The Men's 5000 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 15–17.
Competition format
The Men's 5000m competition consisted of three heats (Round 1) and a Final. The top five runners from each heat advanced to the final.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record13:16.6Stockholm, SwedenJuly 5, 1966Olympic record13:39.6Melbourne, AustraliaNovember 26, 1956
Results
Round 1
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Kipchoge Keino 14:28.4 14:28.40 Q 2 Mohammed Gammoudi 14:29.0 14:29.06 Q 3 Mamo Wolde 14:29.8 14:29.85 Q 4 Bob Finlay 14:31.8 14:31.81 Q 5 Emiel Puttemans 14:34.6 14:34.58 Q 6 Bernd Dießner 14:41.0 14:41.03 7 Rashid Sharafetdinov 14:44.0 14:44.41 8 Dick Taylor 14:46.6 14:46.52 9 Keisuke Sawaki 15:00.8 15:00.86 10 György Kiss 15:13.0 15:13.07 11 Lou Scott 15:13.6 15:13.69 12 Esau Adenji 15:46.2 15:46.21 13 Gabriel M'Boa 17:33.0 17:32.95 14 Juan Valladares 18:21.6 18:21.52 Efraín Cordero – Arne Risa –
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Naftali Temu 14:20.4 14:20.38 Q 2 Ron Clarke 14:20.8 14:20.78 Q 3 Wohib Masresha 14:27.0 14:26.99 Q 4 Jack Bacheler 14:31.0 14:31.00 Q 5 Nikolay Sviridov 14:38.8 14:38.70 Q 6 Ahmed Zammel 14:54.0 14:54.02 7 Alan Blinston 15:06.2 15:06.28 8 Werner Schneiter 15:08.2 15:08.24 9 Mustafa Musa 15:10.2 15:10.24 10 Edward Stawiarz 15:13.8 15:13.87 11 Werner Girke 15:20.8 15:20.85 12 Rafael Pérez 15:41.4 15:41.37 13 Benjamin Silva-Netto 17:10.2 17:10.15 14 Clovis Morales 18:40.2 18:40.13 Álvaro Mejía – Manuel de Oliveira –
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes1Jean Wadoux 14:19.8 14:19.80 Q2Juan Máximo Martínez 14:20.0 14:20.06 Q3Harald Norpoth 14:20.6 14:20.59 Q4Rex Maddaford 14:20.8 14:20.82 Q5Fikru Deguefu 14:21.6 14:21.66 Q6Bob Day 14:23.2 14:23.23 7Leonid Mykytenko 14:44.0 14:44.35 8Allan Rushmer 15:05.2 15:05.17 9Julio Quevedo 15:23.0 15:23.03 Dave Ellis – Roland Brehmer – Larbi Oukada – Mikhail Zhelev – Robert Hackman – Lajos Mecser –
Final
Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) NotesMohammed Gammoudi 14:05.0 14:05.01 Kipchoge Keino 14:05.2 14:05.16 Naftali Temu 14:06.4 14:06.41 4Juan Máximo Martínez 14:10.8 14:10.76 5Ron Clarke 14:12.4 14:12.45 6Wohib Masresha 14:17.6 14:17.70 7Nikolay Sviridov 14:18.4 14:18.40 8Fikru Deguefu 14:19.0 14:18.98 9Jean Wadoux 14:20.8 14:20.73 10Rex Maddaford 14:39.8 14:39.72 11Bob Finlay 14:45.0 14:44.92 12Emiel Puttemans 14:59.6 14:59.56 Harald Norpoth Mamo Wolde Jack Bacheler
Notes: Q- Qualified by place DNF - Did Not Finish
References
External links Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.