5000 metres

The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to 3 miles 188 yards or 16,404 feet 2 inches. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over 12+1⁄2 laps of a standard track. The same distance in road running is called a 5K run; referring to the distance in metres rather than kilometres serves to disambiguate the two events. The 5000 m has been present on the Olympic programme since 1912 for men and since 1996 for women. Prior to 1996, women had competed in an Olympic 3000 metres race since 1984. The 5000 m has been held at each of the World Championships in Athletics in men's competition and since 1995 in women's.

Athletics
5000 metres
Runners in the 5000 metres at IAAF World Championships in Osaka 2007.
World records
Men Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 12:35.36 (2020)
Women Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 14:06.62 (2020)
Olympic records
Men Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:57.82 (2008)
Women Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.17 (2016)
World Championship records
Men Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) 12:52.79 (2003)
Women Hellen Obiri (KEN) 14:26.72 (2019)

The event is almost the same length as the dolichos race held at the Ancient Olympic Games, introduced in 720 BCE. World Athletics keeps official records for both outdoor and indoor 5000-metre track events.[1][2]

3 miles

The 5000 metres is the (slightly longer) approximate metric equivalent of the 3-mile (4,828.0 m) run, an event common in countries which used the imperial measurement system. The 3-mile event featured in the Commonwealth Games through 1966, and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973. It required 12 laps around a 1⁄4-mile (402 m; 440 yd; 1,320 ft) track.

All-time top 25

Men
  • Correct as of September 2022.[3]
Ath.#Perf.#TimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
1112:35.36Joshua Cheptegei Uganda14 AUG 2020Monaco[4]
2212:37.35Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia31 MAY 2004Hengelo
3312:39.36Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia13 JUN 1998Helsinki
4412:39.74Daniel Komen Kenya22 AUG 1997Brussels
512:40.18Bekele #201 JUL 2005Paris
612:41.86Gebrselassie #213 AUG 1997Zürich
5712:43.02Selemon Barega Ethiopia31 AUG 2018Brussels[5]
812:44.39Gebrselassie #316 AUG 1995Zürich
912:44.90Komen #213 AUG 1997Zürich
1012:45.09Komen #314 AUG 1996Zürich
6 11 12:45.71 Jacob Krop  Kenya 02 SEP 2022 Brussels [6]
71212:45.82Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia31 AUG 2018Brussels[5]
8 13 12:46.33 Nicholas Kimeli  Kenya 09 JUN 2022 Rome [7]
91412:46.53Eliud Kipchoge Kenya02 JUL 2004Rome
101512:46.79Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia31 AUG 2018Brussels[5]
15 12:46.79 Krop #2 09 JUN 2022 Rome [8]
111712:46.81Dejen Gebremeskel Ethiopia06 JUL 2012Paris[9]
12 18 12:46.96 Grant Fisher  United States 02 SEP 2022 Brussels [10]
131912:47.04Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia02 JUL 2004Rome
142012:47.20Mohammed Ahmed Canada10 JUL 2020Portland[11]
2112:47.53Gebrhiwet #206 JUL 2012Paris[9]
2212:48.09Bekele #325 AUG 2006Brussels
2312:48.25Bekele #418 AUG 2006Zürich
152412:48.45Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway10 JUN 2021Florence[12]
162512:48.63Jacob Kiplimo Uganda08 SEP 2020Ostrava[13]
1712:48.64Isaiah Koech Kenya06 JUL 2012Paris[9]
1812:48.66Isaac Kiprono Songok Kenya18 AUG 2006Zürich
1912:48.77Yenew Alamirew Ethiopia06 JUL 2012Paris[9]
2012:48.81Stephen Cherono Kenya12 JUN 2003Ostrava
2112:49.04Thomas Longosiwa Kenya06 JUL 2012Paris
2212:49.28Brahim Lahlafi Morocco25 AUG 2000Brussels
2312:49.50John Kipkoech Kenya06 JUL 2012Paris[9]
2412:49.71Mohammed Mourhit Belgium25 AUG 2000Brussels
2512:49.87Paul Tergat Kenya13 AUG 1997Zürich

