Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

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The men's 5000 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the debut appearance of the event, which along with the 10,000 metres replaced the 5 mile race held at the 1908 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 9, 1912 and on July 10, 1912.

31 runners from 11 nations competed.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hannes Kolehmainen Finland (FIN)	Jean Bouin France (FRA)	George Hutson Great Britain (GBR)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	14:59.0(*)	Alfred Shrubb	Glasgow (GBR)	June 13, 1904
Olympic Record	-	none	-	-

(*) unofficial

George Bonhag, in winning the first semifinal, set the Olympic record at 15:22.6. It lasted until the 5th and last semifinal, in which Jean Bouin broke it by finishing in 15:05.0. Unsurprisingly, that record stood only until the next race—Hannes Kolehmainen won the final at 14:36.6 as both he and Bouin (just behind Kolehmainen, at 14:36.7) surpassed the best time of the semifinals. This record became the first official world record for the 5000 metres.

[edit] Results

[edit] Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 9, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Bonhag (USA)	15:22.6 OR	QF
2	Alexander Decoteau (CAN)	15:24.2	QF
3	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)	15:27.6	QF
4	George Hill (ANZ)	15:56.8
—	Klas Lundström (SWE)	Did not finish

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Henry Scott (USA)	15:23.5	QF
2	Joe Keeper (CAN)	15:28.9	QF
3	George Hutson (GBR)	15:29.0	QF
4	Bror Modigh (SWE)	16:07.1
—	Edward Fitzgerald (USA)	Did not finish
	Martin Persson (SWE)	Did not finish
	Charles Ruffell (GBR)	Did not finish

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)	15:34.6	QF
2	Ernest Glover (GBR)	16:09.1	QF
3	Cyril Porter (GBR)	16:23.4	QF
4	Mikhail Nikolsky (RUS)	17:21.7
—	Karl Lindholm (FIN)	Did not finish
	Garnett Wikoff (USA)	Did not finish

Semifinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	15:38.9	QF
2	Henrik Nordström (SWE)	15:49.1	QF
3	Tell Berna (USA)	15:53.3	QF
4	George Lee (GBR)
—	Gregor Vietz (GER)	Did not finish

Semifinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jean Bouin (FRA)	15:05.0 OR	QF
2	Thorild Ohlsson (SWE)	15:25.2	QF
3	Franz Johansson (FIN)	15:31.4	QF
—	Gaston Heuet (FRA)	Did not finish
	Wallace McCurdy (USA)	Did not finish
	Alfonso Orlando (ITA)	Did not finish
	Alfonso Sánchez (CHI)	Did not finish
	Arnold Treble (GBR)	Did not finish

[edit] Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN)	14:36.6 OR
2	Jean Bouin (FRA)	14:36.7
3	George Hutson (GBR)	15:07.6
4	George Bonhag (USA)	15:09.8
5	Tell Berna (USA)	15:10.0
6	Alexander Decoteau (CAN)
7	Mauritz Carlsson (SWE)	15:18.6
8-11	Frederick Hibbins (GBR)
	Joe Keeper (CAN)
	Cyril Porter (GBR)
	Henry Scott (USA)
—	Ernest Glover (GBR)	Did not start
	Franz Johansson (FIN)	Did not start
	Henrik Nordström (SWE)	Did not start
	Thorild Ohlsson (SWE)	Did not start

[edit] References

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 27 August 2006. (Polish)