Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10000 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
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
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

The Men's 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 57 competitors, with three qualifying heats (57) and two semifinals (30) before the final (15) took place on Saturday October 1, 1988.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Ngugi Kenya (KEN)	Dieter Baumann West Germany (FRG)	Hansjörg Kunze East Germany (GDR)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record	12:58.39	Saïd Aouita	Rome (ITA)	July 22, 1987
Olympic Record	13:05.59	Saïd Aouita	Los Angeles (USA)	August 11, 1984

[edit] Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	John Ngugi (KEN)	13:11.70
	Dieter Baumann (FRG)	13:15.52
	Hansjörg Kunze (GDR)	13:15.73
4.	Domingos Castro (POR)	13:16.09
5.	Sydney Maree (USA)	13:23.69
6.	Jack Buckner (GBR)	13:23.85
7.	Stefano Mei (ITA)	13:26.17
8.	Evgueni Ignatov (BUL)	13:26.41
9.	John Doherty (IRL)	13:27.71
10.	Jonny Danielsson (SWE)	13:30.44
11.	Pascal Thiebaut (FRA)	13:31.99
12.	Yobes Ondieki (KEN)	13:52.01
13.	Gary Staines (GBR)	13:55.00
14.	Paul Arpin (FRA)	14:13.19
–	José Regalo (POR)	DNF

[edit] Non-Qualifiers

• Eliminated in the semi-finals

RANK	SEMIFINALS	TIME
16.	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	13:25.64
17.	Eamonn Martin (GBR)	13:26.26
18.	Cyril Laventure (FRA)	13:29.92
19.	Mauricio González (MEX)	13:32.52
20.	Doug Padilla (USA)	13:37.11
21.	Charles Cheruiyot (KEN)	13:38.44
22.	Abel Antón (ESP)	13:39.13
23.	Alejandro Gómez (ESP)	13:41.73
24.	Andrew Lloyd (AUS)	13:42.49
25.	Mikhail Dasko (URS)	13:43.65
26.	Paul Williams (CAN)	13:44.57
27.	Marcos Barreto (MEX)	13:53.93
28.	Eamon Coghlan (IRL)	14:02.16
29.	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	14:03.74
30.	Terry Brahm (USA)	14:04.12

[edit] See also

• 1987 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Rome)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 5.000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 5.000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic 5.000 metres (Barcelona)

[edit] References

• (English) Official Report