1988 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 5000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 56 athletes from 39 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Seoul Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | September 28, 1988 (preliminary round) September 29, 1988 (semi-finals) October 1, 1988 (final) |
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The men's 5000 meter run at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul was held from September 28 to October 1, 1988 in three rounds in the Seoul Olympic Stadium. 56 athletes took part.
The Kenyan John Ngugi became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Dieter Baumann from the Federal Republic of Germany and Hansjörg Kunze from the GDR.
The Swiss Pierre Délèze and the Austrian Dietmar Millonig both failed in the preliminary round. Runners from Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1984 | Saïd Aouita ( Morocco ) | 13:05:59 min | Los Angeles 1984 |
World Champion 1987 | 13: 26.44 min | Rome 1987 | |
European champion 1986 | Jack Buckner ( Great Britain ) | 13: 10.15 min | Stuttgart 1986 |
Pan American champion 1987 | Arturo Barrios ( Mexico ) | 13: 31.40 min | Indianapolis 1987 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1987 | Pablo Cerón ( Mexico ) | 14:06:20 min | Caracas 1987 |
South America Champion 1987 | Rolando Vera ( Ecuador ) | 14: 03.00 min | São Paulo 1987 |
Asian champion 1987 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama ( Qatar ) | 14: 09.29 min | Singapore 1987 |
African Champion 1988 | Brahim Boutayeb ( Morocco ) | 13: 49.69 min | Annaba 1988 |
Existing records
World record | 12: 58.39 min | Saïd Aouita ( Morocco ) | Rome , Italy | July 22, 1987 |
Olympic record | 13:05:59 min | Los Angeles final , USA | August 11, 1984 |
Preliminary round
Date: September 28, 1988
The athletes competed in a total of four heats. The first seven athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the nine fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gary Staines | Great Britain | 13: 47.81 min | |
2 | Sydney Maree | United States | 13: 47.85 min | |
3 | Andrew Lloyd | Australia | 13: 47.87 min | |
4th | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 13: 47.91 min | |
5 | John Ngugi | Kenya | 13: 47.93 min | |
6th | Mauricio González | Mexico | 13: 47.98 min | |
7th | John Doherty | Ireland | 13: 47.99 min | |
8th | Paul Arpin | France | 13: 48.03 min | |
9 | Alejandro Gomez | Spain | 13: 51.60 min | |
10 | Dietmar Millonig | Austria | 14: 01.92 min | |
11 | Pierre Délèze | Switzerland | 14: 12.79 min | |
12 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 14: 15.94 min | |
13 | Aboukar Hassan Adani | Somalia | 14: 37.98 min | |
14th | Ali Ismael Hassan | Djibouti | 14: 45.40 min | |
15th | Hari Bahadur Rokaya | Kingdom of Nepal | 14: 53.75 min | |
16 | Kaleka Mutoke | Zaire | 14: 56.33 min | |
17th | Ian Gray | Belize | 15: 33.24 min | |
18th | Abdel Rahman Massad | Sudan | 15: 50.91 min | |
19th | Manuel Rondo | Equatorial Guinea | 16: 44.13 min |
Forward 2
Davendra Singh from Fiji , who was registered for the run , did not start.
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Eamonn Martin | Great Britain | 13: 58.00 min | |
2 | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 13: 58.08 min | |
3 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 13: 58.19 min | |
4th | Yobes Ondieki | Kenya | 13: 58.24 min | |
5 | Doug Padilla | United States | 13: 58.45 min | |
6th | Dieter Baumann | BR Germany | 13: 58.46 min | |
7th | Abel Antón | Spain | 13: 58.59 min | |
8th | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 13: 58.72 min | |
9 | Arturo Barrios | Mexico | 13: 59.04 min | |
10 | Frank O'Mara | Ireland | 13: 59.46 min | |
11 | Shuichi Yoneshige | Japan | 13: 59.68 min | |
12 | Stanley Mandebele | Zimbabwe | 14: 03.97 min | |
13 | Kim Yeong-gil | South Korea | 14: 09.45 min | |
14th | Edward Nabunone | Indonesia | 14: 19.40 min | |
15th | George Mambosasa | Malawi | 14: 30.01 min | |
16 | Anwar Al-Harazi | North Yemen | 14: 49.25 min | |
17th | Mohamed Ould Khalifa | Mauritania | 15: 18.64 min | |
DNF | Lars Ove Strømø | Norway |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 13: 42.96 min | |
2 | Charles Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13: 43.11 min | |
3 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 13: 43.28 min | |
4th | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 13: 43.38 min | |
5 | Evgeni Ignatov | Bulgaria | 13: 43.42 min | |
6th | Paul Williams | Canada | 13: 43.43 min | |
7th | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 13: 43.48 min | |
8th | Jonny Danielsson | Sweden | 13: 43.54 min | |
9 | José Regalo | Portugal | 13: 43.59 min | |
10 | Jack Buckner | Great Britain | 13: 43.69 min | |
11 | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 13: 44.34 min | |
12 | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 13: 45.25 min | |
13 | Terry Brahm | United States | 13: 45.28 min | |
14th | Marcos Barreto | Mexico | 13: 45.82 min | |
15th | Juma Mnyampanda | Tanzania | 14:05.09 min | |
16 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | Qatar | 14:06:20 min | |
17th | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 14: 08.84 min | |
18th | Farouk Ahmed Sayed | South Yemen | 15: 11.20 min | |
19th | Rondji Niakaken | Chad | 15: 42.73 min |
Semifinals
Date: September 29, 1988
The first six athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the three fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , advanced. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 13: 22.44 min | |
