Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the men's 5000 metres
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	12:44.39	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... (SUI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... )	August 16, 1995
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 classification

RANK		13:07.96	14:03.48	13:54.53
	13:08.16	13:27.61	13:54.45
	13:08.37	13:29.72	13:54.72
4.	13:08.81	14:03.75	13:52.00
5.	13:12.29	14:03.21	13:51.47
6.	13:12.35	13:27.90	13:54.57
7.	13:12.91	14:04.08	13:51.55
8.	13:13.26	13:27.73	13:51.25
9.	13:14.63	13:27.50	14:02.75
10.	13:18.30	13:30.88	13:50.61
11.	13:22.89	14:04.23	14:02.71
12.	13:28.36	13:28.80	14:03.56
13.	13:42.34	13:37.52	14:03.06
14.	13:44.64	13:40.94	14:06.34
15.	14:06.52	14:04.56	13:51.96

Non-qualifiers

RANK	—		13:47.81	13:52.56
—		13:50.90	14:16.57
—		13:51.45	13:54.88
—		13:54.43	13:54.30
—		13:55.23	14:04.08
—		14:05.48	13:54.89
—		14:06.45	13:55.41
—		14:08.39	13:52.16
—		14:08.88	13:54.01
—		DNQ	14:15.21
—		14:24.81	14:17.26
—		14:16.14	14:05.97
—		14:27.72	13:53.16
—		14:23.60	14:00.25
—		DNQ	14:28.64
—		14:39.64	13:57.42
—		DNQ	15:29.16
—		DNQ	14:30.53
—		DNQ	14:30.76
—		DNQ	14:39.50
—		DNQ	15:19.80
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Medalists

Records

Final classification

Non-qualifiers

See also