1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 5000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 45 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 22, 1952 (preliminary) July 24, 1952 (final) |
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The men's 5000-meter race at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 22nd and 24th, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 45 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was the Czechoslovak Emil Zátopek ahead of Alain Mimoun from France. Bronze went to Herbert Schade from Germany.
Existing records
World record | 13: 58.2 min | Gunder Hägg ( Sweden ) | Gothenburg , Sweden | September 20, 1942 |
Olympic record | 14: 17.6 min | Gaston Reiff ( Belgium ) | Final London , Great Britain | August 2, 1948 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in three heats on July 22nd. The five best runners each qualified for the final on July 24th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
July 22, 5:10 p.m .: Preliminary
July 24, 4:40 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: July 22, 1952, from 5:10 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Alain Mimoun | France | 14: 19.0 min | 14: 19.15 min | |
2 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 14: 22.8 min | 14: 22.83 min | |
3 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 14: 23.8 min | 14: 23.92 min | |
4th | Åke Andersson | Sweden | 14: 25.0 min | 14: 25.09 min | |
5 | Gordon Pirie | Great Britain | 14: 26.2 min | 14: 26.47 min | |
6th | Nikifor Popov | Soviet Union | 14: 28.5 min | 14: 28.84 min | |
7th | Charlie Capozzoli | United States | 14: 39.0 min | k. A. | |
8th | August Sutter | Switzerland | 14: 45.2 min | ||
9 | Øistein Saksvik | Norway | 14: 55.4 min | ||
10 | John Landy | Australia | 14: 56.4 min | ||
11 | Helmuth Perz | Austria | 14: 57.2 min | ||
12 | Osamu Inoue | Japan | 14: 59.0 min | ||
13 | Stevan Pavlović | Yugoslavia | 14: 59.2 min | ||
14th | József Kovács | Hungary | 17:09.2 min |
Forward 2
With Ali Baghbanbashi, an Iranian athlete took part in the Olympic Games for the first time.
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Herbert Schade | BR Germany | 14: 15.4 min | 14: 15.44 min | OR |
2 | Alan Parker | Great Britain | 14: 18.2 min | 14: 18.47 min | |
3 | Ernő Béres | Hungary | 14: 19.6 min | 14: 19.66 min | |
4th | Lucien Theys | Belgium | 14: 22.2 min | 14: 21.62 min | |
5 | Eero Tuomaala | Finland | 14: 26.8 min | k. A. | |
6th | Ivan Semyonov | Soviet Union | 14: 28.0 min | ||
7th | Alojzy Graj | Poland | 14: 30.0 min | k. A. | |
8th | Osman Coşgül | Turkey | 14: 36.2 min | ||
9 | Bertil Karlsson | Sweden | 14: 45.8 min | ||
10 | Pierre Page | Switzerland | 14: 57.0 min | ||
11 | Ali Baghbanbashi | Iran | 14: 57.2 min | ||
12 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim | France | 15: 10.2 min | ||
13 | Wes Santee | United States | 15: 10.4 min | ||
14th | Zdravko Ceraj | Yugoslavia | 15: 17.8 min | ||
DNF | Rich Ferguson | Canada |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Alexander Anufrijew | Soviet Union | 14: 23.6 min | 14: 23.83 min | |
2 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 14: 26.0 min | 14: 25.80 min | |
3 | Emil Zatopek | Czechoslovakia | 14: 26.0 min | 14: 25.81 min | |
4th | Les Perry | Australia | 14: 27.0 min | 14: 27.18 min | |
5 | Christopher Chataway | Great Britain | 14: 27.8 min | 14: 27.35 min | |
6th | Ib Planck | Denmark | 14: 31.6 min | 14: 31.66 min | |
7th | Martin Stokken | Norway | 14: 39.0 min | k. A. | |
8th | Curtis Stone | United States | 14: 42.8 min | ||
9 | Jean Schlegel | France | 14: 45.6 min | ||
10 | Kurt Rötzer | Austria | 14: 49.4 min | ||
11 | Väinö Koskela | Finland | 14: 50.8 min | ||
12 | Velimir Ilić | Yugoslavia | 14: 51.6 min | ||
