Main > Men, 5000 m > Olympic Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
• 15.20.0 Charles Bennett GBR Paris Jul 16, 1900
• 15.05.0 Jean Bouin FRA Stockholm Jul 09, 1912
• 14.36.6 Hannes Kolehmainen FIN Stockholm Jul 10, 1912
• 14.31.2 Paavo Nurmi FIN Paris Jul 10, 1924
• 14.30.0 Lauri Lehtinen FIN Los Angeles Aug 05, 1932
• 14.30.0* Ralph Hill USA Los Angeles Aug 05, 1932
• 14.22.2 Gunnar Höckert FIN Berlin Aug 07, 1936
• 14.17.6 Gaston Reiff BEL London Aug 02, 1948
• 14.15.4 Herbert Schade FRG Helsinki Jul 22, 1952
• 14.06.6 Emil Zátopek TCH Helsinki Jul 24, 1952
• 13.39.6 Vladimir Kuts URS Melbourne Nov 28, 1956
• 13.31.8 Emiel Puttemans BEL München Sep 07, 1972
• 13.26.4 Lasse Viren FIN München Sep 10, 1972
• 13.20.34 Brendan Foster GBR Montreal Jul 28, 1976
• 13.05.59 Said Aouita MAR Los Angeles Aug 11, 1984
  12.57.82 Kenenisa Bekele ETH Beijing Aug 23, 2008