Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The event took place between 31 July and 3 August.

Medalists

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	12:44.39	Haile Gebrselassie	Zürich (SUI)	August 16, 1995
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita	Los Angeles (USA)	August 11, 1984

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	SEMI	HEAT
	Venuste Niyongabo (BDI)	13:07.96	14:03.48	13:54.53
	Paul Bitok (KEN)	13:08.16	13:27.61	13:54.45
	Khalid Boulami (MAR)	13:08.37	13:29.72	13:54.72
4.	Dieter Baumann (GER)	13:08.81	14:03.75	13:52.00
5.	Tom Nyariki (KEN)	13:12.29	14:03.21	13:51.47
6.	Bob Kennedy (USA)	13:12.35	13:27.90	13:54.57
7.	Enrique Molina (ESP)	13:12.91	14:04.08	13:51.55
8.	Brahim Lahlafi (MAR)	13:13.26	13:27.73	13:51.25
9.	Shem Kororia (KEN)	13:14.63	13:27.50	14:02.75
10.	Fita Bayissa (ETH)	13:18.30	13:30.88	13:50.61
11.	Ismaïl Sghyr (MAR)	13:22.89	14:04.23	14:02.71
12.	Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)	13:28.36	13:28.80	14:03.56
13.	Reda Benzine (ALG)	13:42.34	13:37.52	14:03.06
14.	Stephane Franke (GER)	13:44.64	13:40.94	14:06.34
15.	Aissa Belaout (ALG)	14:06.52	14:04.56	13:51.96

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	SEMI	HEATS
—	Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)	13:47.81	13:52.56
—	Anacleto Jiménez (ESP)	13:50.90	14:16.57
—	Miroslav Vanko (SVK)	13:51.45	13:54.88
—	John Morapedi (RSA)	13:54.43	13:54.30
—	Shaun Creighton (AUS)	13:55.23	14:04.08
—	Assefa Mezgebu (ETH)	14:05.48	13:54.89
—	Stefano Baldini (ITA)	14:06.45	13:55.41
—	John Nuttall (GBR)	14:08.39	13:52.16
—	Cormac Finnerty (IRL)	14:08.88	13:54.01
—	Khmees Abdalla Seif Eldin (SUD)	DNQ	14:15.21
—	José Ramos (POR)	14:24.81	14:17.26
—	Shadrack Hoff (RSA)	14:16.14	14:05.97
—	Jim Spivey (USA)	14:27.72	13:53.16
—	Julian Paynter (AUS)	14:23.60	14:00.25
—	Adalberto García (BRA)	DNQ	14:28.64
—	Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)	14:39.64	13:57.42
—	Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou (MTN)	DNQ	15:29.16
—	Henry Moyo (MAW)	DNQ	14:30.53
—	Matt Giusto (USA)	DNQ	14:30.76
—	William Roldán (COL)	DNQ	14:39.50
—	Aboukar Hassan Adani (SOM)	DNQ	15:19.80
—	Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)	-	DNS
—	Armando Quintanilla (MEX)	-	DNS
—	Luis Jesus (POR)	-	DNS
—	Aloys Nizigama (BDI)	-	DNS
—	Alyan al-Qahtani (KSA)	-	DNS

5000 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

NB: Women's events from 1984–1992 were over 3000 metres

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