The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - 5000 Meters

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

ETHIOPIA - 16 Medals

KENYA - 16 Medals

FINLAND - 13 Medals

Medal Table
5000 Meters
100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles
400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase 4X100 Relay
4X400 Relay Marathon 20 KM Walk
50 KM Walk High Jump Pole Vault
Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1912
Hannes Kolemainen - Finland
Jean Bouin - France
George Hutson - Great Britain
1920
Joseph Guillemot - France
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Eric Backman - Sweden
1924
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Ville Ritola - Finland
Edvin Wide - Sweden
1928
Ville Ritola - Finland
Paavo Nurmi - Finland
Edvin Wide - Sweden
1932
Lauri Lehtinen - Finland
Ralph Hill - United States
Lauri Virtanen - Finland
1936
Gunnar Hockert - Finland
Lauri Lehtinen - Finland
Henry Jonsson - Sweden
1948
Gaston Reiff - Belgium
Emil Zatopek - Czechoslovakia
Wim Slijkhuis - Netherlands
1952
Emil Zatopek - Czechoslovakia
Alain Mimoun - France
Herbert Schade - Germany
1956
Vladimir Kuts - Soviet Union
Gordon Pirie - Great Britain
Derek Ibbotson - Great Britain
1960
Murray Halberg - New Zealand
Hans Grodotzki - United Team of Germany
Kazimierz Zimny - Poland
1964
Bob Schul - United States
Harald Norpoth - United Team of Germany
Bill Dellinger - United States
1968
Mohammad Gammoudi - Tunisia
Kipchoge Keino - Kenya
Naftali Temu - Kenya
1972
Lasse Viren - Finland
Mohammas Gammoudi - Tunisia
Ian Stewart - Great Britain
1976
Lasse Viren - Finland
Dick Quax - New Zealand
Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand - West Germany
1980
Miruts Yifter - Ethiopia
Suleiman Nyambui - Tanzania
Kaarlo Manninka - Finland
1984
Said Aouita - Morocco
Markus Ryffel - Switzerland
Antonio Leitao - Portugal
1988
John Ngugi - Kenya
Dieter Baumann - West Germany
Hansjorg Kunze - East Germany
1992
Dieter Baumann - Germany
Paul Bitok - Kenya
Fita Bayisa - Ethiopia
1996
Venuste Niyongabo - Burundi
Paul Bitok - Kenya
Khalid Boulami - Morocco
2000
Million Wolde - Ethiopia
Ali Saidi-Sief - Algeria
Brahim Lahlafi - Morocco
2004
Hicham El Guerrouj - Morocco
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya
2008
Kenenisa Bekele - Ethiopia
Eliud Kipchoge - Kenya
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi - Kenya
2012
Mo Farah - Great Britain
Dejen Gebremeskel - Ethiopia
Thomas Longosiwa - Kenya
2016
Mo Farah - Great Britain
Paul Chelimo - United States
Hagos Gebrhiwet - Ethiopia
2020
Joshua Cheptegei - Uganda Mohammad Ahmed - Canada Paul Chelimo - United States

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1996
Wang Junxia - China
Pauline Konga - Kenya
Roberta Brunet - Italy
2000
Gabriela Szabo - Romania
Sonia O'Sullivan - Ireland
Get Wami - Ethiopia
2004
Meseret Defar - Ethiopia
Isabella Ochichi - Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia
2008
Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia
Meseret Defar - Ethiopia Sylvia Kibet - Kenya
2012
Meseret Defar - Ethiopia
Vivian Cheruiyot - Kenya
Tirunesh Dibaba - Ethiopia
2016
Vivian Cheruiyot - Kenya Hellen Onsando Obiri - Kenya
Almaz Ayana - Ethiopia
2020
Sifan Hassan - Netherlands Hellen Obiri - Kenya Gudaf Tsegay - Ethipoia

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Ethiopia
6
3
7
16
2
Kenya
2
9
5
16
3
Finland
7
4
2
13
4
Great Britain
2
1
3
6
5
United States 1
2
2
5
6
Morocco
2
0
2
4
7
Sweden
0
0
4
4
8
France
1
2
0
3
9
New Zealand
1
1
0
2
10
Tunisia
1
1
0
2
11
Czechoslovakia
1
1
0
2
12
Germany
1
0
1
2
13
Netherlands 1
0
1
2
14
United Team of Germany
0
2
0
2
15
West Germany
0
1
1
2
16
Belgium
1
0
0
1
17
Burundi
1
0
0
1
18
China
1
0
0
1
19
Romania
1
0
0
1
20
Uganda
1
0
0
1
21
Soviet Union
1
0
0
1
22
Tanzania
0
1
0
1
23
Switzerland
0
1
0
1
24
Algeria
0
1
0
1
25
Ireland
0
1
0
1
26
Canada
0
1
0
1
27
Poland
0
0
1
1
28
Portugal
0
0
1
1
29
Italy
0
0
1
1
30
East Germany
0
0
1
1