Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | September 10 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
100 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 | women | ||
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 5.000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany took place on September 10, 1972.
Underdog Steve Prefontaine[1] took the lead in the final during the last mile and ended the slow pace of the first two miles. In second place at the start of the bell lap, he fell back to third with 200 meters to go. Lasse Virén took the lead in the final turn over silver medalist Mohammed Gammoudi. Prefontaine ran out of gas with 30 meters to go as Britain's hard-charging Ian Stewart caught him from behind and moved into third place within ten meters of the finish, depriving Prefontaine of an Olympic bronze medal.[2][3]
Virén also won the 10,000 metres a week earlier, and successfully defended both titles in 1976.
Heats
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Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Lasse Virén | Finland | 13:26.4 | |
Mohamed Gammoudi | 23x15px Tunisia | 13:27.4 | |
Ian Stewart | Great Britain | 13:27.6 | |
4 | Steve Prefontaine | United States | 13:28.4 |
5 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 13:30.8 |
6 | Harald Norpoth | West Germany | 13:32.6 |
7 | Per Halle | Norway | 13:34.4 |
8 | Nikola Sviridov | Soviet Union | 13:39.4 |
9 | Frank Eisenberg | East Germany | 13:40.8 |
10 | Javier Álvarez | 23x15px Spain | 13:41.8 |
11 | Ian McCafferty | Great Britain | 13:43.2 |
12 | David Bedford | Great Britain | 13:43.2 |
13 | Juha Väätäinen | Finland | 13:53.8 |
– | Mariano Haro | 23x15px Spain | DNS |