Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Men's 5000 metres; at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 31, 1960 (heats); September 2, 1960 (final)
Competitors	46 from 32 nations
Winning time	13:43.7
Medalists
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The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.^[1]

Quick facts Men's 5000 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Venue ...

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans Grodotzki	United Team of Germany	14:01.29
2	Luigi Conti	Italy	14:01.55
3	Nyandika Maiyoro	Kenya	14:06.29
4	Yury Zakharov	Soviet Union	14:10.41
5	Reijo Höykinpuro	Finland	14:21.92
6	Hedwig Leenaert	Belgium	14:25.81
7	Frank Salvat	Great Britain	14:33.64
8	Gebru Merawi	Ethiopia	14:41.22
9	Jim Beatty	United States	14:44.40
10	Michael Hoey	Ireland	15:00.52
11	Kassim Mukhtar	Iraq	15:00.97
-	José Aceituno	Chile		DNF
-	Béla Szekeres	Hungary		DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Horst Flosbach	United Team of Germany	14:09.25
2	Sándor Iharos	Hungary	14:09.38
3	Aleksandr Artynyuk	Soviet Union	14:09.92
4	Allan Lawrence	Australia	14:10.71
5	Hamoud Ameur	France	14:14.17
6	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	14:16.14
7	Doug Kyle	Canada	14:25.36
8	Marian Jochman	Poland	14:31.29
9	José Molíns	Spain	14:31.30
10	Mohamed Saïd	Morocco	14:53.6
11	Ranjit Bhatia	India	15:06.6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Friedrich Janke	United Team of Germany	14:02.58
2	Michel Bernard	France	14:04.82
3	Albie Thomas	Australia	14:06.27
4	Bill Dellinger	United States	14:08.72
5	Boris Yefimov	Soviet Union	14:14.68
6	Simo Saloranta	Finland	14:15.35
7	Jaroslav Bohatý	Czechoslovakia	14:30.34
8	Gordon Pirie	Great Britain	14:43.6
9	Khristos Khiotis	Greece	15:01.2
10	Cyprian Tseriwa	Rhodesia	15:02.8
11	Somnuek Srisombati	Thailand	15:32.6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Dave Power	Australia	14:03.31
2	Murray Halberg	New Zealand	14:04.28
3	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland	14:07.75
4	Bruce Tulloh	Great Britain	14:17.30
5	Miroslav Jurek	Czechoslovakia	14:31.53
6	Eugène Allonsius	Belgium	14:37.20
7	Bob Soth	United States	14:40.85
8	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	14:51.99
9	Andrei Barabaș	Romania	15:11.2
10	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	15:13.6
11	Jean Aniset	Luxembourg	15:17.0
12	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan	15:43.0
13	George De Peana	Guyana	15:54.2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Murray Halberg	New Zealand	13:43.76
	Hans Grodotzki	United Team of Germany	13:45.01
	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland	13:45.09
4	Friedrich Janke	United Team of Germany	13:47.14
5	Dave Power	Australia	13:52.38
6	Nyandika Maiyoro	Kenya	13:53.25
7	Michel Bernard	France	14:04.68
8	Horst Flosbach	United Team of Germany	14:07.03
9	Aleksandr Artynyuk	Soviet Union	14:08.45
10	Sándor Iharos	Hungary	14:11.91
11	Albie Thomas	Australia	14:20.88
12	Luigi Conti	Italy	14:34.45

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