Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 -meter run of the men at the 2012 Olympics in London was held on 8 and 11 August 2012 at the London Olympic Stadium. 43 athletes took part.

There were two heats. It qualified the first five and the five time fastest athletes for the finals.

The directly qualified runners are light blue, highlighted the over time qualified athletes bright green.

Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = national record ER = European record, NAR = North America record, SAR = South America record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = Africa record, OZR = Ozeanienrekord PB = personal best, JWB = Jahresweltbestzeit

Existing Records

Title holders

Leader

Flow 1

August 8, 2012

Flow 2

August 8, 2012

Final

Mo Farah was hereby the first British Olympic champion at this distance, and since 1992 the first non- African medal winners.

August 11, 2012, 21:00 Clock

Video recordings

• Heats
• Final

Gallery

Dejen Gebremeskel ( ETH), Silver Medal

Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa (KEN ) wins bronze