Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | September 10 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
100 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The Men's 5000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany took place on 7 and 10 September 1972.
Underdog Steve Prefontaine[1] took the lead in the final during the last mile and ended the slow pace of the first two miles. In second place at the start of the bell lap, he fell back to third with 200 meters to go. Lasse Virén took the lead in the final turn over silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi. Prefontaine ran out of gas with 30 meters to go as Britain's hard-charging Ian Stewart caught him from behind and moved into third place within ten meters of the finish, depriving Prefontaine of an Olympic bronze medal.[2][3]
Virén also won the 10,000 metres a week earlier, and successfully defended both titles in 1976.
Results
Heats
Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Emiel Puttemans | ![]() | 13:31.8 | Q |
2 | 2 | Steve Prefontaine | ![]() | 13:32.6 | Q |
3 | 4 | Juha Väätäinen | ![]() | 13:32.8 | Q |
4 | 4 | Ian Stewart | ![]() | 13:33.0 | Q |
5 | 2 | Harald Norpoth | ![]() | 13:33.4 | Q |
6 | 4 | Mariano Haro | ![]() | 13:35.4 | Q |
7 | 2 | Javier Álvarez | ![]() | 13:36.6 | Q |
8 | 3 | Ian McCafferty | ![]() | 13:38.2 | Q |
9 | 3 | Frank Eisenberg | ![]() | 13:38.4 | Q |
9 | 5 | Lasse Virén | ![]() | 13:38.4 | Q |
9 | 5 | Nikola Sviridov | ![]() | 13:38.4 | Q |
12 | 3 | Per Halle | ![]() | 13:38.6 | Q |
13 | 5 | Josef Jánský | ![]() | 13:39.8 | |
14 | 3 | Dušan Moravčík | ![]() | 13:40.4 | |
15 | 5 | George Young | ![]() | 13:41.2 | |
16 | 3 | Paul Mose | ![]() | 13:41.4 | |
17 | 3 | Tapio Kantanen | ![]() | 13:42.0 | |
18 | 3 | Tony Benson | ![]() | 13:42.8 | |
19 | 5 | Edmundo Warnke | ![]() | 13:43.6 | |
20 | 2 | Grant McLaren | ![]() | 13:43.8 | |
21 | 5 | Bob Finlay | ![]() | 13:44.0 | |
22 | 5 | Keisuke Sawaki | ![]() | 13:44.8 | |
23 | 3 | Boualem Rahoui | ![]() | 13:45.0 | |
24 | 2 | Pedro Miranda | ![]() | 13:45.2 | |
25 | 4 | Tolossa Kotu | ![]() | 13:46.2 | |
26 | 5 | Bronisław Malinowski | ![]() | 13:48.2 | |
27 | 1 | Mohamed Gammoudi | ![]() | 13:49.8 | Q |
28 | 1 | David Bedford | ![]() | 13:49.8 | Q |
29 | 3 | Tekle Fitinsa | ![]() | 13:50.4 | |
30 | 4 | Willy Polleunis | ![]() | 13:52.6 | |
31 | 3 | Richard Tayler | ![]() | 13:56.2 | |
32 | 1 | Ben Jipcho | ![]() | 13:56.8 | |
33 | 1 | Anders Gärderud | ![]() | 13:57.2 | |
34 | 4 | Nikola Puklakov | ![]() | 13:57.6 | |
35 | 1 | Michael Keogh | ![]() | 13:57.8 | |
36 | 1 | René Goris | ![]() | 13:57.8 | |
37 | 4 | Mario Pérez | ![]() | 13:58.2 | |
38 | 3 | Edward Sequeira | ![]() | 14:01.4 | |
39 | 1 | Arne Roald Risa | ![]() | 14:01.6 | |
40 | 5 | Jürgen May | ![]() | 14:06.6 | |
41 | 4 | Leonard Hilton | ![]() | 14:07.2 | |
42 | 2 | Vladimir Afonin | ![]() | 14:08.6 | |
43 | 5 | Gavin Thorley | ![]() | 14:11.6 | |
44 | 1 | Takaharu Koyama | ![]() | 14:12.6 | |
45 | 4 | Wolfgang Riesinger | ![]() | 14:15.2 | |
46 | 4 | Knut Børø | ![]() | 14:15.8 | |
47 | 4 | Jørn Lauenbourg | ![]() | 14:18.8 | |
48 | 5 | Hikmet Şen | ![]() | 14:26.0 | |
49 | 1 | Carlos Alberto Lopes | ![]() | 14:29.6 | |
50 | 2 | Raymond Zembri | ![]() | 14:34.4 | |
51 | 3 | John Hartnett | ![]() | 14:34.6 | |
52 | 2 | Dick Quax | ![]() | 14:35.2 | |
53 | 4 | Evans Mogaka | ![]() | 14:37.2 | |
54 | 4 | Ngwila Musonda | ![]() | 14:37.4 | |
55 | 2 | Gert Kaerulin | ![]() | 14:39.2 | |
56 | 5 | Fritz Rüegsegger | ![]() | 14:54.4 | |
57 | 1 | Nji Esau Ade | ![]() | 15:19.6 | |
58 | 5 | Usaia Sotutu | ![]() | 15:24.2 | |
59 | 1 | Pehind Carappan Suppiah | ![]() | 15:36.6 | |
60 | 3 | Abdullah Al-Mabrouk | ![]() | 15:51.0 | |
61 | 2 | Carlos Cuque | ![]() | 15:53.4 | |
62 | 1 | Jadour Haddou | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 1 | Siatka Badji | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 1 | Dane Korica | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 2 | Mikhail Jelev | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 2 | Ánge Pérez Jaime | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 2 | Kerry O'Brian | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 3 | Jos Hermens | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 4 | Ardelham Khamis | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 5 | Merus Yifter | ![]() | DNS | |
62 | 5 | Crispín Quispe | ![]() | DNS |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
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Lasse Virén | ![]() |
13:26.4 |
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Mohamed Gammoudi | ![]() |
13:27.4 |
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Ian Stewart | ![]() |
13:27.6 |
4 | Steve Prefontaine | ![]() |
13:28.4 |
5 | Emiel Puttemans | ![]() |
13:30.8 |
6 | Harald Norpoth | ![]() |
13:32.6 |
7 | Per Halle | ![]() |
13:34.4 |
8 | Nikola Sviridov | ![]() |
13:39.4 |
9 | Frank Eisenberg | ![]() |
13:40.8 |
10 | Javier Álvarez | ![]() |
13:41.8 |
11 | Ian McCafferty | ![]() |
13:43.2 |
12 | David Bedford | ![]() |
13:43.2 |
13 | Juha Väätäinen | ![]() |
13:53.8 |
14 | Mariano Haro | ![]() |
DNS |
References
- ↑ Newnham, Blaine (September 10, 1972). "It's Pre versus the Europeans". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1C.
- ↑ Newnham, Blaine (September 11, 1972). "Pre's warning for 1976: 'He'd better watch out'". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.
- ↑ Newnham, Blaine (June 1, 1975). "Only first". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 1B.