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Show medals won by any nation at the Olympic Games in 5000m · all years

2024 Paris

1 5000m Men NOR Jakob Ingebrigtsen OG 13:13.66
2 5000m Men KEN Ronald Kwemoi 13:15.04
3 5000m Men USA Grant Fisher 13:15.13

2021 Tokyo

1 5000m Men UGA Joshua Cheptegei OG 12:58.15
2 5000m Men CAN Mohammed Ahmed 12:58.61
3 5000m Men USA Paul Chelimo 12:59.05

2016 Rio de Janeiro

1 5000m Men GBR Mohamed Farah OG 13:03.30
2 5000m Men USA Paul Chelimo 13:03.90
3 5000m Men ETH Hagos Gebrhiwet 13:04.35

2012 London

1 5000m Men GBR Mohamed Farah OG 13:41.66
2 5000m Men ETH Dejen Gebremeskel 13:41.98
3 5000m Men KEN Thomas Longosiwa 13:42.36

2008 Beijing

1 5000m Men ETH Kenenisa Bekele OG 12:57.82 OR
2 5000m Men KEN Eliud Kipchoge OG 13:02.80
3 5000m Men KEN Edwin Soi 13:06.22

2004 Athens

1 5000m Men MAR Hicham El Guerrouj OG 13:14.39
2 5000m Men ETH Kenenisa Bekele OG 13:14.59
3 5000m Men KEN Eliud Kipchoge OG 13:15.10

2000 Sydney

1 5000m Men ETH Million Wolde OG 13:35.49
2 5000m Men ALG Ali Saidi Sief 13:36.20
3 5000m Men MAR Brahim Lahlafi 13:36.47

1996 Atlanta

1 5000m Men BDI Venuste Niyongabo OG 13:07.96
2 5000m Men KEN Paul Bitok 13:08.16
3 5000m Men MAR Khalid Boulami 13:08.37

1992 Barcelona

1 5000m Men GER Dieter Baumann OG 13:12.52
2 5000m Men KEN Paul Bitok 13:12.71
3 5000m Men ETH Fita Bayisa 13:13.03

1988 Seoul

1 5000m Men KEN John Ngugi OG 13:11.70
2 5000m Men GER Dieter Baumann OG 13:15.52 note
3 5000m Men GDR Hansjorg Kunze 13:15.73

1984 Los Angeles

1 5000m Men MAR Said Aouita OG 13:05.59 OR
2 5000m Men SUI Markus Ryffel 13:07.54 NR
3 5000m Men POR Antonio Leitao 13:09.20

1980 Moscow

1 5000m Men ETH Miruts Yifter OG 13:20.91
2 5000m Men TAN Suleiman Nyambui 13:21.60
3 5000m Men FIN Kaarlo Maaninka 13:22.00

1976 Montreal

1 5000m Men FIN Lasse Viren OG 13:24.76
2 5000m Men NZL Dick Quax 13:25.16
3 5000m Men GER Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand 13:25.38 note

1972 Munich

1 5000m Men FIN Lasse Viren OG 13:26.42 OR
2 5000m Men TUN Mohamed Gammoudi OG 13:27.33
3 5000m Men GBR Ian Stewart 13:27.61

1968 Mexico City ↗

1 5000m Men TUN Mohamed Gammoudi OG 14:05.0 note
2 5000m Men KEN Kipchoge Keino OG 14:05.2 note
3 5000m Men KEN Naftali Temu OG 14:06.4 note

1964 Tokyo

1 5000m Men USA Bob Schul OG 13:48.8
2 5000m Men GER Harald Norpoth 13:49.6
3 5000m Men USA Bill Dellinger 13:49.8

1960 Rome

1 5000m Men NZL Murray Halberg OG 13:43.4 note
2 5000m Men GER Hans Grodotzki 13:44.6 note
3 5000m Men POL Kazimierz Zimny 13:44.8 note

1956 Melbourne

1 5000m Men URS Vladimir Kuts OG 13:39.6 OR note
2 5000m Men GBR Gordon Pirie 13:50.6 note
3 5000m Men GBR Derek Ibbotson 13:54.4 note

1952 Helsinki

1 5000m Men CZE Emil Zatopek OG 14:06.6 OR note
2 5000m Men FRA Alain Mimoun OG 14:07.4 NR note
3 5000m Men GER Herbert Schade 14:08.6 note

1948 London

1 5000m Men BEL Gaston Reiff OG 14:17.6 OR
2 5000m Men CZE Emil Zatopek OG 14:17.8 note
3 5000m Men NED Wim Slijkhuis 14:26.8

1936 Berlin

1 5000m Men FIN Gunnar Höckert OG 14:22.2 OR
2 5000m Men FIN Lauri Lehtinen OG 14:25.8
3 5000m Men SWE Henry Jonsson 14:29.0 NR

1932 Los Angeles

1 5000m Men FIN Lauri Lehtinen OG 14:30.0 OR note
2 5000m Men USA Ralph Hill 14:30.0 NR note
3 5000m Men FIN Lauri Virtanen 14:44.0

1928 Amsterdam

1 5000m Men FIN Ville Ritola OG 14:38.0
2 5000m Men FIN Paavo Nurmi OG 14:41.0 e
3 5000m Men SWE Edvin Wide 14:41.2 e

1924 Paris

1 5000m Men FIN Paavo Nurmi OG 14:31.2 OR
2 5000m Men FIN Ville Ritola OG 14:31.4
3 5000m Men SWE Edvin Wide 15:01.8

1920 Antwerp

1 5000m Men FRA Joseph Guillemot OG 14:55.6
2 5000m Men FIN Paavo Nurmi OG 15:00.0
3 5000m Men SWE Erik Backman 15:13.0

1912 Stockholm

1 5000m Men FIN Hannes Kolehmainen OG 14:36.6 WR
2 5000m Men FRA Jean Bouin 14:36.7 NR
3 5000m Men GBR George Hutson 15:07.6