Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
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The men's 5000 metres
long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games
took place between September 3 and September 6.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Key: DNF = did not finish
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...
long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
took place between September 3 and September 6.
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Grodotzki Hans Grodotzki Hans Grodotzki was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the distance events.... |
14:01.29 | ||
| 2 | Luigi Conti | 14:01.55 | ||
| 3 | Nyandika Maiyoro Nyandika Maiyoro Nyandika Maiyoro is a retired runner from Kenya.He attended Nyakegogi Primary School but dropped out after five years to concentrate on his athletics career. He was coached by the paramount chief Musa Nyandusi.... |
14:06.29 | ||
| 4 | Yury Zakharov Yury Zakharov Zakharov, Yury Aleksandrovich. Rector of Kemerovo State University from 1976 to 2005. Born in 1938 in Anzhero-Sudzhensk, in 1960 graduated from Tomsk State University. Ph.D... |
14:10.41 | ||
| 5 | Reijo Höykinpuro | 14:21.92 | ||
| 6 | Hedwig Leenaert | 14:25.81 | ||
| 7 | Frank Salvat | 14:33.64 | ||
| 8 | Gabrou Merawi | 14:41.22 | ||
| 9 | Jim Beatty Jim Beatty James Tully Beatty is a former American track and field athlete who is best remembered as the first person to break the four-minute mile barrier on an indoor track when he ran 3:58.9 on February 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California.Beatty graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel... |
14:44.40 | ||
| 10 | Michael Hoey | 15:00.52 | ||
| 11 | Kassim Mukhtar | 15:00.97 | ||
| - | José Aceituno | DNF | ||
| - | Béla Székeres | DNF | ||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Flosbach | 14:09.25 | ||
| 2 | Sándor Iharos Sándor Iharos Sándor Iharos was a Hungarian distance runner. Though unsuccessful in major competitions, Iharos ran world records over multiple distances and is one of only two athletes to have held outdoor world records over 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10000 metres... |
14:09.38 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Artynyuk | 14:09.92 | ||
| 4 | Allan Lawrence Allan Lawrence (athlete) Allan Cleave Lawrence was an Australian athlete.He competed for Australia in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 10,000 metres where he won the bronze medal, clocking 28:53... |
14:10.71 | ||
| 5 | Hamoud Ameur | 14:14.17 | ||
| 6 | Manuel de Oliveira | 14:16.14 | ||
| 7 | Doug Kyle Doug Kyle Douglas Kyle is a former long-distance runner. He represented Canada at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics... |
14:25.36 | ||
| 8 | Marian Jochman | 14:31.29 | ||
| 9 | José Molíns | 14:31.30 | ||
| 10 | Mohamed Saïd | 14:53.6 | ||
| 11 | Ranjit Bhatia Ranjit Bhatia Ranjit Bhatia OBE is a former Indian athlete who ran in the marathon and 5000 meters events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.Ranjit Bhatia had his early education at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. Bhatia was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, matriculating at Jesus College in 1957. He retired... |
15:06.6 | ||
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friedrich Janke | 14:02.58 | ||
| 2 | Michel Bernard | 14:04.82 | ||
| 3 | Albert Thomas Albert Thomas (athlete) Albert George "Albie" Thomas is a former champion Australian middle-distance runner. He competed at three Olympic Games , two British Empire Games and captured three individual world records during 1958 and 1959.-References:**... |
14:06.27 | ||
| 4 | Bill Dellinger | 14:08.72 | ||
| 5 | Boris Yefimov | 14:14.68 | ||
| 6 | Simo Saloranta | 14:15.35 | ||
| 7 | Jaroslav Bohatý | 14:30.34 | ||
| 8 | Gordon Pirie Gordon Pirie Douglas Alistair Gordon Pirie was an English long-distance runner and orienteerer.He was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and died of stomach cancer in Lymington, Hampshire.... |
14:43.6 | ||
| 9 | Khristos Khiotis | 15:01.2 | ||
| 10 | Cyprian Tseriwa | 15:02.8 | ||
| 11 | Somnuek Srisombati | 15:32.6 | ||
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Power | 14:03.31 | ||
| 2 | Murray Halberg Murray Halberg Sir Murray Gordon Halberg, ONZ, MBE is a former New Zealand middle distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games... |
14:04.28 | ||
| 3 | Kazimierz Zimny Kazimierz Zimny Kazimierz Franciszek Zimny was a Polish athlete, who mainly competed in the 5.000 metres.He competed for Poland in the 5.000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal.... |
14:07.75 | ||
| 4 | Bruce Tulloh Bruce Tulloh Michael Swinton Tulloh is a retired long-distance runner from England, who won the European title in the men's 5,000 metres at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia... |
14:17.30 | ||
| 5 | Miroslav Jurek | 14:31.53 | ||
| 6 | Eugène Allonsius | 14:37.20 | ||
| 7 | Bob Soth | 14:40.85 | ||
| 8 | Miklós Szabó | 14:51.99 | ||
| 9 | Andrei Barabaş | 15:11.2 | ||
| 10 | Muharrem Dalkılıç | 15:13.6 | ||
| 11 | Jean Aniset | 15:17.0 | ||
| 12 | Mubarak Shah Mubarak Shah Mubarak Shah was head of the Chagatai Khanate . He was the son of Qara Hülëgü and Ergene Khatun, of the Mongol empire.... |
15:43.0 | ||
| 13 | George De Peana | 15:54.2 | ||
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Halberg Murray Halberg Sir Murray Gordon Halberg, ONZ, MBE is a former New Zealand middle distance runner who won the gold medal in the 5000 metres event at the 1960 Olympics. He also won gold medals in the 3 miles events at the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games... |
13:43.76 | |||
| Hans Grodotzki Hans Grodotzki Hans Grodotzki was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the distance events.... |
13:45.01 | |||
| Kazimierz Zimny Kazimierz Zimny Kazimierz Franciszek Zimny was a Polish athlete, who mainly competed in the 5.000 metres.He competed for Poland in the 5.000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where he won the bronze medal.... |
13:45.09 | |||
| 4 | Friedrich Janke | 13:47.14 | ||
| 5 | Dave Power | 13:52.38 | ||
| 6 | Nyandika Maiyoro Nyandika Maiyoro Nyandika Maiyoro is a retired runner from Kenya.He attended Nyakegogi Primary School but dropped out after five years to concentrate on his athletics career. He was coached by the paramount chief Musa Nyandusi.... |
13:53.25 | ||
| 7 | Michel Bernard | 14:04.68 | ||
| 8 | Horst Flosbach | 14:07.03 | ||
| 9 | Aleksandr Artynyuk | 14:08.45 | ||
| 10 | Sándor Iharos Sándor Iharos Sándor Iharos was a Hungarian distance runner. Though unsuccessful in major competitions, Iharos ran world records over multiple distances and is one of only two athletes to have held outdoor world records over 1500 metres, 5000 metres and 10000 metres... |
14:11.91 | ||
| 11 | Albert Thomas Albert Thomas (athlete) Albert George "Albie" Thomas is a former champion Australian middle-distance runner. He competed at three Olympic Games , two British Empire Games and captured three individual world records during 1958 and 1959.-References:**... |
14:20.88 | ||
| 12 | Luigi Conti | 14:34.45 | ||
Key: DNF = did not finish