The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the men’s 5000 meters from the Summer Olympic games.
- 1912
GOLD Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 14:36.6
SILVER Jean Bouin, FRA 14:36.7
BRONZE George Hutson, GBR 15:07.6
- 1920
GOLD Joseph Guillemot, FRA 14:55.6
SILVER Paavo Nurmi, FIN 15:00.0
BRONZE Erik Backman, SWE 15:13.0
- 1924
GOLD Paavo Nurmi, FIN 14:31.2
SILVER Ville Ritola, FIN 14:31.4
BRONZE Edvin Wide, SWE 15:01.8
- 1928
GOLD Ville Ritola, FIN 14:38.0
SILVER Paavo Nurmi, FIN 14:40.0
BRONZE Edvin Wide, SWE 14:41.2
- 1932
GOLD Lauri Lehtinen, FIN 14:29.9
SILVER Ralph Hill, USA 14:30.0
BRONZE Lauri Virtanen, FIN 14:4
- 1936
GOLD Gunnar Höckert, FIN 14:22.2
SILVER Lauri Lehtinen, FIN 14:25.8
BRONZE Henry Jonsson, SWE 14:29.0
- 1948
GOLD Gaston Reiff, BEL 14:17.6
SILVER Emil Zátopek, CZE 14:17.8
BRONZE Willem Slijkhuis, NED 14:26.8
- 1952
GOLD Emil Zátopek, CZE 14:06.72
SILVER Alain Mimoun, FRA 14:07.58
BRONZE Herbert Schade, GER 14:08.80
- 1956
GOLD Vladimir Kuts, URS 13:39.86
SILVER Gordon Pirie, GBR 13:50.78
BRONZE Dered Ibbotson, GBR 13:54.00
- 1960
GOLD Murray Halberg, NZL 13:43.76
SILVER Hans Grodotzki, GER 13:45.01
BRONZE Kazimierz Zimny, POL 13:45.09
- 1964
GOLD Bob Schul, USA 13:48.8
SILVER Harald Norpoth, GER 13:49.6
BRONZE Bill Dellinger, USA 13:49.8
- 1968
GOLD Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN 14:05.01
SILVER Kip Keino, KEN 14:05.16
BRONZE Naftali Temu, KEN 14:06.41
- 1972
GOLD Lasse Viren, FIN 13:26.42
SILVER Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN 13:27.33
BRONZE Ian Stewart, GBR 13:27.61
- 1976
GOLD Lasse Viren, FIN 13:24.76
SILVER Dick Quax, NZL 13:25.16
BRONZE Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand, FRG 13:25.38
- 1980
GOLD Miruts Yifter, ETH 13:20.91
SILVER Suleiman Nyambui, TAN 13:21.60
BRONZE Kaarlo Maaninka, FIN 13:22.00
- 1984
GOLD Saïd Aouita, MAR 13:05.59
SILVER Markus Ryffel, SUI 13:07.54
BRONZE Antόnio Leitão, POR 13:09.20
- 1988
GOLD John Ngugi, KEN 13:11.70
SILVER Dieter Baumann, FRG 13:15.52
BRONZE Hansjörg Kunze, GDR 13:15.73
- 1992
GOLD Dieter Baumann, FRG 13:12.52
SILVER Paul Bitok, KEN 13:12.71
BRONZE Fita Bayissa, ETH 13:13.03
- 1996
GOLD Vénuste Niyongabo, BDI 13:07.96
SILVER Paul Bitok, KEN 13:08.16
BRONZE Khalid Boulami, MAR 13:08.37
- 2000
GOLD Million Wolde, ETH 13:35.49
SILVER Ali Saïdi Sief, ALG 13:36.20
BRONZE Brahim Lahlafi, MAR 13:36.47
- 2004
GOLD Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR 13:14.39
SILVER Kenenisa Bekele, ETH 13:14.59
BRONZE Eliud Kipchoge, KEN 13:15.10
- 2008
GOLD Kenenisa Bekele, ETH 12:57.82
SILVER Eliud Kipchoge, KEN 13:02.80
BRONZE Edwin Soi, KEN 13:06.22
- 2008
GOLD Mohamed Farah, GBR, 13:41.66
SILVER Dejen Gebremeskel, ETH, 13:41.98
BRONZE Thomas Longosiwa, KEN, 13:42.36
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