1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 5000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 38 athletes from 19 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Amsterdam | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 31, 1928 (preliminary) August 3, 1928 (final) |
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The men's 5000 meter run at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on July 31 and August 3, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 38 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was the Finn Ville Ritola ahead of his compatriot Paavo Nurmi . Bronze went to Edvin Wide from Sweden .
Existing records
- World record : 14: 28.2 min - Paavo Nurmi ( Finland ), Helsinki , June 19, 1924
- Olympic record : 14: 31.2 min - Paavo Nurmi ( Finland ), Paris final , July 10, 1924
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in three heats on July 31. The four best runners in each case qualified for the final, which took place on August 3rd.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
Date: July 31, 1928
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Leo Lermond | United States | 15: 02.6 min | |
2 | Staņislavs Petkēvičs | Latvia | 15: 03.0 min | |
3 | Eino Purje | Finland | 15: 03.6 min | |
4th | Ragnar Magnusson | Sweden | 15: 03.8 min | |
5 | Wally Beavers | Great Britain | k. A. | |
6th | Carl Petersen | Denmark | 15: 13.0 min | |
7th | Frederick Light | Great Britain | k. A. | |
8th | Lucien Duquesne | France | ||
9 | Seghir Beddari | France | ||
DNF | Ciro Chapa | Mexico | ||
Charles Haworth | United States | |||
Billy Kibblewhite | Canada | |||
Karel Nedobitý | Czechoslovakia | |||
Julien Serwy | Belgium | |||
Nol Wolf | Netherlands |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Nils Eklöf | Sweden | 15: 07.4 min | |
2 | Ville Ritola | Finland | 15: 10.8 min | |
3 | Arma's chin | Finland | 15: 10.8 min | |
4th | Brian Oddie | Great Britain | 15: 16.0 min | |
5 | Jesús Oyarbide | Spain | 15: 22.0 min | |
6th | Roger Pelé | France | k. A. | |
7th | Willi Boltze | German Empire | 15: 33.0 min | |
8th | Jozef Koščak | Czechoslovakia | 15: 42.0 min | |
9 | Andreas Paouris | Greece | k. A. | |
10 | Julius Petraitis | Lithuania | ||
11 | Dave Abbott | United States | ||
DNF | Pieter Gerbrands | Netherlands | ||
George Hyde | Australia | |||
Kind Keay | Canada |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Macauley Smith | United States | 15:04.0 min | |
2 | Edvin Wide | Sweden | 15: 05.0 min | |
3 | Herbert Johnston | Great Britain | 15: 06.3 min | |
4th | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | 15: 08.0 min | |
5 | Otto Kohn | German Empire | k. A. | |
6th | Arie Klaase | Netherlands | ||
7th | Arturo Peña | Spain | 15: 45.0 min | |
8th | Vincent Callard | Canada | k. A. | |
DNF | Gurbachan Singh | British India |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ville Ritola | Finland | 14: 38.0 min | |
2 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | 14: 40.0 min | |
3 | Edvin Wide | Sweden | 14: 41.2 min | |
4th | Leo Lermond | United States | 14: 50.0 min | |
5 | Ragnar Magnusson | Sweden | 14: 59.6 min | |
6th | Armas Kirunnen | Finland | 15:02.0 min | |
7th | Staņislavs Petkēvičs | Latvia | k. A. | |
8th | Herbert Johnston | Great Britain | ||
9 | Brian Oddie | Great Britain | ||
10 | Macauley Smith | United States | ||
DNF | Nils Eklöf | Sweden | ||
Eino Purje | Finland |
Date: August 3, 1928
Nothing seemed to have changed from the situation in the last few games . The two Finns Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola as well as the Swede Edvin Wide separated from the rest of the field after approx. 3000 meters and won the medals among themselves. On the penultimate lap, Nurmi and Ritola were also able to leave the Swedes behind and fought for the gold medal. But then it turned out differently than expected. In contrast to 1924 and unlike here five days before over 10,000 meters , Ritola prevailed and defeated his famous compatriot. Afterwards, there were even skeptical voices, which led to the assumption that the Finnish team management had directed this and influenced the result. But there was not the slightest evidence for this, apart from assumptions. The sports journalist Willy Meisl , who was very well known at the time, confirms this impression after a conversation with Nurmi and Ritola
Ville Ritola won the fifth and final gold medal of his career.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 196f
Web links
- SportsReference 5000 m , accessed September 12, 2017
- Official report pp. 421–423 engl. (PDF), accessed on September 12, 2017
Video
- Flying Finn Ritola signs off with fifth gold - Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games , published May 29, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 12, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 197