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Host City: Barcelona, Spain

Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Date Started: August 6, 1992

Date Finished: August 8, 1992

(Competitors: 56; Countries: 41; Finalists: 16)

Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona

Overview by IAAF

For the first time since 1976 there was only one round before the final, with Baumann the fastest heat winner in 13:20.82. Baumann was considered the man with the best finish, and the Kenyans set out to deprive him of his strength in the final. After 400m in 64.1, Dominic Kirui (KEN) put in laps of 61.2, 62.6 (2:36.4 at 1000m) and 63.2 but slowed up to 65.4, realising that the majority of the field was still with him. By 3000m there were six men 25m clear – Ondieki, a surging type without a big finish, four other Africans and Baumann. Laps of only 65.7, 66.2, 65.7 and 65.2 served to lose only Bikila, and at the bell Bitok and Bayissa led with Baumann third. In the back straight the German was boxed in with Ondieki ahead of him and Boutayeb outside. Bitok, Bayissa and Boutayeb accelerated sharply with just under 200m to go and Baumann shot past Ondieki. In fourth place with 80m to go, Baumann moved past Bayissa on the inside as the Ethiopian strayed into lane 2 and then the German weaved to the outside and sped by Bitok to win. He ran the last lap of 56.1, and, more impressively, the final 200m in 24.9. It was the closest 5000m final since 1968.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

By 1992 the distance running events were the province of the Africans, especially the Kenyan runners. In the final Dominic Kirui (KEN) set the early pace but slowed after the kilometer mark when he realized that much of the field was in contact. By 3K the lead group was six, five Africans and Dieter Baumann (FRG). The pace was still slow and that was tailor-made for Baumann’s finishing speed. On the backstretch of the final lap he was boxed in by Paul Bitok, Fita Bayissa, Moulay Brahim Boutayeb, and Yobes Ondieki. He then began his charge passing on the outside until the final stretch when he moved past Bayissa on the inside to win the gold medal.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 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

