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5000 metres
The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...
was a track and field athletics
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event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
These are the results of athletics (sport), athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.
The athletics programme grew by four events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre rac ...
programme. It was the debut of the event, which along with the 10000 metre event replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu ...
. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912, and on Wednesday, July 10, 1912. Thirty-one long-distance runners from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. ''(*)'' unofficial George Bonhag, in winning the first semifinal, which was the first Olympic 5000 ever, set the Olympic record at 15:22.6. It lasted until the 5th and last semifinal, in which Jean Bouin broke it by finishing in 15:05.0. Unsurprisingly, that record stood only until the next race—Hannes Kolehmainen
Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen (; 9 December 1889 – 11 January 1966) was a Finnish four-time Olympic gold medalist and a world record holder in middle- and long-distance running. He was the first in a generation of great Finnish long-dista ...
won the final at 14:36.6 as both he and Bouin (just behind Kolehmainen, at 14:36.7) surpassed the best time of the semifinals. This record became the first official world record for the 5000 metres.
Results
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912.Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 4
Semifinal 5
Final
The final was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
References
Notes
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The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...
5000 metres at the Olympics