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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
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The men's 5000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Gaston Reiff of Belgium.[1] The Belgian Gaston Reiff became the Olympic champion ahead of the Czechoslovak Emil Zátopek. Willem Slijkhuis from the Netherlands won bronze.

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Gunder Hägg (SWE) 13:58.2 Gothenburg, Sweden 20 September 1942
Olympic record  Gunnar Höckert (FIN) 14:22.2 Berlin, Germany 7 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

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Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

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Results

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The first four runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

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Final

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

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