Women
  • Correct as of June 2022.[14]
Ath.#Perf.#TimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
1114:06.62Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia07 OCT 2020Valencia[15]
2214:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia06 JUN 2008Oslo
3314:12.59Almaz Ayana Ethiopia02 JUN 2016Rome[16]
4414:12.88Meseret Defar Ethiopia22 JUL 2008Stockholm
5 5 14:12.98 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 27 MAY 2022 Eugene [17]
6614:13.32Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia08 JUN 2021Hengelo[18]
714:14.09Taye #208 JUN 2021Hengelo[18]
814:14.32Ayana #217 MAY 2015Shanghai
7914:15.24Senbere Teferi Ethiopia08 JUN 2021Hengelo[18]
81014:15.41Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia04 JUL 2015Paris[19]
1114:16.31Ayana #322 MAY 2016Rabat
1214:16.63Defar #215 JUN 2007Oslo
91314:18.37Hellen Obiri Kenya08 JUN 2017Rome[20]
1414:18.89Ayana #409 SEP 2016Brussels
1514:19.76G. Dibaba #230 MAY 2015Eugene
1614:20.36Obiri #221 JUL 2019London[21]
101714:20.68Agnes Tirop Kenya21 JUL 2019London[21]
111814:20.87Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya29 JUL 2011Stockholm
1914:21.29G. Dibaba #311 JUN 2015Oslo
2014:21.75Obiri #313 JUL 2018Rabat
2114:21.97Ayana #504 JUL 2015Paris
122214:22.12Sifan Hassan Netherlands21 JUL 2019London
2314:22.12Obiri #414 AUG 2020Monaco[21]
2414:22.34Hassan #213 JUL 2018Rabat
2514:22.47Obiri #513 MAY 2017Shanghai
1314:23.75Liliya Shobukhova Russia19 JUL 2008Kazan
1414:23.92Shelby Houlihan United States10 JUL 2020Portland[22]
1514:24.68Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey11 JUN 2004Bergen
1614:25.34Francine Niyonsaba Burundi03 SEP 2021Brussels[23]
17 14:25.84 Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia 16 JUN 2022 Oslo [24]
1814:26.34Karissa Schweizer United States10 JUL 2020Portland[22]
1914:26.76Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany03 AUG 2019Berlin[25]
2014:26.80Fantu Worku Ethiopia01 JUL 2021Oslo
2114:27.12Margaret Kipkemboi Kenya03 SEP 2021Brussels[23]
2214:27.55Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Kenya01 SEP 2017Brussels[26]
2314:28.09Jiang Bo China23 OCT 1997Shanghai
2414:28.39Sentayehu Ejigu Ethiopia16 JUL 2010Paris
2514:28.55Eilish McColgan United Kingdom01 JUL 2021Oslo

Olympic medalists

Men

Two men have won the Olympic 5000 metres on two occasions, both times back-to-back. Lasse Virén of Finland was the first to achieve the feat, winning the title in 1972 in Munich, before retaining the title in 1976 in Montreal. Mo Farah of Great Britain matched the achievement, winning the title in 2012 in London, and retaining it four years later in Rio de Janeiro. Both men achieved 5000 metre - 10,000 metre doubles on both occasions.

Finnish legend Paavo Nurmi is the only male runner to have won three Olympic medals at the distance, a gold and two silvers between 1920 and 1928.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Stockholm
 Hannes Kolehmainen
 Finland		 Jean Bouin
 France		 George Hutson
 Great Britain
1920 Antwerp
 Joseph Guillemot
 France		 Paavo Nurmi
 Finland		 Eric Backman
 Sweden
1924 Paris
 Paavo Nurmi
 Finland		 Ville Ritola
 Finland		 Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1928 Amsterdam
 Ville Ritola
 Finland		 Paavo Nurmi
 Finland		 Edvin Wide
 Sweden
1932 Los Angeles
 Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland		 Ralph Hill
 United States		 Lauri Virtanen
 Finland
1936 Berlin
 Gunnar Höckert
 Finland		 Lauri Lehtinen
 Finland		 Henry Jonsson
 Sweden
1948 London
 Gaston Reiff
 Belgium		 Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia		 Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
1952 Helsinki
 Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia		 Alain Mimoun
 France		 Herbert Schade
 Germany
1956 Melbourne
 Vladimir Kuts
 Soviet Union		 Gordon Pirie
 Great Britain		 Derek Ibbotson
 Great Britain
1960 Rome
 Murray Halberg
 New Zealand		 Hans Grodotzki
 United Team of Germany		 Kazimierz Zimny
 Poland
1964 Tokyo
 Bob Schul
 United States		 Harald Norpoth
 United Team of Germany		 Bill Dellinger
 United States
1968 Mexico City
 Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia		 Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya		 Naftali Temu
 Kenya
1972 Munich
 Lasse Virén
 Finland		 Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia		 Ian Stewart
 Great Britain
1976 Montreal
 Lasse Virén
 Finland		 Dick Quax
 New Zealand		 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand
 West Germany
1980 Moscow
 Miruts Yifter
 Ethiopia		 Suleiman Nyambui
 Tanzania		 Kaarlo Maaninka
 Finland
1984 Los Angeles
 Saïd Aouita
 Morocco		 Markus Ryffel
 Switzerland		 António Leitão
 Portugal
1988 Seoul
 John Ngugi
 Kenya		 Dieter Baumann
 West Germany		 Hansjörg Kunze
 East Germany
1992 Barcelona
 Dieter Baumann
 Germany		 Paul Bitok
 Kenya		 Fita Bayisa
 Ethiopia
1996 Atlanta
 Vénuste Niyongabo
 Burundi		 Paul Bitok
 Kenya		 Khalid Boulami
 Morocco
2000 Sydney
 Million Wolde
 Ethiopia		 Ali Saïdi-Sief
 Algeria		 Brahim Lahlafi
 Morocco
2004 Athens
 Hicham El Guerrouj
 Morocco		 Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia		 Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya
2008 Beijing
 Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia		 Eliud Kipchoge
 Kenya		 Edwin Soi
 Kenya
2012 London
 Mo Farah
 Great Britain		 Dejen Gebremeskel
 Ethiopia		 Thomas Longosiwa
 Kenya
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Mo Farah
 Great Britain		 Paul Chelimo
 United States		 Hagos Gebrhiwet
 Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
 Joshua Cheptegei
 Uganda		 Mohammed Ahmed
 Canada		 Paul Chelimo
 United States