2 | Sydney Maree | United States | 13: 22.61 min | |
3 | Dieter Baumann | BR Germany | 13: 22.71 min | |
4th | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 13: 22.71 min | |
5 | Yobes Ondieki | Kenya | 13: 22.85 min | |
6th | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 13: 23.04 min | |
7th | Jack Buckner | Great Britain | 13: 23.17 min | |
8th | Salvatore Antibo | Italy | 13: 25.64 min | |
9 | Cyrille Laventure | France | 13: 29.92 min | |
10 | Charles Cheruiyot | Kenya | 13: 38.44 min | |
11 | Alejandro Gomez | Spain | 13: 41.73 min | |
12 | Andrew Lloyd | Australia | 13: 42.49 min | |
13 | Paul Williams | Canada | 13: 44.57 min | |
14th | Marcos Barreto | Mexico | 13: 53.93 min | |
15th | Eamonn Coghlan | Ireland | 14: 02.16 min |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Stefano Mei | Italy | 13: 24.20 min | |
2 | John Ngugi | Kenya | 13: 24.43 min | |
3 | José Regalo | Portugal | 13: 24.48 min | |
4th | Gary Staines | Great Britain | 13: 24.51 min | |
5 | John Doherty | Ireland | 13: 24.61 min | |
6th | Evgeni Ignatov | Bulgaria | 13: 24.76 min | |
7th | Paul Arpin | France | 13: 24.82 min | |
8th | Jonny Danielsson | Sweden | 13: 25.25 min | |
9 | Eamonn Martin | Great Britain | 13: 26.26 min | |
10 | Mauricio González | Mexico | 13: 32.52 min | |
11 | Doug Padilla | United States | 13: 37.11 min | |
12 | Abel Antón | Spain | 13: 39.13 min | |
13 | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 13: 43.65 min | |
14th | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | 14: 03.74 min | |
15th | Terry Brahm | United States | 14:04.12 min |
final
Date: October 1, 1988
Two Kenyans, two British, two French and two Portuguese had qualified for the final on October 1st. The field was completed by one participant each from the Federal Republic of Germany, the GDR, Bulgaria, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and the USA.
World champion and world record holder Saïd Aouita from Morocco, who was also Olympic champion in 1984 , had not submitted a report for the competition. The Kenyan cross country champion John Ngugi was now at the top of the circle of favorites . Other medal candidates were World Cup third and European champion Jack Buckner from Great Britain, vice world champion Domingos Castro from Portugal and vice European champion Stefano Mei from Italy.
The field remained closed together for about two and a half laps. At 1000 meters, Ngugi took the initiative, increased the pace and, above all, with a very fast 1000 meters between kilometers one and two, he had a lead of around thirty meters. Castro started to pursue at 3000 meters and broke away more and more from the remaining field. He worked for himself about twenty yards, but couldn't get close to Ngugi. At 4000 meters he was still ahead with about thirty meters at his now consistently high speed. In the chasing field, the German Dieter Baumann had meanwhile taken the lead and put pressure on to perhaps close the gap to Castro. The now small group behind Ngugi and Castro fell apart, only GDR runner Hansjörg Kunze could keep up with Baumann. So it went into the last round. John Ngugi showed no weakness, he tightened again and became Olympic champion by a clear margin. Meanwhile, Castro's distance to Baumann and Kunze was fading. It was no longer enough for the Portuguese, Dieter Baumann - silver - and Hansjörg Kunze - bronze - caught him in the last fifty meters, Domingos Castro came fourth. The American Sydney Maree followed at a considerable distance in fifth and British Jack Buckner in sixth.
John Ngugi ran the first Kenyan Olympic victory over 5000 meters .
Split times | |||
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Intermediate mark |
Meanwhile | Leading | 1000 m time |
1000 m | 2: 42.75 min | John Ngugi | 2: 42.75 min |
2000 m | 5: 14.96 min | John Ngugi | 2: 32.21 min |
3000 m | 7: 56.12 min | John Ngugi | 2: 41.16 min |
4000 m | 10: 36.21 min | John Ngugi | 2: 40.09 min |
5000 m | 13: 11.70 min | John Ngugi | 2: 31.61 min |
Bottom line
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | John Ngugi | Kenya | 13: 11.70 min | |
2 | Dieter Baumann | BR Germany | 13: 15.52 min | |
3 | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 13: 15.73 min | |
4th | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 13: 16.09 min | |
5 | Sydney Maree | United States | 13: 23.69 min | |
6th | Jack Buckner | Great Britain | 13: 23.85 min | |
7th | Stefano Mei | Italy | 13: 26.17 min | |
8th | Evgeni Ignatov | Bulgaria | 13: 26.41 min | |
9 | John Doherty | Ireland | 13: 27.71 min | |
10 | Jonny Danielsson | Sweden | 13: 30.44 min | |
11 | Pascal Thiébaut | France | 13: 31.99 min | |
12 | Yobes Ondieki | Kenya | 13: 52.01 min | |
13 | Gary Staines | Great Britain | 13: 55.00 min | |
14th | Paul Arpin | France | 14: 13.19 min | |
DNF | José Regalo | Portugal |
Web links
- SportsReference 5000 m , accessed January 24, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , athletics results: pp. 227–229, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018
Video
- 5000m Final - 1988 , published April 5, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed January 24, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 672 , accessed on January 24, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 227f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul, volume two, part two , athletics results: p. 228f, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018
- ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Seoul Volume two, part two , Athletics results: p. 229, English / French (PDF, 25.64 MB), accessed on January 24, 2018