Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

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The men's 5000 metres was the second-longest of the seven men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 18 October 1964. 54 athletes from 35 nations entered, with 6 not starting the first round. The first round was held on 16 October and the final on 18 October.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
United States Bob Schul
United States		 Unified Team of Germany Harald Norpoth
Unified Team of Germany		 United States William Dellinger
United States

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

The top three runners in each of the 4 heats advanced.

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Michel Jazy France France 13:55.4
2 William David Baillie Netherlands Netherlands 13:55.4
3 Stepan Baidiuk Soviet Union Soviet Union 14:00.2
4 Andrei Barabas Romania Romania 14:00.2
5 Anthony Cook Australia Australia 14:02.4
6 John Bryan Herring Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14:07.2
7 Muharrem Dalkilic Turkey Turkey 14:12.0
8 Lutz Philipp Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 14:15.2
9 Bruce Kidd Canada Canada 14:21.8
10 Janos Pinter Hungary Hungary 14:41.0
11 Jean Randrianjatovo Madagascar Madagascar 15:50.4
— Paschal Mfyomi Tanganyika Tanganyika Did not start
Gaston Roelants Belgium Belgium Did not start

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Michael Edwin Wiggs Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13:51.0
2 William Dellinger United States United States 13:52.2
3 Thor Helland Norway Norway 13:52.4
4 Lech Boguszewicz Poland Poland 13:52.8
5 Kestutis Orentas Soviet Union Soviet Union 13:54.0
6 Eugene Allonsius Belgium Belgium 13:55.0
7 Jean Vaillant France France 14:05.8
8 Manfred Letzerich Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 14:06.2
9 Thomas O'Riordan Ireland Ireland 14:08.8
10 Jorgen Nielsen Dam Denmark Denmark 14:20.4
11 Albert George Thomas Australia Australia 14:27.8
12 Fernando Aguila Spain Spain 14:29.2
13 Alvaro Mejia Florez Colombia Colombia 14:41.4
— E. Yazdanpanah-Barughi Iran Iran Did not start

[edit] First round, heat 3

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia Tunisia 14:10.2
2 Bob Schul United States United States 14:11.4
3 Harald Norpoth Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 14:11.6
4 Murray Gordon Halberg Netherlands Netherlands 14:12.0
5 Josef Tomas Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 14:12.6
6 Bengt Najde Sweden Sweden 14:13.4
7 Franc Cervan Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 14:16.6
8 Simo Sakari Saloranta Finland Finland 14:24.6
9 Lajos Mecser Hungary Hungary 14:35.4
10 Jean Fayolle France France 14:44.6
11 Sermsak Keocanta Thailand Thailand 16:08.8
12 Ranatunge Karunananda Ceylon Ceylon 16:22.2
13 Nguyen Van Ly Vietnam Vietnam 17:28.0

[edit] First round, heat 4

Place Athlete Nation Time
1 Ron Clarke Australia Australia 13:48.4
2 Kipchoge Keino Kenya Kenya 13:49.6
3 Nikolay Dutov Soviet Union Soviet Union 13:50.6
4 Francisco Aritmendi Spain Spain 14:05.0
5 Sven-Olv Larsson Sweden Sweden 14:10.2
6 Iwashita Satsuo Japan Japan 14:18.4
7 Derek Austin Graham Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14:21.6
8 Oscar W. Moore United States United States 14:24.0
9 Simo Vazic Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 14:33.8
10 Henri Clerckx Belgium Belgium 14:40.0
11 Neville Ian Scott Netherlands Netherlands 15:01.0
— Ben Assou El Ghazi Morocco Morocco Did not start
Manuel Oliveira Portugal Portugal Did not start
Mamo Wolde Ethiopia Ethiopia Did not start

[edit] Final

Place Athlete Nation Time 1000 2000 3000 4000
1 Bob Schul United States United States 13:48.8 2:51.4 5:40.0 8:25.0 11:16.2
2 Harald Norpoth Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 13:49.6 2:51.0 5:39.8 8:22.8 11:15.8
3 William Dellinger United States United States 13:49.8 2:51.8 5:40.6 8:25.8 11:16.4
4 Michel Jazy France France 13:49.8 2:50.4 5:39.6 8:22.4 11:15.6
5 Kipchoge Keino Kenya Kenya 13:50.4 2:50.8 5:40.4 8:25.6 11:16.0
6 William David Baillie Netherlands Netherlands 13:51.0 2:50.6 5:39.8 8:24.2 11:16.0
7 Nikolay Dutov Soviet Union Soviet Union 13:53.8 2:51.6 5:40.4 8:23.2 11:15.8
8 Thor Helland Norway Norway 13:57.0 2:51.6 5:40.2 8:26.0 11:16.6
9 Ron Clarke Australia Australia 13:58.0 2:50.2 5:39.4 8:22.2 11:15.8
10 Stepan Baidiuk Soviet Union Soviet Union 14:11.2 2:51.0 5:40.0 8:25.6 11:19.2
11 Michael Edwin Wiggs Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14:20.8 2:52.8 5:40.8 8:28.6 11:28.6
— Mohammed Gammoudi Tunisia Tunisia Did not start No times

[edit] References

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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