Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's 5000 metres
|games = 1984 Summer
|venues = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
|dates = 8–11 August
|competitors = 56
|nations = 42
|win_value = 13:05.59
|longnames = yes
|gold = Saïd Aouita
|goldNOC = MAR
|silver = Markus Ryffel
|silverNOC = SUI
|bronze = António Leitão
|bronzeNOC = POR
|prev = 1980
|next = 1988
}}
{{AthleticsAt1984SummerOlympics}}
These are the official results of the Men's 5000 metres event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-5000-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174850/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/ATH/mens-5000-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Games: Men's 5000 metres |access-date=9 November 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medalists
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|Saïd Aouita|MAR|1984 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|Markus Ryffel|SUI|1984 Summer}} |
| {{OlympicBronzeMedalist|António Leitão|POR|1984 Summer}} |
Abbreviations
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| bgcolor="ccffcc"| Q | automatic qualification |
| bgcolor="ddffdd"| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| OR | olympic record |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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| World Record
| 13:00.41 | {{flagicon|GBR}} David Moorcroft | July 7, 1982 |
|---|
| Olympic Record
| 13:20.34 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Brendan Foster | July 28, 1976 |
Final
Unlike many other major international championships long-distance running finals, this race was run at a consistently fast pace. The two Portuguese runners who had qualified for the final, Antonio Leitão and Ezequiel Canario, clearly tried to exhaust the strongest pre-final favourites, such as Morocco's Saïd Aouita. Canario set the stage for this classic showdown between Aouita, Leitão and Switzerland's Markus Ryffel by taking the lead already on the first bend. By 800 metres, the world record holder, Britain's David Moorcroft, had already dropped to the last place. At 1,000 metres, Canario was still leading in 2:37.73. Moorcroft was painstakingly trying to remain in the lead group, with a four- or five-metre gap between him and New Zealand's John Walker. By 1,200 metres, when Leitão moved into the lead, Moorcroft dropped decisively from the lead group. At 2,000 metres, Leitão led in 5:17.76. During the third kilometre, Leitão and Canario alternated in the lead, while Ireland's Raymond Flynn and Britain's Eamonn Martin started to struggle. Flynn dropped from the lead group before 3,000 metres, which Leitão reached, still leading the field, in 7:59.25. Shortly after 3,000 metres, Martin and Sweden's Mats Erixon lost contact with the lead group. Between 3,400 and 3,800 metres, also Kenya's Wilson Waigwa, Canario, the United States' Doug Padilla and Walker had to let the six-man lead group escape from them. At 4,000 metres, Leitão kept leading the race, with his split time of 10:38.76 suggesting that the final's winner would break 13:10. Aouita, Ryffel, Britain's Tim Hutchings, Kenya's Paul Kipkoech and another Kenyan, Charles Cheruiyot, were still following Leitão. Before 4,200 metres, Cheruiyot dropped from Leitão's pace, and by 4,500 metres, Kipkoech and Hutchings tired out as well. At 4,600 metres, Leitão led in 12:10.40. On the last back straight, Aouita and Ryffel passed Leitão. On the final bend, Aouita stretched his lead over Ryffel to five metres. Despite slowing down somewhat near the finish line, Aouita won Ryffel by nearly two seconds. (See for example YouTube (user: tommytempo1); Suuri Olympiateos / The Great Olympic Book, Helsinki, Finland, 1984.)
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|FINAL !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| align="center"|Image:Med 1.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:05.59 OR |
| align="center"|Image:Med 2.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|Markus Ryffel|SUI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:07.54 |
| align="center"|Image:Med 3.png
|{{flagIOCathlete|António Leitão|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:09.20 |
| align="center"|4.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Tim Hutchings|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:11.50 |
| align="center"|5.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Kipkoech|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:14.40 |
| align="center"|6.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Charles Cheruiyot|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:18.41 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Doug Padilla|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:23.56 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|John Walker|NZL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:24.46 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ezequiel Canário|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:26.50 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Wilson Waigwa|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:27.34 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ray Flynn|IRL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:34.50 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mats Erixon|SWE|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:41.64 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Eamonn Martin|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:53.34 |
| align="center"|14.
|{{flagIOCathlete|David Moorcroft|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:16.61 |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Martti Vainio|FIN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|DNS 1 |
1 Vainio was not permitted to start in the final after he tested positive for metenolone following the 10000 meters final.
