ATHLETICS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men 5000m Olympic Games and World Championships History

Olympic Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
olim 2004 Athletics Men 5000m	Hicham El Guerrouj	MOR	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN
olim 2000 Athletics Men 5000m	Million Wolde	ETH	Ali Saidi-Sief	ALG	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR
olim 1996 Athletics Men 5000m	Venuste Niyongabo	BDI	Paul Bitok	KEN	Khalid Boulami	MAR
olim 1992 Athletics Men 5000m	Dieter Baumann	GER	Paul Bitok	KEN	Fita Bayissa	ETH
olim 1988 Athletics Men 5000m	John Ngugi	KEN	Dieter Baumann	FRG	Hansjoerg Kunze	GDR
olim 1984 Athletics Men 5000m	Said Aouita	MAR	Markus Ryffel	SUI	Antonio Leitao	POR
olim 1980 Athletics Men 5000m	Miruts Yifter	ETH	Suleiman Nyambui	TAN	Kaarlo Maaninka	FIN
olim 1976 Athletics Men 5000m	Lasse Viren	FIN	Dick Quax	NZL	Klaus-Peter Hildebrand	GER
olim 1972 Athletics Men 5000m	Lasse Viren	FIN	Mohamed Gammoudi	TUN	Ian Steward	GBR
olim 1968 Athletics Men 5000m	Mohamed Gammoudi	TUN	Heizakieh Keino	KEN	Naftali Temu	KEN
olim 1964 Athletics Men 5000m	Bob Schul	USA	Harald Norpoth	FRG	Bill Dellinger	USA
olim 1960 Athletics Men 5000m	Murray Halberg	NZL	Hans Grodotzki	GER	Kazimierz Zimny	POL
olim 1956 Athletics Men 5000m	Vladimir Kuts	URS	Gordon Pirie	GBR	Derek Ibbotson	GBR
olim 1952 Athletics Men 5000m	Emil Zбtopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Herbert Schade	GER
olim 1948 Athletics Men 5000m	Gaston Reiff	BEL	Emil Zбtopek	TCH	Willem Slijkhuis	NED
olim 1936 Athletics Men 5000m	Gunnar Hockert	FIN	Lauri Lehtinen	FIN	Henry Jonsson	SWE
olim 1932 Athletics Men 5000m	Lauri Lehtinen	FIN	Ralph Hill	USA	Lauri Virtanen	FIN
olim 1928 Athletics Men 5000m	Ville Ritola	FIN	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Edvin Wide	SWE
olim 1924 Athletics Men 5000m	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Ville Ritola	FIN	Edvin Wide	SWE
olim 1920 Athletics Men 5000m	Joseph Guillemot	FRA	Paavo Nurmi	FIN	Eric Backman	SWE
olim 1912 Athletics Men 5000m	Hannes Kolehmainen	FIN	Jean Bouin	FRA	George Hutson	GBR

World Championships	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2005 Men 5000m	Benjamin Limo	KEN	Sileshi Sihine	ETH	Craig Mottram	AUS
2003 Men 5000m	Eliud Kipchoge	KEN	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH
2001 Men 5000m	Richard Limo	KEN	Million Wolde	ETH	John Kibowen	KEN
1999 Men 5000m	Salah Hissou	MAR	Benjamin Limo	KEN	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL
1997 Men 5000m	Daniel Komen	KEN	Khalid Boulami	MAR	Tom Nyariki	KEN
1995 Men 5000m	Ismael Kirui	KEN	Khalid Boulami	MAR	Shem Kororia	KEN
1993 Men 5000m	Ismael Kirui	KEN	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	Fita Bayissa	ETH
1991 Men 5000m	Yobes Ondieki	KEN	Fita Bayissa	ETH	Brahim Boutayeb	MAR
1987 Men 5000m	Said Aouita	MAR	Domingos Castro	POR	Jack Buckner	GBR
1983 Men 5000m	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	Werner Schildhauer	GDR	Martti Vainio	FIN


Name:

Medals	G	S	B	All
1. Kenya	8	4	5	17
2. Finland	7	4	3	14
3. Marocco	3	3	3	9
4. Ethiopia	2	5	3	10
5. France	1	2		3
6. Germany	1	1	2	4
7. United States	1	1	1	3
8. Tunisia	1	1		2
8. Czechoslovakia	1	1		2
8. New Zealand	1	1		2
11.Belgium	1		1	2
12.Burundi	1			1
12.Ireland	1			1
12.Soviet Union	1			1
12.Marroco	1			1
16.West Germany		2		2
17.Great Britain		1	4	5
18.Portugal		1	1	2
19.East Germany		1	1	2
20.Tanzania		1		1
20.Algeria		1		1
20.Switzerland		1		1
23.Sweden			4	4
24.Australia			1	1
24.Netherlands			1	1
24.Poland			1	1

Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev

todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 2 May 2006