13 | Paul Peace | Luxembourg | 15: 23.2 min | ||
14th | Kristján Jóhansson | Iceland | 15: 23.8 min | ||
15th | Alphonse Vandenrydt | Belgium | 15: 51.2 min | ||
DNF | George Hoskins | New Zealand |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Emil Zatopek | Czechoslovakia | 14: 06.6 min | 14: 06.72 min | OR |
2 | Alain Mimoun | France | 14: 07.4 min | 14: 07.58 min | |
3 | Herbert Schade | BR Germany | 14: 08.6 min | 14: 08.80 min | |
4th | Gordon Pirie | Great Britain | 14: 18.0 min | 14: 18.31 min | |
5 | Christopher Chataway | Great Britain | 14: 18.0 min | 14: 18.38 min | |
6th | Les Perry | Australia | 14: 23.6 min | 14: 23.16 min | |
7th | Ernő Béres | Hungary | 14: 24.8 min | k. A. | |
8th | Åke Andersson | Sweden | 14: 26.0 min | ||
9 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 14: 27.8 min | ||
10 | Alexander Anufrijew | Soviet Union | 14: 31.4 min | ||
11 | Alan Parker | Great Britain | 14: 37.0 min | ||
12 | Ilmari Taipale | Finland | 14: 40.0 min | ||
13 | Eero Tuomaala | Finland | 14: 54.2 min | ||
14th | Lucien Theys | Belgium | 14: 59.0 min | ||
DNF | Gaston Reiff | Belgium |
Date: July 24, 1952, 4:40 p.m.
The role of favorites was - unlike over 10,000 meters - not so clear. The silver medalist from 1948 and reigning European champion Emil Zátopek, who had previously won the 10,000 meter race, was of course part of the very narrow group of contenders for the gold medal. But at the top of the world best of the year was the German Herbert Schade, who had drawn attention to himself with very good races. And also three runners from the USSR - Vladimir Kazantsev (only started over 3000 meters obstacle ), Alexander Anufrijew and Nikifor Popow - had excellent times. Alain Mimoun, who finished second behind Zátopek over 10,000 meters, was also not to be forgotten.
After a lap and a half, Schade took the lead. It was important for him to bet on the tempo card in order to break Zátopek's enormous sprint force. But the German wasn't consistent enough. He crossed the 1000 meter mark in 2:47 minutes, four seconds slower than in his preroll. The top group soon consisted of only six runners: Schade in front, behind Gaston Reiff, Olympic champion from 1948 , Zátopek, Mimoun, Chris Chataway and Gordon Pirie. Schade led the group for a long time and passed the 2000 meters at 5:37 minutes, the 3000 meters at 8:30 minutes and the 4000 meters at 11:25 minutes. Now the race was about as fast as the second run, in which Schade had run an Olympic record of 14: 15.4 minutes . The Belgian Reiff now gave up the race exhausted. Then Pirie had to tear down. At the beginning of the last lap, Chataway took the lead, now the four runners at the front sprinted for victory and for the medals with constantly changing leaders. After a short time, Zátopek fell back completely unexpectedly and Chataway once again used all reserves to get away. But Zátopek recovered, fought his way up and flew past his three remaining opponents. Chataway stepped on the inside edge in the final corner and fell exhausted. Zátopek now pulled through and could not be taken away from the gold medal. Mimoun came second, Schade came third. Pirie was also able to overtake the fallen Chataway and finished fourth, Chataway saved fifth.
Herbert Schade won the first medal for Germany over 5000 meters .
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, SS 77–80
Web links
- SportsReference 5000 m , accessed September 25, 2017
- Official report p. 284f, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 25, 2017
- 1952, Emil Zátopek, 5000m, Olympic Games, Helsinki , published June 20, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 25, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 551 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 78f