Olympic Games 5000 meters- 1972
Men's Final (10 Sep 1972) 1 13:26.42 Lasse Viren (FIN) 22 Jul 1949 2 13:27.33 Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN) 11 Feb 1938 3 13:27.61 Ian Stewart (SCO) 15 Jan 1949 4 13:28.25 Steve Prefontaine (USA) 25 Jan 1951 5 13:30.82 Emile Puttemans (BEL) 08 Oct 1947 6 13:32.58 Harald Norpoth (GER) 22 Aug 1942 7 13:34.38 Per Halle (NOR) 06 May 1949 8 13:39.31 Nikolay Sviridov (RUS) 06 Jul 1938 9 13:40.84 Frank Eisenberg (GER) 07 Dec 1943 10 13:41.83 Javier Alvarez (ESP) 18 Dec 1943 11 13:43.20 Ian McCafferty (SCO) 24 Nov 1944 12 13:43.22 Dave Bedford (ENG) 30 Dec 1949 13 13:53.84 Juha Vaatainen (FIN) 12 Jul 1941 Men's Semi-Final #1 (07 Sep 1972) 1 13:49.8 Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN) 11 Feb 1938 Q 2 13:49.8 Dave Bedford (ENG) 30 Dec 1949 Q 3 13:56.8 Benjamin Jipcho (KEN) 01 Mar 1943 4 13:57.2 Anders Gärderud (SWE) 28 Aug 1946 5 13:57.8 Mike Keogh (IRL) 13 Oct 1950 6 13:57.8 Rene Goris (BEL) 01 Feb 1946 7 14:01.6 Arne Risa (NOR) 05 May 1944 8 14:12.6 Takaharu Koyama (JPN) 08 Jul 1948 9 14:29.6 Carlos Lopes (POR) 18 Feb 1947 10 15:19.6 Esau Ade Nji (CMR) 11 Jan 1944 11 15:36.6 Pehind Carappan Suppiah (SIN) 10 Aug 1949 Men's Semi-Final #2 (07 Sep 1972) 1 13:31.8 Emile Puttemans (BEL) 08 Oct 1947 Q 2 13:32.6 Steve Prefontaine (USA) 25 Jan 1951 Q 3 13:33.4 Harald Norpoth (GER) 22 Aug 1942 q 4 13:36.6 Javier Alvarez (ESP) 18 Dec 1943 q 5 13:43.8 Grant McLaren (CAN) 19 Aug 1948 6 13:45.2 Pedro Miranda (MEX) 02 Jan 1948 7 14:08.6 Vladimir Afonin (RUS) 04 Dec 1948 8 14:34.4 Raymond Zembri (FRA) 26 Dec 1948 9 14:35.2 Dick Quax (NZL) 01 Jan 1948 10 14:39.2 Gerd-Wigandt Kærlin (DEN) 24 Jul 1950 11 15:53.4 Carlos Cuque Lopez (GUA) 24 Nov 1945 Men's Semi-Final #3 (07 Sep 1972) 1 13:38.2 Ian McCafferty (SCO) 24 Nov 1944 Q 2 13:38.4 Frank Eisenberg (GER) 07 Dec 1943 Q 3 13:38.6 Per Halle (NOR) 06 May 1949 q 4 13:40.4 Dusan Moravcik (CZE) 27 May 1948 5 13:41.4 Paul Mose (KEN) 17 Jul 1949 6 13:42.0 Tapio Kantanen (FIN) 31 May 1949 7 13:42.8 Anthony Benson (AUS) 20 May 1943 8 13:45.0 Boualem Rahoui (ALG) 08 Oct 1948 9 13:50.4 Tekele Fetinsa (ETH) 13 Dec 1945 10 13:56.2 Richard Taylor (NZL) 12 Aug 1948 11 14:01.4 Edward Sequeira (IND) 06 Feb 1942 12 14:34.6 John Hartnett (IRL) 07 Jul 1950 13 15:51.0 Abdallah al-Mabrouk (SAU) 01 Jul 1953 Men's Semi-Final #4 (07 Sep 1972) 1 13:32.8 Juha Vaatainen (FIN) 12 Jul 1941 Q 2 13:33.0 Ian Stewart (SCO) 15 Jan 1949 Q 3 13:35.4 Mariano Haro (ESP) 27 May 1940 q 4 13:46.2 Tolosa Kotu (ETH) 25 Dec 1952 5 13:52.6 Willy Polleunis (BEL) 27 Dec 1947 6 13:57.6 Nikolay Puklakov (RUS) 15 Jan 1945 7 13:58.2 Mario Perez (MEX) 13 Mar 1939 8 14:07.2 Leonard Hilton (USA) 28 Sep 1947 9 14:15.2 Wolfgang Riesinger (GER) 08 Jan 1951 10 14:15.8 Knut Tore Børø (NOR) 28 Sep 1949 11 14:18.8 Jørn Lauenborg (DEN) 14 Sep 1944 12 14:37.2 Evans Mogaka (KEN) 1952 13 14:37.4 Damiano Ngwila Musonda (ZAM) 15 Auf 1945 Men's Semi-Final #5 (07 Sep 1972) 1 13:38.4 Lasse Viren (FIN) 22 Jul 1949 Q 2 13:38.4 Nikolay Sviridov (RUS) 06 Jul 1938 Q 3 13:39.2 Josef Jansky (CZE) 24 Nov 1940 4 13:41.2 George Young (USA) 24 Jul 1937 5 13:43.6 Edmundo Warnke (CHI) 03 Jul 1951 6 13:44.0 Robert Finlay (CAN) 03 Aug 1943 7 13:44.8 Keisuke Sawaki (JPN) 08 Dec 1943 8 13:48.2 Bronislaw Malinowski (POL) 04 Jun 1951 9 14:06.6 Jürgen May (GER) 18 Jun 1942 10 14:11.6 Gavin Thorley (NZL) 11 Jun 1947 11 14:26.0 Hikmet Sen (TUR) 15 Jul 1944 12 14:54.4 Fritz Rüegsegger (SUI) 07 May 1950 13 15:24.2 Usaia Sotutu (FIJ) 20 Sep 1948 Q => qualified on place q => qualified on time
Last Updated on 26 Feb 2011
Contributor: Tomas Magnusson