The men's 5000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia. The winning margin was 0.8 seconds.
Results
Heats The first round was on July 22. The fastest five runners from each heat qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Alain Mimoun 14:19.0 14:19.15 Q 2 Ilmari Taipale 14:22.8 14:22.83 Q 3 Gaston Reiff 14:23.8 14:23.92 Q 4 Åke Andersson 14:25.0 14:25.09 Q 5 Gordon Pirie 14:26.2 14:26.47 Q 6 Nikifor Popov 14:28.5 14:28.84 7 Charlie Capozzoli 14:39.0 – 8 August Sutter 14:45.2 – 9 Øistein Saksvik 14:55.4 – 10 John Landy 14:56.4 – 11 Helmuth Perz 14:57.2 – 12 Osamu Inoue 14:59.0 – 13 Stevan Pavlović 14:59.2 – 14 József Kovács 17:09.2 – — Jan Szwargot – — Milan Švajgr – — Raúl Inostroza –
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Herbert Schade 14:15.4 14:15.44 Q 2 Alan Parker 14:18.2 14:18.47 Q 3 Ernő Béres 14:19.6 14:19.66 Q 4 Lucien Theys 14:22.2 14:21.62 Q 5 Eero Tuomaala 14:26.8 – Q 6 Ivan Semyonov 14:28.0 – 7 Alojzy Graj 14:30.0 – 8 Osman Coşgül 14:36.2 – 9 Bertil Karlsson 14:45.8 – 10 Pierre Page 14:57.0 – 11 Ali Baghbanbashi 15:03.0 – 12 Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim 15:10.2 – 13 Wes Santee 15:10.4 – 14 Zdravko Ceraj 15:17.8 – Rich Ferguson – — José Coll – — Vasilis Mavrapostolos – — Wim Slijkhuis –
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Aleksandr Anufriyev 14:23.6 14:23.83 Q 2 Bertil Albertsson 14:26.0 14:25.80 Q 3 Emil Zátopek 14:26.0 14:25.81 Q 4 Les Perry 14:27.0 14:27.18 Q 5 Christopher Chataway 14:27.8 14:27.35 Q 6 Ib Planck 14:31.6 14:31.66 7 Martin Stokken 14:39.0 – 8 Curt Stone 14:42.8 – 9 Jean Schlegel 14:45.6 – 10 Kurt Rötzer 14:49.4 – 11 Väinö Koskela 14:50.8 – 12 Velimir Ilić 14:51.6 – 13 Paul Frieden 15:23.2 – 14 Kristján Jóhannsson 15:23.8 – 15 Alphonse Vandenrydt 15:51.2 – George Hoskins – — Antonio Amorós –
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Emil Zátopek 14:06.6 14:06.72 OR Alain Mimoun 14:07.4 14:07.58 Herbert Schade 14:08.6 14:08.80 4 Gordon Pirie 14:18.0 14:18.31 5 Chris Chataway 14:18.0 14:18.38 6 Les Perry 14:23.6 14:23.16 7 Ernő Béres 14:24.8 – 8 Åke Andersson 14:26.0 – 9 Bertil Albertsson 14:27.8 – 10 Aleksandr Anufriyev 14:31.4 – 11 Alan Parker 14:37.0 – 12 Ilmari Taipale 14:40.0 – 13 Eero Tuomaala 14:54.2 – 14 Lucien Theys 14:59.0 – Gaston Reiff –
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
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