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Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:

Men's 5,000 metres Final

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Date Started: August 3, 1928
Date Finished: August 3, 1928

Gold: FIN Ville Ritola
Silver: FIN Paavo Nurmi
Bronze: SWE Edvin Wide

Final

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Ville Ritola 32 Finland FIN 14:38.0
2 Paavo Nurmi 30 Finland FIN 14:40.0
3 Edvin Wide 32 Sweden SWE 14:41.2
4 Leo Lermond 22 United States USA 14:50.0
5 Ragnar Magnusson 26 Sweden SWE 14:59.6
6 Armas Kinnunen 28 Finland FIN 15:02.0
7 Staņislavs Petkevičs 19 Latvia LAT
8 Bert Johnston 26 Great Britain GBR
9 Brian Oddie 23 Great Britain GBR
10 Macauley Smith 23 United States USA
AC Nils Eklöf 23 Sweden SWE DNF
AC Eino Purje 28 Finland FIN DNF