omar Aguilar 11 h1 r2/3
Colombia COL 1976 Summer Olympics Domingo Tibaduiza 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Rafael Pérez 12 h2 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics Emil Zátopek 1 Gold See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1984 Summer Olympics Masini Situ-Kumbanga 12 h4 r1/3 See all
Denmark DEN 1956 Summer Olympics Thyge Thøgersen 8 See all
Djibouti DJI 2012 Summer Olympics Mumin Gala 13 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Ruddy Cornielle 14 h2 r1/3 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Hansjörg Kunze 3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 1984 Summer Olympics Luis Tipán 12 h3 r1/3 See all
Egypt EGY 1924 Summer Olympics Mohamed El-Sayed 10 h1 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Efraín Cordero DNS See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 1988 Summer Olympics Manuel Rondo 19 h1 r1/3 See all
Eritrea ERI 2004 Summer Olympics Zersenay Tadese 7 See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Jüri Lossman DNS See all
1928 Summer Olympics Felix Beldsinsky DNS
Eswatini SWZ 1992 Summer Olympics Isaac Simelane 9 h3 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Miruts Yifter 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Million Wolde 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gold
Fiji FIJ 1972 Summer Olympics Usaia Sotutu 13 h5 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1912 Summer Olympics Hannes Kolehmainen 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Paavo Nurmi 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Ville Ritola 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Lauri Lehtinen 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Gunnar Höckert 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Lasse Virén 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Lasse Virén 1 Gold
France FRA 1920 Summer Olympics Joseph Guillemot 1 Gold See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Dieter Baumann 1 Gold See all
Ghana GHA 1968 Summer Olympics Robert Hackman DNS See all
Great Britain GBR 2012 Summer Olympics Mo Farah 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Mo Farah 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1924 Summer Olympics Alexandros Kranis 7 h3 r1/2 See all
Guatemala GUA 2020 Summer Olympics Luis Grijalva 12 See all
Guyana GUY 1960 Summer Olympics George De Peana 13 h4 r1/2 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Dieudonné Lamothe 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Honduras HON 1968 Summer Olympics Juan Valladares 14 h1 r1/2 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Clovis Morales 14 h2 r1/2
Hungary HUN 1956 Summer Olympics Miklós Szabó 4 See all
Iceland ISL 1952 Summer Olympics Kristján Jóhannsson 14 h3 r1/2 See all
India IND 1980 Summer Olympics Gopal Saini 9 h1 r1/3 See all
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Edward Nabunome 14 h2 r1/3 See all
Iraq IRQ 2000 Summer Olympics Shihab Houna Murad 18 h2 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1980 Summer Olympics Eamonn Coghlan 4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Hossein Rabbi 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Arie Gamliel 10 h3 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1920 Summer Olympics Carlo Speroni 7 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Umberto Cerati 7
1988 Summer Olympics Stefano Mei 7
Jamaica JAM 2016 Summer Olympics Kemoy Campbell 10 h1 r1/2 See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Kohei Murakoso 4 See all
Jordan JOR 1984 Summer Olympics Basil Kilani 12 h1 r1/3 See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics John Ngugi 1 Gold See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2008 Summer Olympics Moukheld Al-Outaibi 6 h3 r1/2 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2020 Summer Olympics Nursultan Keneshbekov 18 h1 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 1928 Summer Olympics Staņislavs Petkevičs 7 See all
Lesotho LES 2016 Summer Olympics Namakoe Nkhasi 15 h1 r1/2 See all
Liberia LBR 1984 Summer Olympics Nimley Twegbe 13 h1 r1/3 See all
Lithuania LTU 1928 Summer Olympics Julius Petraitis 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1936 Summer Olympics Michel Medinger, Sr. 13 h3 r1/2 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Paul Frieden 13 h3 r1/2
Madagascar MAD 1964 Summer Olympics Jean Randrianjatavo 11 h1 r1/2 See all
Malawi MAW 1996 Summer Olympics Henry Moyo 13 h2 r1/3 See all
Mauritania MTN 1996 Summer Olympics Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou 11 h1 r1/3 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Juan Martínez 4 See all
Monaco MON 1928 Summer Olympics Robert Masino DNS See all
Morocco MAR 1984 Summer Olympics Saïd Aouita 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Hicham El Guerrouj 1 Gold
