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5,000 metres, Men

Date31 July – 3 August 1928
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants38 from 18 countries

The favorites were the three medalists from 1924 – Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola (FIN), and Edvin Wide (SWE), with Nurmi a slight favorite over Ritola. In the final, the three of them broke away from the field by 3,000 metres. Ritola and Nurmi dropped Wide with 600 metres remaining, and ran together on the final lap, until the last curve when Ritola pulled away and won by 15 metres, Nurmi slowing in the straight.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1Final
1800Ville RitolaFIN15:10.8 (2 h2)14:38.0 (1)Gold
2797Paavo NurmiFIN15:08.0 (4 h3)14:40.0 (2)Silver
3866Edvin WideSWE15:05.0 (2 h3)14:41.2 (3)Bronze
4545Leo LermondUSA15:02.6 (1 h1)14:50.0 (4)
5857Ragnar MagnussonSWE15:03.8 (4 h1)14:59.6 (5)
6780Armas KinnunenFIN15:10.8 (3 h2)15:02.0 (6)
7150Staņislavs PetkevičsLAT15:03.0 (2 h1)– (7)
8465Bert JohnstonGBR15:06.3 (3 h3)– (8)
9476Brian OddieGBR15:16.0 (4 h2)– (9)
10562Macauley SmithUSA15:04.0 (1 h3)– (10)
AC799Eino PurjeFIN15:03.6 (3 h1)– (DNF)
AC844Nils EklöfSWE15:07.4 (1 h2)– (DNF)
5 h1 r1/2439Wally BeaversGBR– (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/2376Jesús OyarbideESP15:22.0 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/2720Otto KohnGER– (5 h3)
6 h1 r1/2701Carl Axel Holger PetersenDEN15:13.0 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/297Roger PeléFRA– (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/2311Arie KlaaseNED– (6 h3)
7 h1 r1/2467Fred LightGBR– (7 h1)
7 h2 r1/2704Willi BoltzeGER15:33.0 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/2377Arturo PeñaESP15:45.0 (7 h3)
8 h1 r1/260Lucien DuquesneFRA– (8 h1)
8 h2 r1/2386Jozef KoščakTCH15:42.0 (8 h2)
8 h3 r1/2648Vincent CallardCAN– (8 h3)
9 h1 r1/253Seghir BeddariFRA– (9 h1)
9 h2 r1/2142Andreas PaourisGRE– (9 h2)
10 h2 r1/2156Julius PetraitisLTU– (10 h2)
11 h2 r1/2494Dave AbbottUSA– (11 h2)
AC h1 r1/2656Billy KibblewhiteCAN– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2168Ciro ChapaMEX– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2335Nol WolfNED– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2388Karel NedobitýTCH– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2539Charles HaworthUSA– (DNF h1)
AC h1 r1/2626Julien SerwyBEL– (DNF h1)
AC h2 r1/2599George HydeAUS– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2657Art KeayCAN– (DNF h2)
AC h2 r1/2303Pieter GerbrandsNED– (DNF h2)
AC h3 r1/2209Gurbachan SinghIND– (DNF h3)
DNS254Juichi NagataniJPN– (DNS h1)
DNS205D. B. ChavanIND– (DNS h1)
DNS833Jozé SlapnicarYUG– (DNS h1)
DNS194Erling PedersenNOR– (DNS h1)
DNS37Elek SzerbHUN– (DNS h2)
DNS260Seiichiro TsudaJPN– (DNS h2)
DNS300Frédéric du HenNED– (DNS h2)
DNS185Hans GundhusNOR– (DNS h2)
DNS432António de AlmeidaPOR– (DNS h2)
DNS91Jules LadoumègueFRA– (DNS h3)
DNS401Ch. B. Mehmed BeyTUR– (DNS h3)
DNS285Danie JacobsRSA– (DNS h3)
DNS179Robert MasinoMON– (DNS h3)
DNS595José RibasARG– (DNS h3)
DNS127Athanassios BekiarisGRE– (DNS h3)
DNS851Jean-Gunnar LindgrenSWE– (DNS h3)
DNS653David GriffinCAN– (DNS h3)
DNS221Luigi BoeroITA– (DNS h3)
DNS814Felix BeldsinskyEST– (DNS h3)

Round One (31 July 1928 — 17:10)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1545Leo LermondUSA15:02.6Q
2150Staņislavs PetkevičsLAT15:03.0Q
3799Eino PurjeFIN15:03.6Q
4857Ragnar MagnussonSWE15:03.8Q
5439Wally BeaversGBR
6701Carl Axel Holger PetersenDEN15:13.0
7467Fred LightGBR
860Lucien DuquesneFRA
953Seghir BeddariFRA
DNF168Ciro ChapaMEX
DNF539Charles HaworthUSA
DNF388Karel NedobitýTCH
DNF656Billy KibblewhiteCAN
DNF335Nol WolfNED
DNF626Julien SerwyBEL
DNS254Juichi NagataniJPN
DNS205D. B. ChavanIND
DNS833Jozé SlapnicarYUG
DNS194Erling PedersenNOR

Heat Two

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1844Nils EklöfSWE15:07.4Q
2800Ville RitolaFIN15:10.8Q
3780Armas KinnunenFIN15:10.8Q
4476Brian OddieGBR15:16.0Q
5376Jesús OyarbideESP15:22.0
697Roger PeléFRA
7704Willi BoltzeGER15:33.0
8386Jozef KoščakTCH15:42.0
9142Andreas PaourisGRE
10156Julius PetraitisLTU
11494Dave AbbottUSA
DNF657Art KeayCAN
DNF599George HydeAUS
DNF303Pieter GerbrandsNED
DNS37Elek SzerbHUN
DNS260Seiichiro TsudaJPN
DNS300Frédéric du HenNED
DNS185Hans GundhusNOR
DNS432António de AlmeidaPOR

Heat Three

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1562Macauley SmithUSA15:04.0Q
2866Edvin WideSWE15:05.0Q
3465Bert JohnstonGBR15:06.3Q
4797Paavo NurmiFIN15:08.0Q
5720Otto KohnGER
6311Arie KlaaseNED
7377Arturo PeñaESP15:45.0
8648Vincent CallardCAN
DNF209Gurbachan SinghIND
DNS91Jules LadoumègueFRA
DNS401Ch. B. Mehmed BeyTUR
DNS285Danie JacobsRSA
DNS179Robert MasinoMON
DNS595José RibasARG
DNS127Athanassios BekiarisGRE
DNS851Jean-Gunnar LindgrenSWE
DNS653David GriffinCAN
DNS221Luigi BoeroITA
DNS814Felix BeldsinskyEST

Final (3 August 1928 — 14:30)

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1800Ville RitolaFIN14:38.0
2797Paavo NurmiFIN14:40.0
3866Edvin WideSWE14:41.2
4545Leo LermondUSA14:50.0
5857Ragnar MagnussonSWE14:59.6
6780Armas KinnunenFIN15:02.0
7150Staņislavs PetkevičsLAT
8465Bert JohnstonGBR
9476Brian OddieGBR
10562Macauley SmithUSA
DNF844Nils EklöfSWE
DNF799Eino PurjeFIN