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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 24, 1980
Date Finished: July 27, 1980
Gold: | Miruts Yifter |
Silver: | Kaarlo Maaninka |
Bronze: | Mohamed Kedir |
The three heats were all won by Ethiopian runners, led by [Miruts Yifter], who was favored after not being able to compete in 1976 because of the African boycott. The final came down to a team race between Ethiopia and Finland. Yifter led Ethiopia, while two-time defending champion [Lasse Virén] was back for Finland, accompanied by [Kaarlo Maaninka]. After a slow opening 5K, the Ethiopians increased the pace, dropping all but Virén and Maaninka. On the 22nd lap, Maaninka took a brief lead, but was passed by Yifter and [Mohamed Kedir]. Then Virén took the lead on the next-to-last lap, only to be passed by Kedir shortly before the bell. With 300 metres left, Yifter used his finishing speed to pull away and settle the gold medal with a 54.9 last lap. Virén had nothing left and finished fifth.
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
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1 | Miruts Yifter | 36 | Ethiopia | ETH | Gold | |
2 | Kaarlo Maaninka | 26 | Finland | FIN | Silver | |
3 | Mohamed Kedir | 26 | Ethiopia | ETH | Bronze | |
4 | Tolossa Kotu | 27 | Ethiopia | ETH | ||
5 | Lasse Virén | 30 | Finland | FIN | ||
6 | Jörg Peter | 24 | East Germany | GDR | ||
7 | Werner Schildhauer | 21 | East Germany | GDR | ||
8 | Enn Sellik | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
9 | Bill Scott | 28 | Australia | AUS | ||
10 | Ilie Floroiu | 27 | Romania | ROU | ||
11 | Brendan Foster | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
12 | Mike McLeod | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
13 | Martti Vainio | 29 | Finland | FIN | ||
14 | Gerard Tebroke | 30 | Netherlands | NED | ||
AC | Antonio Prieto | 22 | Spain | ESP | ||
5 h1 r1/2 | Steve Austin | 29 | Australia | AUS | ||
6 h1 r1/2 | Alex Hagelsteens | 23 | Belgium | BEL | ||
6 h2 r1/2 | Rachid Habchaoui | 30 | Algeria | ALG | ||
7 h1 r1/2 | Geoff Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
7 h2 r1/2 | Enrique Aquino | 30 | Mexico | MEX | ||
7 h3 r1/2 | JiÅà Sýkora | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
8 h1 r1/2 | Abdel Madjid Mada | 27 | Algeria | ALG | ||
8 h2 r1/2 | José Gómez | 24 | Mexico | MEX | ||
8 h3 r1/2 | Rodolfo Gómez | 29 | Mexico | MEX | ||
9 h1 r1/2 | Akel Hamdan | 26 | Syria | SYR | ||
9 h2 r1/2 | Damiano Musonda | 34 | Zambia | ZAM | ||
9 h3 r1/2 | Volodymyr Shesterov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
10 h1 r1/2 | Motlalepula Thabana | 30 | Lesotho | LES | ||
10 h2 r1/2 | Kenias Tembo | 25 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | ||
10 h3 r1/2 | Hari Chand | 27 | India | IND | ||
11 h2 r1/2 | Jules Randrianarivelo | 23 | Madagascar | MAD | ||
11 h3 r1/2 | Leodigard Martin | 19 | Tanzania | TAN | ||
12 h3 r1/2 | Golekane Mosveu | 31 | Botswana | BOT | ||
13 h3 r1/2 | Nara Bahadur Dahal | 19 | Nepal | NEP | ||
AC h1 r1/2 | John Treacy | 23 | Ireland | IRL | ||
AC h1 r1/2 | Zakariah Barie | 27 | Tanzania | TAN | ||
AC h1 r1/2 | Aleksandras Antipovas | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
AC h2 r1/2 | Domingo Tibaduiza | 29 | Colombia | COL | ||
AC h3 r1/2 | Dias Alface | Mozambique | MOZ | |||
AC h3 r1/2 | Markus Ryffel | 25 | Switzerland | SUI |