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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.
The 5000 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the fifth edition of the multi-sport event.The men's 5000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
The official world records in the 5000 metres, or 5000-metre run, are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and Gudaf Tsegay with 14:00.21 for women.. The first world record in the men's 5000 m was recognized by World Athletics (formerly called the International Association of Athletics Federations, or IAAF) in 1912.
17 years, 333 days 30 Aug 2003 Youngest finalist Selemon Barega (ETH) 17 years, 204 days 12 Aug 2017 Sally Barsosio (KEN) 17 years, 144 days 12 Aug 1995 Youngest participant Abdullah Al-Qwabani (YEM) 16 years, 177 days 26 Aug 2015 Wisam El-Bekheet (PLE) 14 years, 281 days 9 Aug 2001 Oldest champion Bernard Lagat (USA) 32 years, 264 days
Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, an Olympic distance runner and a Christian evangelist.He took up running in high school and qualified for the United States in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, finishing 8th while setting a new lap record in the process.
Returning to Miami University in the fall of 1963, Schul continued using Iglói's training methods, with some innovations. The highlights of his 1964 indoor season were a new American record time for three miles, 13:31.4 (then the second fastest indoor time in the world), and two wins over 10,000 meters world record holder Ron Clarke of Australia.
During World War II he falsified his age and served two years with the Soviet Army as a courier. [1] He took up running after the war, while continuing his military service as a navy sniper . In 1951 he won his first national titles, in the 5000 and 10000 m, an achievement he repeated in 1953–1956.