5000m Olympic Stadium

Aug 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Charles Bennett (GBR) Paris 1900 15.20.00

1912 14:36.60

1924 14:31.20

1932 14.30.00

1936 14.22.20

1948 14.17.60

1952 14.06.60

1956 13.39.60

London Olympics women’s 5000m gold medallist Meseret Defar (ETH)

Women

Men

1972 13.26.42

1976 13.20.34

1984 13.05.59

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Beijing 2008 12.57.82

Pauline Konga (KEN) Atlanta 1996 15.07.01

1996 14.59.88

2000 14.40.79 Gabriela Szabo (ROU) Sydney

OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION

World records

Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Hengelo, 2004 12.37.35

Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Oslo, 2008 14.11.15

Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, IAAF

Pictures: Associated Press, Getty Image