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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

Index Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. [1]

48 relations: Aage Poulsen, Alain Mimoun, Alec Olney, Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres, Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres, Berlin, Bertil Albertsson, Bill Lucas (runner), British Summer Time, Clarence Robison, Cliff Salmond, Curt Stone, Emil Zátopek, Erik Ahldén, Ernst Günther (athlete), Evert Nyberg, Gaston Reiff, Germany, Gothenburg, Gregorio Rojo, Gunder Hägg, Gunnar Höckert, Harold Nelson (athlete), Helge Perälä, Jack Braughton, Jacques Vernier, Jef Lataster, Jerry Thompson, John Joe Barry, LA84 Foundation, List of Olympic records in athletics, Luo Wenao, Manny Ramjohn, Marcel Vandewattyne, Martín Alarcón (athlete), Martin Stokken, Maurice Pouzieux, Mustafa Özcan, Sim Bok-seok, Sweden, UTC+01:00, Vasilios Mavrapostolos, Väinö Koskela, Väinö Mäkelä, Willem Slijkhuis, 1948 Summer Olympics, 5000 metres, 5000 metres world record progression.

Aage Poulsen

Aage Poulsen (16 July 1919 – 31 August 1998) was a Danish long-distance runner.

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Alain Mimoun

Alain Mimoun (1 January 1921 – 27 June 2013) was an Algerian-born French long-distance runner who competed in track events, cross-country running and the marathon.

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Alec Olney

Alec Olney (4 January 1922 – 25 April 2017) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1936 Olympic Games took place August 4 and August 7.

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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 22 and July 24.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Bertil Albertsson

Bertil Ebbe Gustaf Albertsson (1 September 1921 – 3 March 2008) was a Swedish runner.

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Bill Lucas (runner)

William Ernest Lucas (16 January 1917 – 24 March 2018) was a British RAF officer and long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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British Summer Time

During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (in effect, changing the time zone from UTC+0 to UTC+1), so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less.

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Clarence Robison

Clarence Franklin Robison (June 18, 1923 – September 26, 2006) was a track athlete and coach at Brigham Young University (BYU).

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Cliff Salmond

Cliff Salmond (27 December 1927 – 25 December 2013) was a Canadian middle-distance runner.

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Curt Stone

Curtis Charles "Curt" Stone (born 19 November 1922) is a retired long-distance runner from the United States.

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Emil Zátopek

Emil Zátopek (19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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Erik Ahldén

Erik Torsten Ahldén (4 September 1923 – 6 July 2013) was a Swedish runner.

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Ernst Günther (athlete)

Ernst Günther was a Swiss long-distance runner.

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Evert Nyberg

John Evert Nyberg (28 February 1925 – 17 August 2000) was a Swedish long-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the 5000 m event at the 1946 European Championships.

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Gaston Reiff

Gaston Étienne Ghislaine Reiff (24 February 1921 – 6 May 1992) was a Belgian runner.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gothenburg

Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.

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Gregorio Rojo

Gregorio Rojo Sagredo (3 May 1920, Burgos – 8 May 2006, Barcelona) was a Spanish distance runner.

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Gunder Hägg

Gunder Hägg (31 December 1918 – 27 November 2004) was a Swedish runner and multiple world record breaker of the 1940s.

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Gunnar Höckert

Gunnar Mikael Höckert (12 February 1910 – 11 February 1940) was a Finnish runner, winner of the 5000 m race at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Harold Nelson (athlete)

William Harold Nelson (26 April 1923 – 1 July 2011) was a New Zealand long-distance runner who won two medals at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.

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Helge Perälä

Helge Perälä (3 June 1915 – 13 February 2010) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Jack Braughton

Jack Braughton (22 February 1921 – 30 October 2016) was a British long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Jacques Vernier

Jacques Vernier (21 July 1923 – 14 April 2015) was a French long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Jef Lataster

Jozef "Jef" Lataster (27 July 1922 – 16 September 2014) was a Dutch long distance runner, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Jerry Thompson

Jerald Stillwell "Jerry" Thompson (born August 15, 1923) is a former American long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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John Joe Barry

John Joe Barry (5 October 1925 – 9 December 1994) was an Irish middle-distance runner.

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LA84 Foundation

The LA84 Foundation (known until June 2007 as the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles) is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Olympic Games.

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List of Olympic records in athletics

The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, and 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.

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Luo Wenao

Luo Wenao (born 1919, date of death unknown) was a Chinese long-distance runner.

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Manny Ramjohn

Manny Ramjohn (November 15, 1915 – January 23, 1998) was an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, born in San Fernando, and educated at Naparima College in San Fernando.

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Marcel Vandewattyne

Marcel Vandewattyne (7 July 1924 – 18 September 2009) was a Belgian long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Martín Alarcón (athlete)

Martín Alarcón was a Mexican long-distance runner.

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Martin Stokken

Martin Stokken (16 January 1923 – 25 March 1984) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer and 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics.

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Maurice Pouzieux

Maurice Pouzieux (31 October 1920 – 1980) was a French long-distance runner.

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Mustafa Özcan

Mustafa Özcan (born 1926, date of death unknown) was a Turkish long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Sim Bok-seok

Sim Bok-seok was a South Korean long-distance runner.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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UTC+01:00

UTC+01:00, known simply as UTC+1, is a time offset that adds 1 hour to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Vasilios Mavrapostolos

Vasilios Mavrapostolos (25 April 1916 – 1995) was a Greece long-distance runner.

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Väinö Koskela

Väinö Koskela (31 March 1921 – 10 September 2016) was a Finnish long-distance runner.

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Väinö Mäkelä

Väinö Mäkelä (20 December 1921 – 19 December 1982) was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Willem Slijkhuis

Willem Frederik "Wim" Slijkhuis (13 January 1923 – 28 June 2003) was a Dutch athlete.

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1948 Summer Olympics

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom.

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5000 metres

The 5000 metres or 5000-meter run (approximately 3.1 mi or 16,404 ft) is a common long-distance running event in track and field.

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5000 metres world record progression

The official world records in the 5000 metres are held by Kenenisa Bekele with 12:37.35 minutes for men and Tirunesh Dibaba with 14:11.15 minutes for women.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_–_Men's_5000_metres

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