Olympian Database
Olympic Records |  | ||||||
| Records set at the Olympics - Men's 5000 m | ||||||
| 2008 | Kenenisa Bekele |  |
ETH | 12.57,82 | OR | Final |
| 1984 | Said Aouita |  |
MAR | 13.05,59 | OR | Final |
| 1976 | Brendan Foster |  |
GBR | 13.20,34 | OR | Round 1 |
| 1972 | Lasse Viren |  |
FIN | 13.26,4 | OR | Final |
| 1956 | Vladimir Kuts |  |
URS | 13.39,6 | OR | Final |
| 1952 | Emil Zatopek |  |
TCH | 14.06,6 | OR | Final |
| Herbert Schade |  |
GER | 14.15,4 | OR | Round 1 | |
| 1948 | Gaston Reiff |  |
BEL | 14.17,6 | OR | Final |
| 1936 | Gunnar Höckert | |
FIN | 14.22,2 | OR | Final |
| 1932 | Lauri Lehtinen | |
FIN | 14.30,0 | OR | Final |
| 1924 | Paavo Nurmi | |
FIN | 14.31,2 | OR | Final |
| 1912 | Hannes Kolehmainen | |
FIN | 14.36,6 | WR | Final |
| Jean Bouin |  |
FRA | 15.05,0 | OR | Round 1 | |
| George Bonhag |  |
USA | 15.22,6 | OR | Round 1 | |
| These facts about Men's 5000 m - Athletics at the Summer Olympics are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | ||||||
