Results for United States in 5,000 metres, Men

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1912 Summer Olympics	George Bonhag	4
	Tell Berna	5
	Louis Scott	AC
	Eddie Fitzgerald	AC h2 r1/2
	Garnett Wikoff	AC h3 r1/2
	Wallace McCurdy	AC h5 r1/2
	Fred McNair	DNS
	Lewis Anderson	DNS
	William Kramer	DNS
	Louis Madeira	DNS
	Harry Smith	DNS
	Norm Taber	DNS
1920 Summer Olympics	Charles Hunter	5 h3 r1/2
	Clifford Furnas	AC
	Hal Brown	AC
	Ivan Dresser	AC
1924 Summer Olympics	John Romig	4
	Pete Phelps	6 h2 r1/2
	Eastman Doolittle	7 h1 r1/2
	George Lermond	8 h3 r1/2
1928 Summer Olympics	Leo Lermond	4
	Macauley Smith	10
	Dave Abbott	11 h2 r1/2
	Charles Haworth	AC h1 r1/2
1932 Summer Olympics	Ralph Hill	2	Silver
	Dan Dean	8
	Paul Rekers	AC
1936 Summer Olympics	Lou Zamperini	8
	Don Lash	13
	Tom Deckard	9 h2 r1/2
1948 Summer Olympics	Curt Stone	6
	Jerry Thompson	5 h3 r1/2
	Clarence Robison	AC h2 r1/2
1952 Summer Olympics	Charlie Capozzoli	7 h1 r1/2
	Curt Stone	8 h3 r1/2
	Wes Santee	13 h2 r1/2
1956 Summer Olympics	Curt Stone	7 h2 r1/2
	Bill Dellinger	AC r2/2
	Max Truex	DNS
1960 Summer Olympics	Bill Dellinger	4 h3 r1/2
	Bob Soth	7 h4 r1/2
	Jim Beatty	9 h1 r1/2
1964 Summer Olympics	Bob Schul	1	Gold
	Bill Dellinger	3	Bronze
	Oscar Moore	8 h4 r1/2
1968 Summer Olympics	Jack Bacheler	4 h2 r1/2
	Bob Day	6 h3 r1/2
	Lou Scott	11 h1 r1/2
1972 Summer Olympics	Steve Prefontaine	4
	George Young	4 h5 r1/2
	Len Hilton	8 h4 r1/2
1976 Summer Olympics	Paul Geis	12
	Duncan MacDonald	7 h2 r1/2
	Dick Buerkle	9 h3 r1/2
1984 Summer Olympics	Doug Padilla	7
	Steve Lacy	10 h1 r2/3
	Don Clary	11 h2 r2/3
1988 Summer Olympics	Sydney Maree	5
	Doug Padilla	11 h2 r2/3
	Terry Brahm	15 h2 r2/3
1992 Summer Olympics	Bob Kennedy	12
	Reuben Reina	5 h2 r1/2
	John Trautmann	AC h3 r1/2
1996 Summer Olympics	Bob Kennedy	6
	Jim Spivey	13 h2 r2/3
	Matt Giusto	9 h1 r1/3
2000 Summer Olympics	Adam Goucher	13
	Brad Hauser	11 h2 r1/2
	Nick Rogers	12 h1 r1/2
2004 Summer Olympics	Tim Broe	11
	Jon Riley	14 h1 r1/2
2008 Summer Olympics	Bernard Lagat	9
	Matt Tegenkamp	13
	Ian Dobson	9 h2 r1/2
2012 Summer Olympics	Bernard Lagat	4
	Galen Rupp	7
	Lopez Lomong	10
2016 Summer Olympics	Paul Chelimo	2	Silver
	Bernard Lagat	5
	Hassan Mead	11
2020 Summer Olympics	Paul Chelimo	3	Bronze
	Grant Fisher	9
	Woody Kincaid	14
2024 Summer Olympics	Grant Fisher	3	Bronze
	Graham Blanks	9
	Abdihamid Nur	19h2 r1/2