The men's 5000 metres

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...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Monday, August 16, 1920 and on Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

Thirty-eight runners from 16 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen Hannes Kolehmainen Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 10, 1912
Olympic Record	14:36.6	Hannes Kolehmainen Hannes Kolehmainen Juho Pietari "Hannes" Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner. He is considered to be the first of a generation of great Finnish long distance runners, often named the "Flying Finns". Kolehmainen competed for a number of years in the United States, wearing the Winged Fist of the Irish...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 10, 1912

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Monday, August 16, 1920.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:17.8	Q
2		15:17.8	Q
3		15:22.0	Q
4		15:23.8	Q
5		16:03.0
6
7		16:07.8
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:19.8	Q
2		15:22.6	Q
3		15:31.8	Q
4		15:39.4	Q
5		16:08.2
6
7
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:27.6	Q
2		15:33.0	Q
3		15:53.6	Q
4		16:04.2	Q
5
6
7
8
9

Semifinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		15:33.0	Q
2		15:34.0	Q
3		15:41.8	Q
4		15:54.0	Q
5		15:54.4
6
7
8
9

Final

The final was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920.

Place	Athlete	Time
1		14:55.6
2		15:00.0
3		15:13.0
4		15:17.0
5		15:19.0
6		15:21.0
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
—		DNF
		DNF
		DNF