Women

Only one woman has won the Olympic 5000 metres title twice, Ethiopian Meseret Defar winning in Athens in 2004, taking silver behind compatriot Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008, before regaining the title in London in 2012. Defar and Dibaba are the only athletes with three Olympic medals at the distance, with both reaching the podium in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Atlanta
 Wang Junxia
 China		 Pauline Konga
 Kenya		 Roberta Brunet
 Italy
2000 Sydney
 Gabriela Szabo
 Romania		 Sonia O'Sullivan
 Ireland		 Gete Wami
 Ethiopia
2004 Athens
 Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia		 Isabella Ochichi
 Kenya		 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2008 Beijing
 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia		 Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia		 Sylvia Kibet
 Kenya
2012 London
 Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia		 Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya		 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
2016 Rio de Janeiro
 Vivian Cheruiyot
 Kenya		 Hellen Obiri
 Kenya		 Almaz Ayana
 Ethiopia
2020 Tokyo
 Sifan Hassan
 Netherlands		 Hellen Obiri
 Kenya		 Gudaf Tsegay
 Ethiopia

World Championships Medalists

Men

In the World Championships, Great Britain's Mo Farah stands alone, the most successful and most decorated athlete in the event with three gold medals (2011, 2013 and 2015) and four medals in total (including silver in 2017) between 2011 and 2017. Kenya's Ismael Kirui was the first athlete to win the title twice in 1993 and 1995, and Ethiopia's Muktar Edris the third between 2017 and 2019.

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
  Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)  Werner Schildhauer (GDR)  Martti Vainio (FIN)
1987 Rome
  Saïd Aouita (MAR)  Domingos Castro (POR)  Jack Buckner (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
  Yobes Ondieki (KEN)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1993 Stuttgart
  Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995 Gothenburg
  Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Shem Kororia (KEN)
1997 Athens
  Daniel Komen (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Tom Nyariki (KEN)
1999 Seville
  Salah Hissou (MAR)  Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)
2001 Edmonton
  Richard Limo (KEN)  Million Wolde (ETH)  John Kibowen (KEN)
2003 Saint-Denis
  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2005 Helsinki
  Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Sileshi Sihine (ETH)  Craig Mottram (AUS)
2007 Osaka
  Bernard Lagat (USA)  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Moses Kipsiro (UGA)
2009 Berlin
  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  James Kwalia (QAT)
2011 Daegu
  Mo Farah (GBR)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2013 Moscow
  Mo Farah (GBR)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)  Isiah Koech (KEN)
2015 Beijing
  Mo Farah (GBR)  Caleb Ndiku (KEN)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
2017 London
  Muktar Edris (ETH)  Mo Farah (GBR)  Paul Chelimo (USA)
2019 Doha
  Muktar Edris (ETH)  Selemon Barega (ETH)  Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)
2022 Eugene
 Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)  Jacob Krop  (KEN)  Oscar Chelimo (UGA)

Women

Romania's Gabriela Szabo won the title twice between 1995 and 1997. Since then four African runners - two Kenyan, two Ethiopian - have repeated the feat; Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia and Vivian Cheruiyot and Hellen Obiri of Kenya. Meseret Defar's five medals - 2 gold, a silver and two bronze won between 2005 and 2013 - are the most won in the event by any athlete.

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Gothenburg
  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
1997 Athens
  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Roberta Brunet (ITA)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Seville
  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
  Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2003 Saint-Denis
  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Edith Masai (KEN)
2005 Helsinki
  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Meseret Defar (ETH)  Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)
2007 Osaka
  Meseret Defar (ETH)  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
2009 Berlin
  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2011 Daegu
  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2013 Moscow
  Meseret Defar (ETH)  Mercy Cherono (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2015 Beijing
  Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Senbere Teferi (ETH)  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2017 London
  Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2019 Doha
  Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Margaret Kipkemboi (KEN)  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)
2022 Eugene
  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH)  Beatrice Chebet (KEN)  Dawit Seyaum (ETH)

Season's bests

See also
  • National champions 5000 metres (men)
  • National champions 5000 metres (women)

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