Semifinals
- Top six in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Wilson Waigwa|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:38.59 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|António Leitão|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:39.76 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Markus Ryffel|SUI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:40.08 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ray Flynn|IRL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:40.74 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Eamonn Martin|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:41.70 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Doug Padilla|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:41.73 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Zakariah Barie|TAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:43.49 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Gerardo Alcala|MEX|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:45.98 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Williams|CAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.34 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Steve Lacy|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.65 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Omar Aguilar|CHI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.13 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Zephaniah Ncube|ZIM|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:53.25 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Abdelrazzak Bounor|ALG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:57.43 |
| align="center"|14.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Antti Loikkanen|FIN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:58.74 |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Mönkemeyer|FRG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|DNF |
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:28.39 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|David Moorcroft|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:28.44 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|John Walker|NZL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:28.48 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Charles Cheruiyot|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:28.56 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Tim Hutchings|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:28.60 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Kipkoech|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:29.08 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mats Erixon|SWE|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:29.72 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Martti Vainio|FIN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:30.48 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|9. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ezequiel Canário|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:32.64 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|João Campos|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:34.46 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Eduardo Castro|MEX|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:42.04 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Don Clary|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.02 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Bob Verbeeck|BEL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.03 |
| align="center"|14.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Salvatore Antibo|ITA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:47.53 |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Christoph Herle|FRG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|DNF |
Qualifying heats
- Top six in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals
= Heat 1 =
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 1 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ezequiel Canário|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:43.28 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Martti Vainio|FIN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:45.16 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Tim Hutchings|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.01 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Ray Flynn|IRL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.84 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Wilson Waigwa|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:48.84 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Doug Padilla|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:52.56 |
| align="center"|7.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Vincent Rousseau|BEL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:57.96 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|José João da Silva|BRA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:03.44 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Jorge García|ESP|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:12.15 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Mohamed Rutitinga|TAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:27.78 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Julio Gómez|ARG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:28.48 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|George Mambosasa|MAW|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:48.08 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Basil Kilani|JOR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|15:20.58 |
| align="center"|14.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Nimley Twegbe|LBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|17:36.69 |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ali Mohamed Hufane|SOM|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|DNF |
= Heat 2 =
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 2 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Mats Erixon|SWE|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:44.45 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|John Walker|NZL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:44.75 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Don Clary|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:44.97 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Saïd Aouita|MAR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:45.66 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Bob Verbeeck|BEL|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.27 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Christoph Herle|FRG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.35 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Williams|CAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:47.56 |
| align="center"|8.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Stijn Jaspers|NED|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:58.51 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ahmed Musa Jouda|SUD|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:59.41 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Piero Selvaggio|ITA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:04.74 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Necdet Ayaz|TUR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:36.89 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Eugène Muslar|BIZ|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|15:05.78 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|John Tau|PNG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|15:24.68 |
| align="center"|14.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ruddy Cornielle|DOM|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|17:16.77 |
| align="center"|–
|{{flagIOCathlete|Fethi Baccouche|TUN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|DNF |
= Heat 3 =
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 3 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|Charles Cheruiyot|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:45.99 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Eamonn Martin|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.16 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Markus Ryffel|SUI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.16 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Steve Lacy|USA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.16 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|João Campos|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.27 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Salvatore Antibo|ITA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.32 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Zephaniah Ncube|ZIM|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:46.33 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Mönkemeyer|FRG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:48.66 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|9. |{{flagIOCathlete|Gerardo Alcala|MEX|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:50.60 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Arie Gamliel|ISR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:02.98 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Alphonse Swai|TAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:22.20 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Luis Tipán|ECU|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:52.43 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ramón López|PAR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|15:15.64 |
= Heat 4 =
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!RANK !style="width: 20em"|HEAT 4 !style="width: 5em"|TIME |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|1. |{{flagIOCathlete|António Leitão|POR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.33 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|2. |{{flagIOCathlete|Dave Moorcroft|GBR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.40 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|3. |{{flagIOCathlete|Eduardo Castro|MEX|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.46 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|4. |{{flagIOCathlete|Antti Loikkanen|FIN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.47 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|5. |{{flagIOCathlete|Abderrazak Bounour|ALG|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.52 |
| style="background:#aaffaa;"
|align="center"|6. |{{flagIOCathlete|Omar Aguilar|CHI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.53 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|7. |{{flagIOCathlete|Paul Kipkoech|KEN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:51.54 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align="center"|8. |{{flagIOCathlete|Zakariah Barie|TAN|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:53.00 |
| align="center"|9.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Antonio Selvaggio|ITA|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|13:55.73 |
| align="center"|10.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Roger Soler|PER|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:28.26 |
| align="center"|11.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Orlando Mora|CRC|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|14:33.49 |
| align="center"|12.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Masini Situ-Kumbanga|ZAI|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|15:02.52 |
| align="center"|13.
|{{flagIOCathlete|Ali Al-Ghadi|YAR|1984 Summer}} |align="center"|16:06.58 |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://sportslion.net/track/halloffame/LA1984/LA84-5000mm.html Results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120407111315/http://todor66.com/olim/1984/Athletics/Men_5000m.html Results]
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