These are the official results of the men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

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in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 62 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats. The fastest three qualified for the final plus the four fastest others.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	12:58.39	Saïd Aouita Said Aouita Saïd Aouita is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 5000 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and former world record holder at 1500m , 2000m , 3000m , and twice at 5000m [ and ]...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	July 22, 1987
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita Said Aouita Saïd Aouita is a former Moroccan athlete, winner of 5000 meters at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 5000 meters at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, 3000 meters at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and former world record holder at 1500m , 2000m , 3000m , and twice at 5000m [ and ]...	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 11, 1984

Final

• Held on August 8, 1992

  RANK	FINAL	TIME
  		13:12.52
  		13:12.71
  		13:13.03
  4.		13:13.27
  5.		13:17.50
  6.		13:23.52
  7.		13:27.76
  8.		13:27.80
  9.		13:28.97
  10.		13:37.20
  11.		13:38.08
  12.		13:39.72
  13.		13:43.39
  14.		13:45.16
  15.		13:48.32
  16.		14:02.47

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		13:31.16
2.		13:31.24
3.		13:31.48
4.		13:31.88
5.		13:37.14
6.		13:41.27
7.		13:52.52
8.		13:55.01
9.		13:57.87
10.		14:01.57
11.		14:08.83
12.		15:02.76
13.		15:27.46
14.		15:29.25
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		13:32.93
2.		13:36.81
3.		13:37.27
4.		13:38.79
5.		13:40.50
6.		13:43.91
7.		13:48.06
8.		14:04.54
9.		14:06.80
10.		14:09.22
11.		15:21.95
12.		15:26.49
—		DNF
—		DNS
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		13:20.82
2.		13:22.41
3.		13:22.98
4.		13:24.21
5.		13:24.57
6.		13:42.94
7.		13:50.16
8.		13:50.71
9.		14:00.44
10.		14:03.79
11.		14:16.14
12.		14:23.07
13.		14:28.77
14.		14:33.04
—		DNF
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		13:33.71
2.		13:35.76
3.		13:35.95
4.		13:36.99
5.		13:40.20
6.		13:40.76
7.		13:42.20
8.		13:44.67
9.		13:54.88
10.		14:00.53
11.		14:25.97
12.		14:40.12
13.		14:55.58
14.		15:02.02
—		DNS
—		DNS

See also

• 1990 Men's European Championships 5.000 metres (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres
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• 1991 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Tokyo)
  1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres
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• 1993 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Stuttgart)
  1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres
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• 1994 Men's European Championships 5.000 metres (Helsinki)
  1994 European Championships in Athletics - Men's 5000 metres
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