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The men's 5000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. The 3000 metres was the first women's Olympic long-distance track event, making its initial appearance at the 1984 Olympics, and this distance was extended to match the men's event from 1996 onwards. It is the most prestigious 5000 m race at elite level.
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] Approximately 45 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 42 qualifying through time or ranking (6 universality places were used in 2016). [2]
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 400 m track, or 25 laps on an indoor 200 m track.
Mo Farah entered as the favourite for the race, having won the 2012 Olympic title as well as the last two World Championships 5000 m.He also held the fastest time of the year at 12:59:29 minutes and won the Olympic 10,000 m earlier in Rio.
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 10, 2024. ... Fisher is the first American man to medal in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at an Olympic Games. He was the first American to medal in ...
Mohammed Ahmed (born January 5, 1991) [4] is a Canadian long-distance runner. [5] A three-time Olympian, he is his country's most successful athlete in long distance racing, being the first to medal in the 5000 metres at both the World Championships (bronze in 2019) and the Olympic Games (silver in 2021).
It also could makes it an attractive training ground ahead of the 2028 Olympics. ... the only Australian male to win a gold medal ... a finalist at 5,000 meters in last month’s Olympic trials ...