Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_5000_metres
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Athletic event
Quick Facts Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad, Dates ...
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 Emil Zátopek | ||||||||||
| Dates | July 31 (heats) August 2 (final) | |||||||||
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Gaston Reiff of Belgium.[1] The Belgian Gaston Reiff became the Olympic champion ahead of the Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek. Willem Slijkhuis from the Netherlands won bronze.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Gunder Hägg (SWE) |
13:58.2 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 20 September 1942 |
| Olympic record |  Gunnar Höckert (FIN) |
14:22.2 | Berlin, Germany | 7 August 1936 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
More information Date, Event ...
| Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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| 2 August | Final |  Gaston Reiff (BEL) | 14:17.6 | OR |
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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | |
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| Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 16:00 | Round 1 |
| Monday, 2 August 1948 | 17:00 | Final |
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The first four runners from each heat qualified to the final.
Heats
Heat 1
More information Rank, Country ...
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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| 1 |  Sweden | Evert Nyberg | 14:58.2 |
| 2 |  Finland | Väinö Koskela | 14:58.3 |
| 2 |  United States | Curt Stone | 14:58.6 |
| 4 | Belgium | Marcel Vandewattyne | 15:14.0 |
| 5 |  France | Jacques Vernier | 15:29.8 |
| 6 |  New Zealand | Harold Nelson | 15:34.4 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | Jef Lataster | 15:39.0 |
| 8 |  Great Britain | Jack Braughton | |
| 9 |  Canada | Cliff Salmond | 16:05.0 |
| 10 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Manny Ramjohn | |
| - |  Denmark | Aage Poulsen | DNF |
| - |  Ireland | John Joe Barry | DNF |
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Heat 2
More information Rank, Country ...
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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| 1 | Sweden | Erik Ahldén | 14:34.2 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia | Emil Zátopek | 14:34.4 |
| 2 | Finland | Väinö Mäkelä | 14:45.8 |
| 4 |  Norway | Martin Stokken | 15:04.4 |
| 5 | France | Maurice Pouzieux | 15:09.8 |
| 6 |  Spain | Gregorio Rojo | 15:19.0 |
| 7 | Great Britain | Bill Lucas | |
| 8 |  Republic of China | Lou Wen-ngau | |
| 9 |  Greece | Vasilios Mavrapostolos | |
| 10 |  South Korea | Sim Bok-seok | |
| - |  Turkey | Mustafa Özcan | DNF |
| - | United States | Clarence Robison | DNF |
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Heat 3
More information Rank, Country ...
| Rank | Country | Athletes | Time (hand) |
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| 1 | Netherlands | Willem Slijkhuis | 15:06.8 |
| 2 | Belgium | Gaston Reiff | 15:07.0 |
| 2 | Sweden | Bertil Albertsson | 15:07.8 |
| 4 | Finland | Helge Perälä | 15:07.8 |
| 5 | United States | Jerry Thompson | 15:08.4 |
| 6 | France | Alain Mimoun | 15:11.2 |
| 7 | Great Britain | Alec Olney | |
| 8 |  Mexico | Martín Alarcón | |
| 9 |  Switzerland | Ernst Günther |
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Final
More information Rank, Name ...
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 14:17.6 | OR |
 | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 14:17.8 | |
 | Willem Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 14:26.8 | |
| 4 | Erik Ahldén | Sweden | 14:28.6 | |
| 5 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 14:39.0 | |
| 6 | Curt Stone | United States | 14:39.4 | |
| 7 | Väinö Koskela | Finland | 14:41.0 | |
| 8 | Väinö Mäkelä | Finland | 14:43.0 | |
| 9 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | ||
| 10 | Martin Stokken | Norway | ||
| 11 | Helge Perälä | Finland | ||
| Evert Nyberg | Sweden | DNF |
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Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
- "Athletics at the 1948 London Games: Men's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.