Men 5000m Athletics XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1984 - -- August - Gold Medal: Saïd Aouita, Marocco
Finaltime
1. Saïd AouitaMAR Marocco13:05.59OR
2. Markus RyffelSUI Switzerland13:07.54
3. António LeitãoPOR Portugal13:09.20
4. Tim HutchingsGBR Great Britain13:11.50
5. Paul KipkoechKEN Kenya13:14.40
6. Charles CheruiyotKEN Kenya13:18.41
7. Doug PadillaUSA United States13:23.56
8. John WalkerNZL New Zealand13:24.46
9. Ezequiel CanárioPOR Portugal13:26.50
10.Wilson WaigwaKEN Kenya13:27.34
11.Ray FlynnIRL Ireland13:34.50
12.Mats ErixonSWE Sweden13:41.64
13.Eamonn MartinGBR Great Britain13:53.34
14.David MoorcroftGBR Great Britain14:16.61
-. Martti VainioFIN FinlandDNS

world Men 5000m History

Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 100,000. -- competitors from -- nations.
RoundHAthdate
Semi-Finals230-1.08
Heats456-1.08
Vainio was not permitted to start in the final after he tested positive for metenolone following the 10000 meters final!

Semi-Finals -

First 6 from each Semi and Best 3 times advanced to Final.
Semi 1time
1. Wilson WaigwaKEN Kenya13:38.59Q
2. António LeitãoPOR Portugal13:39.76Q
3. Markus RyffelSUI Switzerland13:40.08Q
4. Ray FlynnIRL Ireland13:40.74Q
5. Eamonn MartinGBR Great Britain13:41.70Q
6. Doug PadillaUSA United States13:41.73
7. Zakariah BarieTAN Tanzania13:43.49
8. Gerardo AlcalaMEX Mexico13:45.98
9. Paul WilliamsCAN Canada13:46.34
10.Steve LacyUSA United States13:46.65
11.Omar AguilarCHI Chile13:51.13
12.Zephaniah NcubeZIM Zimbabwe13:53.25
13.Abdelrazzak BounorALG Algeria13:57.43
14.Antti LoikkanenFIN Finland13:58.74
-. Uwe MönkemeyerFRG West GermanyDNF
Semi 2time
1. Saïd AouitaMAR Marocco13:28.39Q
2. David MoorcroftGBR Great Britain13:28.44Q
3. John WalkerNZL New Zealand13:28.48Q
4. Charles CheruiyotKEN Kenya13:28.56Q
5. Tim HutchingsGBR Great Britain13:28.60Q
6. Paul KipkoechKEN Kenya13:29.08
7. Mats ErixonSWE Sweden13:29.72
8. Martti VainioFIN Finland13:30.48
9. Ezequiel CanárioPOR Portugal13:32.64
10.João CamposPOR Portugal13:34.46
11.Eduardo CastroMEX Mexico13:42.04
12.Don ClaryUSA United States13:46.02
13.Bob VerbeeckBEL Belgium13:46.03
14.Salvatore AntiboITA Italy13:47.53
-. Christoph HerleFRG West GermanyDNFs
World Record

Heats

First 6 from each Heat and Best 6 times advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1time
1. Ezequiel CanárioPOR Portugal13:43.28
2. Martti VainioFIN Finland13:45.16
3. Tim HutchingsGBR Great Britain13:46.01
4. Ray FlynnIRL Ireland13:46.84
5. Wilson WaigwaKEN Kenya13:48.84
6. Doug PadillaUSA United States13:52.56
7. Vincent RousseauBEL Belgium13:57.96
8. José João da SilvaBRA Brazil14:03.44
9. Jorge GarcíaESP Spain14:12.15
10.Mohamed RutitingaTAN Tanzania14:27.78
11.Julio GómezARG Argentina14:28.48
12.George MambosasaMAW Malawi14:48.08
13.Basil KilaniJOR Jordan15:20.58
14.Nimley TwegbeLBR Liberia17:36.69
-. Ali Mohamed HufaneSOM SomaliaDNF
Heat 2time
1. Mats ErixonSWE Sweden13:44.45
2. John WalkerNZL New Zealand13:44.75
3. Don ClaryUSA United States13:44.97
4. Saïd AouitaMAR Marocco13:45.66
5. Bob VerbeeckBEL Belgium13:46.27
6. Christoph HerleFRG West Germany13:46.35
7. Paul WilliamsCAN Canada13:47.56
8. Stijn JaspersNED Netherlands13:58.51
9. Ahmed Musa JoudaSUD Sudan13:59.41
10.Piero SelvaggioITA Italy14:04.74
11.Necdet AyazTUR Turkey14:36.89
12.Eugène MuslarBIZ Belize15:05.78
13.John TauPNG Papua New Guinea15:24.68
14.Ruddy CornielleDOM Dominicana17:16.77
-. Fethi BaccoucheTUN TunisiaDNF
Heat3time
1. Charles CheruiyotKEN Kenya13:45.99
2. Eamonn MartinGBR Great Britain13:46.16
3. Markus RyffelSUI Switzerland13:46.16
4. Steve LacyUSA United States13:46.16
5. João CamposPOR Portugal13:46.27
6. Salvatore AntiboITA Italy13:46.32
7. Zephaniah NcubeZIM Zimbabwe13:46.33
8. Uwe MönkemeyerFRG West Germany13:48.66
9. Gerardo AlcalaMEX Mexico13:50.60
10.Arie GamlielISR Israel14:02.98
11.Alphonse SwaiTAN Tanzania14:22.20
12.Luis TipánECU Ecuador14:52.43
13.Ramón LópezPAR Paraguay15:15.64
Heat 4time
1. António LeitãoPOR Portugal13:51.33
2. Dave MoorcroftGBR Great Britain13:51.40
3. Eduardo CastroMEX Mexico13:51.46
4. Antti LoikkanenFIN Finland13:51.47
5. Abdel Razzak BounourALG Algeria13:51.52
6. Omar AguilarCHI Chile13:51.53
7. Paul KipkoechKEN Kenya13:51.54
8. Zakariah BarieTAN Tanzania13:53.00
9. Antonio SelvaggioITA Italy13:55.73
10.Roger SolerPER Peru14:28.26
11.Orlando MoraCRC Costa Rica14:33.49
12.Masini Situ-KumbangaZAI Zaire15:02.52
13.Ali Al-GhadiYAR North Yemen16:06.58
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index Athletics
Los Angeles 1984 index
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Athletics Los Angeles 1984
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000mWomen 3000m
Men 10000m
Men MarathonWomen Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 100m Hurdles
Men 400m HurdlesWomen 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayMen 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Heptathlon
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