Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres

at the Games of the XIX Olympiad

Venue

Date

October 15–17

Competitors

39 from 25 nations

Winning time

14:05.0

Medalists

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Men's 5000 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15–17.

Competition format

The Men's 5000m competition consisted of three heats (Round 1) and a Final. The top five runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Ron Clarke (AUS)	13:16.6	Stockholm, Sweden	July 5, 1966
Olympic record	Vladimir Kuts (URS)	13:39.6	Melbourne, Australia	November 26, 1956

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	14:28.4	Q
2	Mohammed Gammoudi	Tunisia	14:29.0	Q
3	Mamo Wolde	Ethiopia	14:29.8	Q
4	Bob Finlay	Canada	14:31.8	Q
5	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	14:34.6	Q
6	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	14:41.0
7	Rashid Sharafetdinov	Soviet Union	14:44.0
8	Dick Taylor	Great Britain	14:46.6
9	Keisuke Sawaki	Japan	15:00.8
10	György Kiss	Hungary	15:13.0
11	Lou Scott	United States	15:13.6
12	Esau Adenji	Cameroon	15:46.2
13	Gabriel M'Boa	Central African Republic	17:33.0
14	Juan Valladares	Honduras	18:21.6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Naftali Temu	Kenya	14:20.4	Q
2	Ron Clarke	Australia	14:20.8	Q
3	Wohib Masresha	Ethiopia	14:27.0	Q
4	Jack Bacheler	United States	14:31.0	Q
5	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	14:38.8	Q
6	Ahmed Zammel	Tunisia	14:54.0
7	Alan Blinston	Great Britain	15:06.2
8	Werner Schneiter	Switzerland	15:08.2
9	Mustafa Musa	Uganda	15:10.2
10	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	15:13.8
11	Werner Girke	West Germany	15:20.8
12	Rafael Pérez	Costa Rica	15:41.4
13	Benjamin Silva-Netto	Philippines	17:10.2
14	Clovis Morales	Honduras	18:40.2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jean Wadoux	France	14:19.8	Q
2	Juan Máximo Martínez	Mexico	14:20.0	Q
3	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	14:20.6	Q
4	Rex Maddaford	New Zealand	14:20.8	Q
5	Fikru Deguefu	Ethiopia	14:21.6	Q
6	Bob Day	United States	14:23.2
7	Leonid Mykytenko	Soviet Union	14:44.0
8	Allan Rushmer	Great Britain	15:05.2
9	Julio Quevedo	Guatemala	15:23.0
N/A	Dave Ellis	Canada	DNF
N/A	Roland Brehmer	Poland	DNF

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
01 !	Mohammed Gammoudi	Tunisia	14:05.0
02 !	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	14:05.2
03 !	Naftali Temu	Kenya	14:06.4
4	Juan Máximo Martínez	Mexico	14:10.8
5	Ron Clarke	Australia	14:12.4
6	Wohib Masresha	Ethiopia	14:17.6
7	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	14:18.4
8	Fikru Deguefu	Ethiopia	14:19.0
9	Jean Wadoux	France	14:20.8
10	Rex Maddaford	New Zealand	14:39.8
11	Bob Finlay	Canada	14:45.0
12	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	14:59.6
N/A	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	DNF

Notes: Q- Qualified by place
DNF - Did Not Finish

5000 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

NB: Women's events from 1984–1992 were over 3000 metres

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