10,000 metres at the Olympics
10,000 metres at the Olympic Games | |
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Overview | |
Sport | Athletics |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1912 – 2020 Women: 1988 – 2020 |
Olympic record | |
Men | 27:01.17 Kenenisa Bekele (2008) |
Women | 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana (2016) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | Selemon Barega (ETH) |
Women | Sifan Hassan (NED) |
The
The
Six men have won the Olympic title twice:
Ethiopia is the most successful nation in the event, with ten gold medals among its total of 24. Finland is the next most successful, with six gold medals and thirteen overall. Finland's period of great success in early 20th century led to wide usage of the nickname the Flying Finns; Kaarlo Maaninka was the last Finnish athlete to medal over 10,000 m, in 1980. Kenya has won eleven medals, although Naftali Temu is the only Kenyan to have won Olympic gold.
It was not the first
Medal summary
Men
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1= | Paavo Nurmi | Finland (FIN) | 1920–1928 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1= | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1948–1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1= | Lasse Virén | Finland (FIN) | 1972–1976 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1= | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1996–2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1= | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2004–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
1= | Mo Farah | Great Britain (GBR) | 2012–2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Ville Ritola | Finland (FIN) | 1924–1928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Miruts Yifter | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1972–1980 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
9= | Alain Mimoun | France (FRA) | 1948–1952 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9= | Paul Tergat | Kenya (KEN) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9= | Sileshi Sihine | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2004–2008 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12= | Edvin Wide | Sweden (SWE) | 1924–1928 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12= | Volmari Iso-Hollo | Finland (FIN) | 1932–1936 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12= | Mohammed Gammoudi | Tunisia (TUN) | 1968–1972 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medals by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Finland (FIN) | 7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
2 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4= | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
4= | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
8 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
12 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
13= | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13= | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15= | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15= | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15= | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15= | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
19 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
20 | Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women
Multiple medalists
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1= | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1992–2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
1= | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2008–2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal (POR) | 1996–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4= | Gete Wami | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4= | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 2012–2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3= | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3= | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
7 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8= | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8= | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8= | Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Five miles
Intercalated Games
The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[2]
At this event a men's five-mile race was held – the first time a long-distance event featured at an Olympic competition. A British runner, Henry Hawtrey, won the event. Two 1908 Olympic participants for Sweden, John Svanberg and Edward Dahl, were the minor medalists.[3]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1906 Athens
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1908 Olympics
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1908 London |
Emil Voigt (GBR) | Edward Owen (GBR )
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John Svanberg (SWE) |
References
- Participation and athlete data
- Athletics Men's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Athletics Women's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Athletics Men's 5 mile Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
- Olympic record progressions
- Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Specific
- ^ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 551=2. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
- ^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
- ^ Athletics Men's 5 mile Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
External links
- IAAF 10,000 metres homepage
- Official Olympics website
- Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News