		Results

*5000 m*	Men	Final	8 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.12.52	Dieter Baumann	Germany	GER	9 Feb 65
2	13.12.71	Paul Bitok	Kenya	KEN	26 Jun 70
3	13.13.03	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	ETH	15 Dec 72
4	13.13.27	Brahim Boutayeb	Morocco	MAR	15 Aug 67
5	13.17.50	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	KEN	21 Feb 61
6	13.23.52	Worku Bikila	Ethiopia	ETH	6 May 68
7	13.27.76	Rob Denmark	Great Britain	GBR	23 Nov 68
8	13.27.80	Abel Antón	Spain	ESP	24 Oct 62
9	13.28.97	Mohamed Issangar	Morocco	MAR	12 Dec 64
10	13.37.20	Sambu Andre Sipe	Tanzania	TAN	5 Oct 72
11	13.38.08	Domingos Castro	Portugal	POR	22 Nov 63
12	13.39.72	Bob Kennedy	United States	USA	18 Aug 70
13	13.43.39	Pascal Thiébaut	France	FRA	6 Jun 59
14	13.45.16	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	KEN	12 Apr 67
15	13.48.32	Marcel Versteeg	Netherlands	NED	20 Aug 65
16	14.02.47	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	ITA	7 Feb 62
*5000 m*	Men	Heat 1	6 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.31.16	Pascal Thiébaut	France	FRA	6 Jun 59
2	13.31.24	Fita Bayissa	Ethiopia	ETH	15 Dec 72
3	13.31.48	Abel Antón	Spain	ESP	24 Oct 62
4	13.31.88	Yobes Ondieki	Kenya	KEN	21 Feb 61
5	13.37.14	Jack Buckner	Great Britain	GBR	22 Sep 61
6	13.41.27	John Doherty	Great Britain	GBR	22 Jul 61
7	13.52.52	Risto Ulmala	Finland	FIN	7 May 63
8	13.55.01	Mahmoud Kalboussi	Tunisia	TUN	9 Feb 65
9	13.57.87	Robbie Johnston	New Zealand	NZL	21 Aug 67
10	14.01.57	Brendan Matthias	Canada	CAN	12 Aug 69
11	14.08.83	Godfrey Siamusiye	Zambia	ZAM	23 Sep 72
12	15.02.76	Aïssa Belaout	Algeria	ALG	12 Aug 68
13	15.27.46	Tawai Keiruan	Vanuatu	VAN	3 Sep 72
14	15.29.25	Yeski Moli Youssouf	Chad	CHA	65
*5000 m*	Men	Heat 2	6 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.32.93	Worku Bikila	Ethiopia	ETH	6 May 68
2	13.36.81	Paul Bitok	Kenya	KEN	26 Jun 70
3	13.37.27	Brahim Boutayeb	Morocco	MAR	15 Aug 67
4	13.38.79	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	IRL	17 Jul 60
5	13.40.50	Reuben Reina	United States	USA	16 Nov 67
6	13.43.91	Jonny Danielson	Sweden	SWE	4 Sep 64
7	13.48.06	Raimundo Santos	Portugal	POR	22 Aug 67
8	14.04.54	Hamid Sadjadi	Iran	IRI	21 Mar 69
9	14.06.80	Herder Vásquez	Colombia	COL	29 Jun 67
10	14.09.22	José Luis Molina	Costa Rica	CRC	8 Mar 65
11	15.21.95	Leo Garnes	Barbados	BAR	20 Jan 69
12	15.26.49	Marlon Williams	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	9 Sep 56	NR
	DNF	Evgeni Ignatov	Bulgaria	BUL	25 Jun 59
*5000 m*	Men	Heat 3	6 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.20.82	Dieter Baumann	Germany	GER	9 Feb 65
2	13.22.41	Rob Denmark	Great Britain	GBR	23 Nov 68
3	13.22.98	Mohamed Issangar	Morocco	MAR	12 Dec 64
4	13.24.21	Dominic Kirui	Kenya	KEN	12 Apr 67
5	13.24.57	Domingos Castro	Portugal	POR	22 Nov 63
6	13.42.94	Antonio Serrano	Spain	ESP	8 Mar 65
7	13.50.16	Tendai Chimusasa	Zimbabwe	ZIM	28 Jan 71
8	13.50.71	Bahadur Prasad	India	IND	1 Sep 65
9	14.00.44	Isaac Simelane	Swaziland	SWZ	8 Nov 67
10	14.03.79	Paul Donovan	Ireland	IRL	11 Jul 63
11	14.16.14	Ignacio Fragoso	Mexico	MEX	6 Feb 68
12	14.23.07	Abdullah Al-Dosari	Bahrain	BRN	19 Apr 65
13	14.28.77	Moussa Awaleh	Djibouti	DJI	62
14	14.33.04	Tello Namane	Lesotho	LES	15 Jan 74
	DNF	John Trautmann	United States	USA	29 Jun 68
*5000 m*	Men	Heat 4	6 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.33.71	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	ITA	7 Feb 62
2	13.35.76	Bob Kennedy	United States	USA	18 Aug 70
3	13.35.95	Marcel Versteeg	Netherlands	NED	20 Aug 65
4	13.36.99	Sambu Andre Sipe	Tanzania	TAN	5 Oct 72
5	13.40.20	Ian Hamer	Great Britain	GBR	18 Apr 65
6	13.40.76	Addis Abebe	Ethiopia	ETH	5 Sep 70
7	13.42.20	Martín Fiz	Spain	ESP	3 Mar 63
8	13.44.67	Andrey Tikhonov	Russia	RUS	11 Dec 66
9	13.54.88	Zachariah Ditetso	Botswana	BOT	18 Aug 64
10	14.00.53	Carlos Monteiro	Portugal	POR	14 Dec 65
11	14.25.97	Seraphin Mugabo	Rwanda	RWA	8 Feb 68
12	14.40.12	Ernest Ndjissipou	Central African Republic	CAF	4 Nov 74
13	14.55.58	Awwad Sreiss	Jordan	JOR	5 Sep 67
14	15.02.02	Policarpio Calizaya	Bolivia	BOL	10 Sep 62