Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres


The men's 5000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.

Results

Heats

The first round was on July 22. The fastest five runners from each heat qualified for the final.
Heat 1
RankNameNationalityTime Notes
1Alain Mimoun14:19.0Q
2Ilmari Taipale14:22.8Q
3Gaston Reiff14:23.8Q
4Åke Andersson14:25.0Q
5Gordon Pirie14:26.2Q
6Nikifor Popov14:28.5
7Charlie Capozzoli14:39.0
8August Sutter14:45.2
9Øistein Saksvik14:55.4
10John Landy14:56.4
11Helmuth Perz14:57.2
12Osamu Inoue14:59.0
13Stevan Pavlović14:59.2
14József Kovács17:09.2

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityTime Notes
1Herbert Schade14:15.4Q
2Alan Parker14:18.2Q
3Ernő Béres14:19.6Q
4Lucien Theys14:22.2Q
5Eero Tuomaala14:26.8Q
6Ivan Semyonov14:28.0
7Alojzy Graj14:30.0
8Osman Coşgül14:36.2
9Bertil Karlsson14:45.8
10Pierre Page14:57.0
11Ali Baghbanbashi15:03.0
12Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim15:10.2
13Wes Santee15:10.4
14Zdravko Ceraj15:17.8
Rich FergusonDNF

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityTime Notes
1Aleksandr Anufriyev14:23.6Q
2Bertil Albertsson14:26.0Q
3Emil Zátopek14:26.0Q
4Les Perry14:27.0Q
5Christopher Chataway14:27.8Q
6Ib Planck14:31.6
7Martin Stokken14:39.0
8Curt Stone14:42.8
9Jean Schlegel14:45.6
10Kurt Rötzer14:49.4
11Väinö Koskela14:50.8
12Velimir Ilić14:51.6
13Paul Frieden15:23.2
14Kristján Jóhannsson15:23.8
15Alphonse Vandenrydt15:51.2
George HoskinsDNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTime Notes
Emil Zátopek14:06.6OR
Alain Mimoun14:07.4
Herbert Schade14:08.6
4Gordon Pirie14:18.0
5Chris Chataway14:18.0
6Les Perry14:23.6
7Ernő Béres14:24.8
8Åke Andersson14:26.0
9Bertil Albertsson14:27.8
10Aleksandr Anufriyev14:31.4
11Alan Parker14:37.0
12Ilmari Taipale14:40.0
13Eero Tuomaala14:54.2
14Lucien Theys14:59.0
Gaston ReiffDNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record