Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Wheelchair races | ||||
The Men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 57 competitors, with three qualifying heats (57) and two semifinals (30) before the final (15) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.
Medalists
| Gold | John Ngugi Kenya |
| Silver | Dieter Baumann West Germany |
| Bronze | Hansjörg Kunze East Germany |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 12:58.39 |  Saïd Aouita |
Rome (ITA) | July 22, 1987 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 13:05.59 | Saïd Aouita |
Los Angeles (USA) | August 11, 1984 |
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
 |
 John Ngugi (KEN) |
13:11.70 |
 |
 Dieter Baumann (FRG) |
13:15.52 |
 |
 Hansjörg Kunze (GDR) |
13:15.73 |
| 4. |  Domingos Castro (POR) |
13:16.09 |
| 5. |  Sydney Maree (USA) |
13:23.69 |
| 6. |  Jack Buckner (GBR) |
13:23.85 |
| 7. |  Stefano Mei (ITA) |
13:26.17 |
| 8. |  Evgeni Ignatov (BUL) |
13:26.41 |
| 9. |  John Doherty (IRL) |
13:27.71 |
| 10. |  Jonny Danielsson (SWE) |
13:30.44 |
| 11. |  Pascal Thiebaut (FRA) |
13:31.99 |
| 12. | Yobes Ondieki (KEN) |
13:52.01 |
| 13. | Gary Staines (GBR) |
13:55.00 |
| 14. | Paul Arpin (FRA) |
14:13.19 |
| – | José Regalo (POR) |
DNF |
Non-Qualifiers
- Eliminated in the semi-finals
| RANK | SEMIFINALS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 16. | Salvatore Antibo (ITA) |
13:25.64 |
| 17. | Eamonn Martin (GBR) |
13:26.26 |
| 18. | Cyril Laventure (FRA) |
13:29.92 |
| 19. |  Mauricio González (MEX) |
13:32.52 |
| 20. | Doug Padilla (USA) |
13:37.11 |
| 21. | Charles Cheruiyot (KEN) |
13:38.44 |
| 22. |  Abel Antón (ESP) |
13:39.13 |
| 23. | Alejandro Gómez (ESP) |
13:41.73 |
| 24. |  Andrew Lloyd (AUS) |
13:42.49 |
| 25. |  Mikhail Dasko (URS) |
13:43.65 |
| 26. |  Paul Williams (CAN) |
13:44.57 |
| 27. | Marcos Barreto (MEX) |
13:53.93 |
| 28. | Eamon Coghlan (IRL) |
14:02.16 |
| 29. |  Vincent Rousseau (BEL) |
14:03.74 |
| 30. | Terry Brahm (USA) |
14:04.12 |
See also
- 1987 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Rome)
- 1990 Men's European Championships 5.000 metres (Split)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic 5.000 metres (Barcelona)
References
- (English) Official Report
