Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...

event at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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Medalists

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	13:00.41	David Moorcroft David Moorcroft David Robert Moorcroft is a former middle-distance and long-distance runner from England, and former world record holder for 5,000 metres. His athletic career spanned the late-1970s and 1980s. He subsequently served as the Chief Executive of UK Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He was awarded an MBE in...	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... (NOR Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... )	July 7, 1982
Olympic Record	13:20.34	Brendan Foster Brendan Foster Brendan Foster CBE is a British former distance runner, entrepreneur and the founder of the Great North Run. He won the Bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics...	Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... (CAN Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... )	July 28, 1976

Final

was not permitted to start in the final after his doping sample following the 10,000 metres final tested positive for metenolone

Metenolone

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RANK	FINAL	TIME
		13:05.59 OR
		13:07.54
		13:09.20
4.		13:11.50
5.		13:14.40
6.		13:18.41
7.		13:23.56
8.		13:24.46
9.		13:26.50
10.		13:27.34
11.		13:34.50
12.		13:41.64
13.		13:53.34
14.		14:16.61

Semifinals

Top six in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		13:38.59
2.		13:39.76
3.		13:40.08
4.		13:40.74
5.		13:41.70
6.		13:41.73
7.		13:43.49
8.		13:45.98
9.		13:46.34
10.		13:46.65
11.		13:51.13
12.		13:53.25
13.		13:57.43
14.		13:58.74

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		13:28.39
2.		13:28.44
3.		13:28.48
4.		13:28.56
5.		13:28.60
6.		13:29.08
7.		13:29.72
8.		13:30.48
9.		13:32.64
10.		13:34.46
11.		13:42.04
12.		13:46.02
13.		13:46.03
14.		13:47.53

Qualifying heats

Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		13:43.28
2.		13:45.16
3.		13:46.01
4.		13:46.84
5.		13:48.84
6.		13:52.56
7.		13:57.96
8.		14:03.44
9.		14:12.15
10.		14:27.78
11.		14:28.48
12.		14:48.08
13.		15:20.58
14.		17:36.69
15.		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		13:44.45
2.		13:44.75
3.		13:44.97
4.		13:45.66
5.		13:46.27
6.		13:46.35
7.		13:47.56
8.		13:58.51
9.		13:59.41
10.		14:04.74
11.		14:36.89
12.		15:05.78
13.		15:24.68
14.		17:16.77
15.		DNF

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		13:45.99
2.		13:46.16
3.		13:46.16
4.		13:46.16
5.		13:46.27
6.		13:46.32
7.		13:46.33
8.		13:48.66
9.		13:50.60
10.		14:02.98
11.		14:22.20
12.		14:52.43
13.		15:15.64