Men 5000m Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Friday, 3rd August - Gold Medal: Ville Ritola, Finland
Finaltime
1. Ville RitolaFIN Finland14:38.0
2. Paavo NurmiFIN Finland14:40.0e
3. Edvin WideSWE Sweden14:41.2e
4. Leo LermondUSA United States14:50.0e
5. Ragnar MagnussonSWE Sweden14:59.6e
6. Armas KinnunenFIN Finland15:02.0e
7. Staņislavs PetkēvičsLAT Latvia
8. Herbert JohnstonGBR Great Britain
9. Brian OddieGBR Great Britain
10.Macauley SmithUSA United States
-. Nils EklöfSWE SwedenDNF

world Men 5000m History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600.
38 competitors from 19 nations.
World Record: 14:28.2 Paavo Nurmi, Finalnd Helsinki, Finland June 19, 1924
Olympic Record: 14:31.2 Paavo Nurmi, Finland Paris, France July 10, 1924
RoundHathdate
Heats33831.07
First place times in the three heats ranged from 15:02.6 to 15:07.4, Lermond being the fastest winner. Four Finns qualified for the final, but Eino Purje, bronze medallist in the 1500m the day before, was never a factor due to a knee injury. Nurmi led through two laps in 2:20.0, and 1500m in 4:17.0. After reaching 2000m in 5:46.5, Nurmi was passed by Ritola. Reportedly, Nurmi was suffering hip pains after falling in the water jump during the steeplechase heats two days earlier. In touch with the two Finns at 3000m, reached in 8:43.0, were Macauley Smith (USA), Wide and Lermond, with Kinnunen and Magnusson beginning to struggle to keep pace. Smith dropped back shortly after, eventually finishing 10th, while Ritola and Nurmi pulled away from Wide with 600m to go. Ritola ran away from Nurmi on the Men’s 1500 Metres, continued last bend and won by 15m, with Nurmi powerless to counteract his great rival’s finish. The unusually fatigued Nurmi looked round half a dozen times in the finishing straight to ensure that he could stay ahead of Wide.

Heats - Tuesday, 31st July

First 4 fromn each of 3 Heats advanced to Final.
Heat 1time
1. Leo LermondUSA United States15:02.6Q
2. Staņislavs PetkēvičsLAT Latvia15:03.0Q
3. Eino PurjeFIN Finland15:03.6Q
4. Ragnar MagnussonSWE Sweden15:03.8Q
5. Wally BeaversGBR Great Britain
6. Carl PetersenDEN Denmark15:13.0
7. Frederick LightGBR Great Britain
8. Lucien DuquesneFRA France
9. Seghir BeddariFRA France
-. Ciro ChapaMEX MexicoDNF
-. Charles HaworthUSA United StatesDNF
-. Karel NedobitýTCH CzechoslovakiaDNF
-. Billy KibblewhiteCAn CanadaDNF
-. Nol WolfNED NetherlandsDNF
-. Julien SerwyBEL BelgiumDNF
Heat 2time
1. Nils EklöfSWE Sweden15:07.4Q
2. Ville RitolaFIN Finland15:10.8Q
3. Armas KinnunenFIN Finland15:10.8Q
4. Brian OddieGBR Great Britain15:16.0Q
5. Jesús OyarbideESP Spain15:22.0
6. Roger PeléFRA France
7. Willi BoltzeGeR Germany15:33.0
8. Jozef KoščakTCH Czechoslovakia15:42.0
9. Andreas PaourisGRe Greece
10.Julius PetraitisLTU Lithuania
11.David AbbottUSA United States
-. Art KeayCAn CanadaDNF
-. George HydeAUS AustraliaDNF
-. Pieter GerbrandsNED NetherlandsDNF
Heat 3time
1. Macauley SmithUSA United States15:04.0Q
2. Edvin WideSWE Sweden15:05.0Q
3. Herbert JohnstonGBR Great Britain15:06.3Q
4. Paavo NurmiFIN Finland15:08.0Q
5. Otto KohnGeR Germany
6. Arie KlaaseNED Netherlands
7. Arturo PeñaESP Spain15:45.0
8. Vincent CallardCAn Canada
-. Gurbachan SinghINd IndiaDNF
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