The men's 5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928 and on Friday, August 3, 1928.

Thirty-eight long-distance runners

Long-distance track event

Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...

 from 19 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	14:28.2	Paavo Nurmi Paavo Nurmi Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...  (FIN Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... )	June 19, 1924
Olympic Record	14:31.2	Paavo Nurmi Paavo Nurmi Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish runner. Born in Turku, he was known as one of the "Flying Finns," a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola, and others for their distinction in running...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	July 10, 1924

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928 and started at 5:10 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

The best four finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:02.6	Q
2		15:03.0	Q
3		15:03.6	Q
4		15:03.8	Q
5
6		15:13.0
7
8
9
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:07.4	Q
2		15:10.8	Q
3		15:10.8	Q
4		15:16.0	Q
5		15:22.0
6
7		15:33.0
8		15:42.0
9
10
11
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:04.0	Q
2		15:05.0	Q
3		15:06.3	Q
4		15:08.0	Q
5
6
7		15:45.0
8
—		DNF

Final

The final was held on Friday, August 3, 1928 and started at 2:30 p.m.

12-hour clock

The 12-hour clock is a time conversion convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem and post meridiem...

The same three runners finished on the podium than four years earlier in the 5000 metre event

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924 and on Thursday, July 10, 1924.38 long-distance runners from 21 nations competed.-Records:...

at the 1924 Games. But this time Ritola won the gold medal and Nurmi silver, Wide won the bronze medal again.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		14:38.0
2		14:40.0
3		14:41.2
4		14:50.0
5		14:59.6
6		15:02.0
7
8
9
10
—		DNF
		DNF