Race profile

Olympic Games- Semi 1
Mexico City MEX
15 Oct 1968
Outdoor Track
5 km
Olympic Games

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 14:28.40 Kipchoge Keino KEN 17 Jan 1940
2 14:29.06 Mohamed Gammoudi TUN 11 Feb 1938
3 14:29.85 Mamo Wolde ETH 12 Jun 1932
4 14:31.81 Robert Finlay CAN 03 Aug 1943
5 14:34.58 Emile Puttemans BEL 08 Oct 1947
6 14:41.03 Bernd Diessner GER 16 Mar 1946
7 14:44.41 Rashid Sharafetdinov RUS 10 Jul 1943
8 14:46.52 Dick Taylor ENG 03 Jan 1945
9 15:00.86 Keisuke Sawaki JPN 08 Dec 1943
10 15:13.07 Gyorgy Kiss HUN 01 May 1936
11 15:13.69 Louis Scott USA 04 Sep 1945
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