The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.
Results
Heats
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans Grodotzki 14:01.29 2 Luigi Conti 14:01.55 3 Nyandika Maiyoro 14:06.29 4 Yury Zakharov 14:10.41 5 Reijo Höykinpuro 14:21.92 6 Hedwig Leenaert 14:25.81 7 Frank Salvat 14:33.64 8 Gebru Merawi 14:41.22 9 Jim Beatty 14:44.40 10 Michael Hoey 15:00.52 11 Kassim Mukhtar 15:00.97 José Aceituno Béla Szekeres
Heat two Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Horst Flosbach 14:09.25 2 Sándor Iharos 14:09.38 3 Aleksandr Artynyuk 14:09.92 4 Allan Lawrence 14:10.71 5 Hamoud Ameur 14:14.17 6 Manuel de Oliveira 14:16.14 7 Doug Kyle 14:25.36 8 Marian Jochman 14:31.29 9 José Molíns 14:31.30 10 Mohamed Saïd 14:53.6 11 Ranjit Bhatia 15:06.6 O. Eno Alio
Heat three Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Friedrich Janke 14:02.58 2 Michel Bernard 14:04.82 3 Albie Thomas 14:06.27 4 Bill Dellinger 14:08.72 5 Boris Yefimov 14:14.68 6 Simo Saloranta 14:15.35 7 Jaroslav Bohatý 14:30.34 8 Gordon Pirie 14:43.6 9 Khristos Khiotis 15:01.2 10 Cyprian Tseriwa 15:02.8 11 Somnuek Srisombati 15:32.6
Heat four Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Dave Power 14:03.31 2 Murray Halberg 14:04.28 3 Kazimierz Zimny 14:07.75 4 Bruce Tulloh 14:17.30 5 Miroslav Jurek 14:31.53 6 Eugène Allonsius 14:37.20 7 Bob Soth 14:40.85 8 Miklós Szabó 14:51.99 9 Andrei Barabaș 15:11.2 10 Muharrem Dalkılıç 15:13.6 11 Jean Aniset 15:17.0 12 Mubarak Shah 15:43.0 13 George De Peana 15:54.2 Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Murray Halberg 13:43.76 Hans Grodotzki 13:45.01 Kazimierz Zimny 13:45.09 4 Friedrich Janke 13:47.14 5 Dave Power 13:52.38 6 Nyandika Maiyoro 13:53.25 7 Michel Bernard 14:04.68 8 Horst Flosbach 14:07.03 9 Aleksandr Artynyuk 14:08.45 10 Sándor Iharos 14:11.91 11 Albie Thomas 14:20.88 12 Luigi Conti 14:34.45
Key: DNF = did not finish
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