Gold medal times in the 5,000m at the Summer Olympics 1912-2020

The 5,000 meter was introduced to the men's Olympic roster in 1912, while the women's event did not make its debut until 1996, where it replaced the 3,000m race. Vivian Cheriyot set the Olympic record with her win in 2016, while Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey set the women's world record of 14 minutes, 6.62 seconds in 2020. In the men's event, Kenenisa Bekele set the Olympic record with his victory in 2008, while gold medallist at the Tokyo Games, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, set the world record of 12 minutes, 35.36 seconds in 2020. In early Olympic Games, Finnish men dominated the 5,000m, however Ethiopian performances in recent years have seen them claim the same number of gold medals, with both countries having won six apiece across both events. Finland's Lasse Virén was the first athlete to win back-to-back 5,000m golds in 1972 and 1976, and Mo Farah matched this in 2012 and 2016. Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba is the only woman to have won two golds, in 2004 and 2012 respectively. Finland's Paavo Nurmi and Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj are the only athletes to have won gold medals in both the 1500m and 5,000m, in 1924 and 2004 respectively; while several athletes, including the women's champion in 2020, Sifan Hassan, have found success in both the 5,000m and 10,000m.1912年，男子奥运阵容中首次引入了5000米赛跑，而女子项目直至1996年才首次亮相，取代了3000米赛跑的席位。维维安·切里约特在2016年夺冠，创下了奥运纪录，而埃塞俄比亚的莱特塞嫩贝特·吉迪在2020年以14分6.62秒的成绩打破了女子世界纪录。在男子项目中，肯内西萨·贝克勒在2008年夺冠，创下了奥运纪录，而东京奥运会的金牌得主、乌干达的约书亚·切普提吉在2020年以12分35.36秒的成绩打破了世界纪录。在早期的奥运会上，芬兰男子在5000米项目中占据主导地位，然而近年来，埃塞俄比亚的表现同样出色，两队在两项赛事中均各获得了六枚金牌。芬兰的拉斯·维伦是首位在1972年和1976年连续两次获得5000米金牌的运动员，而莫·法拉赫在2012年和2016年实现了这一壮举。埃塞俄比亚的特鲁内什·迪巴巴是唯一一位获得过两次金牌的女子运动员，分别在2004年和2012年夺冠。芬兰的帕沃·努尔米和摩洛哥的希查姆·埃尔·格鲁吉是唯一一位在1924年和2004年分别在1500米和5000米项目中获得金牌的运动员；而包括2020年的女子冠军西范·哈桑在内的多名运动员，在5000米和10000米项目中均取得了成功。