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 Athletics – 5000m
 Stade de France

Event Medal

FORMAT
Two main rounds only – heats and final Laps of track 12.5

ORIGINS
Men’s event makes debut in 1912, won by Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN). Women’s 3000m introduced in 1984 – upgraded to 5000m for Atlanta 1996, with Wang Junxia (CHN) taking title

LEGACY
Paavo Nurmi, original “Flying Finn”, picked up one gold and two silvers
           
2020 GOLD
Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) and Sifan Hassan (NED), who secured 10,000m double

Lasse Viren FIN
1972, 1976

Meseret Defar ETH
2004, 2012

Paavo Nurmi  FIN
1924
 
Olympic record
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Beijing 2008 12:57.82
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) Rio de Janeiro 2016 14:26.17
 
World record
Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) Monaco 2020 12:35.36
Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) Eugene 2023 14:00.21

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