Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics
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The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 10,000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

George Bonhag, in winning the first semifinal, set the Olympic record at 15:22.6. It lasted until the 5th and last semifinal, in which Jean Bouin broke it by finishing in 15:05.0. Unsurprisingly, that record stood only until the next race—Hannes Kolehmainen won the final at 14:36.6 as both he and Bouin (just behind Kolehmainen, at 14:36.7) surpassed the best time of the semifinals.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Semifinals 1.2 Final 2 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Semifinals

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
Semifinal 1
1.	George Bonhag (USA)	15:22.6 OR	QF
2.	Alexander Decoteau (CAN)	15:24.2	QF
3.	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)	15:27.6	QF
4.	George Hill (ANZ)	15:56.8
—	Klaus Lundström (SWE)	Did not finish
Semifinal 2
1.	Henry Scott (USA)	15:23.5	QF
2.	Benjamin Keeper (CAN)	15:28.9	QF
3.	George Hutson (GBR)	15:29.0	QF
4.	Bror Modigh (SWE)	16:07.1
—	Edward Fitzgerald (USA)	Did not finish
	Martin Persson (SWE)	Did not finish
	Charles Ruffell (GBR)	Did not finish
Semifinal 3
1.	Gustaf Carlsson (SWE)	15:34.6	QF
2.	Ernest Glover (GBR)	16:09.1	QF
3.	Cyril Porter (GBR)	16:23.4	QF
4.	Michaił Nikolskij (RUS)	17:21.7
—	Karl Lindholm (FIN)	Did not finish
	Garnett Wikoff (USA)	Did not finish
Semifinal 4
1.	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	15:38.9	QF
2.	Johan Nordström (SWE)	15:49.1	QF
3.	Tell Berna (USA)	15:53.3	QF
4.	George Lee (GBR)
—	Gregor Vietz (GER)	Did not finish
Semifinal 5
1.	Jean Bouin (FRA)	15:05.0 OR	QF
2.	Thorild Olsson (SWE)	15:25.2	QF
3.	Franz Johansson (FIN)	15:31.4	QF
—	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	Did not finish
	Wallace McCurdy (USA)	Did not finish
	Alfonso Orlando (ITA)	Did not finish
	Alfonso Sánchez (CHI)	Did not finish
	Arnold Treble (GBR)	Did not finish

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Time
Final
	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	14:36.6 OR
	Jean Bouin (FRA)	14:36.7
	George Hutson (GBR)	15:07.6
4.	George Bonhag (USA)	15:09.8
5.	Tell Berna (USA)	15:10.0
6.	Alexander Decoteau (CAN)
7.	Gustaf Carlsson (SWE)	15:18.6
8-11	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)
	Joseph Keeper (CAN)
	Cyril Porter (GBR)
	Henry Scott (USA)
—	Ernest Glover (GBR)	Did not start
	Franz Johansson (FIN)	Did not start
	Johan Nordström (SWE)	Did not start
	Thorild Olsson (SWE)	Did not start

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 27 August 2006. (Polish)