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Pedro Mulomo 11 h3 r1/3 See all
Myanmar MYA 2000 Summer Olympics Maung Maung Nge 19 h2 r1/2 See all
Nepal NEP 1980 Summer Olympics Laxman Basnet 11 h1 r1/3 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Wim Slijkhuis 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1960 Summer Olympics Murray Halberg 1 Gold See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Anwar Al-Harazi 16 h2 r1/3 See all
Norway NOR 2024 Summer Olympics Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1 Gold See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Mubarak Shah 12 h4 r1/2 See all
Palestine PLE 2008 Summer Olympics Nader Al-Massri 13 h2 r1/2 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1976 Summer Olympics John Kokinai 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Paraguay PAR 1984 Summer Olympics Ramón López 13 h3 r1/3 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1948 Summer Olympics Luo Wenao 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Peru PER 2016 Summer Olympics David Torrence 15 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Benjamin Silva-Netto 13 h2 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Kazimierz Zimny 3 Bronze See all
Portugal POR 1984 Summer Olympics António Leitão 3 Bronze See all
Qatar QAT 2008 Summer Olympics James Kwalia 8 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1948 Summer Olympics Sim Bok-Seok 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Cyprian Tseriwa 10 h3 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1964 Summer Olympics Andrei Barabaș 4 h1 r1/2 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1912 Summer Olympics Mikhail Nikolsky 4 h3 r1/2 See all
Rwanda RWA 1992 Summer Olympics Seraphin Mugabo 11 h4 r1/2 See all
Senegal SEN 1972 Summer Olympics Siatka Badji DNS See all
Serbia SRB 2024 Summer Olympics Elzan Bibić 14h1 r1/2 See all
Singapore SGP 1972 Summer Olympics P. C. Suppiah 11 h1 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Miroslav Vanko 12 h1 r2/3 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 2016 Summer Olympics Rosefelo Siosi 24 h1 r1/2 See all
Somalia SOM 2008 Summer Olympics Abdinasir Ibrahim 12 h3 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2016 Summer Olympics Elroy Gelant 13 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Lý 13 h3 r1/2 See all
South Yemen YMD 1988 Summer Olympics Farouk Ahmed Sayed 18 h3 r1/3 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Vladimir Kuts 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1996 Summer Olympics Enrique Molina 7 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1964 Summer Olympics Ranatunge Karunananda 12 h3 r1/2 See all
Sudan SUD 1984 Summer Olympics Ahmed Musa Jouda 9 h2 r1/3 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Khamis Abdullah Seifeddine 12 h3 r1/3
Sweden SWE 1920 Summer Olympics Eric Backman 3 Bronze See all
1924 Summer Olympics Edvin Wide 3 Bronze
1928 Summer Olympics Edvin Wide 3 Bronze
1936 Summer Olympics Henry Jonsson 3 Bronze
Switzerland SUI 1984 Summer Olympics Markus Ryffel 2 Silver See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Saleh El-Ali 12 h2 r1/3 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2016 Summer Olympics Romário Leitão 25 h2 r1/2 See all
Thailand THA 1960 Summer Olympics Somnuek Srisombat 11 h3 r1/2 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Somsak Keaokanta 11 h3 r1/2
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1948 Summer Olympics Manny Ramjohn 10 h1 r1/2 See all
Tunisia TUN 1968 Summer Olympics Mohamad Gammoudi 1 Gold See all
Türkiye TUR 1952 Summer Olympics Osman Coşgül 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Uganda UGA 2020 Summer Olympics Joshua Cheptegei 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Serhiy Lebid 7 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Tikhonov 8 h4 r1/2 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Suleiman Nyambui 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1964 Summer Olympics Bob Schul 1 Gold See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1992 Summer Olympics Marlon Williams 12 h2 r1/2 See all
Uruguay URU 2024 Summer Olympics Santiago Catrofe 14h2 r1/2 See all
Vanuatu VAN 1992 Summer Olympics Tawai Keiruan 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Venezuela VEN 2004 Summer Olympics Freddy González 13 h2 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Dieter Baumann 2 Silver See all
Yemen YEM 1992 Summer Olympics Hussein Salah Joaim DNS See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1964 Summer Olympics Franc Červan 7 h3 r1/2 See all
Zambia ZAM 2000 Summer Olympics Sam Mfula Mwape 14 h2 r1/2 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1984 Summer Olympics Zephaniah Ncube 12 h1 r2/3 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Dominic Lobalu 4 See all