| Olympics |
Medal |
Athlete |
Country |
Time |
| Atlanta 1996 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Venuste Niyongabo
Paul Bitok
Khalid Boulami |
Burundi
Kenya
Morocco
|
13:07.96
13:08.16
13:08.37 |
| Barcelona 1992 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Dieter Baumann
Paul Bitok
Fita Bayisa |
Germany
Kenya
Ethiopia
|
13:12.52
13:12.71
13:13.03 |
| Seoul 1988 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
John Ngugi
Dieter Baumann
Hanjoerg Kunze
|
Kenya
West Germany
East Germany
|
13:11.0
13:15.52
13:15.73
|
| Los Angeles 1984 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Said Aouita
Markus Ryffel
Antonio Leitao
|
Morocco
Switzerland
Portugal
|
13:05.59
13:07.54
13:09.20
|
| Moscow 1980 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Miruts Yifter
Suleiman Nyambui
Kaarlo Maanika
|
Ethiopia
Tanzania
Finland
|
13:21.0
13:21.6
13:22.0
|
| Montreal 1976 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lasse Viren
Dick Quax
K.-D. Hildenbrand
|
Finland
New Zealand
West Germany
|
13:24.76
13:25.16
13:25.38
|
| Munich 1972 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lasse Viren
M. Gammoudi
Ian Stewart
|
Finland
Tunisia
Great Britain
|
13:26.4
13:27.4
13:27.6
|
| Mexico City 1968 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
M. Gammoudi
Kip Keino
Naftali Temu |
Tunisia
Kenya
Kenya
|
14:05.0
14:05.2
14:06.4
|
| Tokyo 1964 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Robert Schul
Harald Norpoth
William Dellinger
|
United States
West Germany
United States
|
13:48.8
13:49.6
13:49.8
|
| Rome 1960 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Murray Halberg
Hans Grodotzki
Kazmierz Zimmy
|
New Zealand
West Germany
Poland
|
13:43.4
13:49.6
13:44.8
|
| Melbourne 1956 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Vladimir Kuts
Gordon Pirie
Derek Ibbotson
|
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Great Britain
|
13:39.6
13:50.6
13:54.4
|
| Helsinki 1952 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Emil Zapotek
Alain M. O'Kacha
Herbert Schade
|
Czechoslovakia
France
West Germany
|
14:06.6
14:07.4
14:08.6
|
| London 1948 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gaston Reiff
Emil Zapotek
Willem Slijkhuis
|
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
|
14:17.6
14:17.8
14:26.8
|
| Berlin 1936 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Gunnar Hockert
Lauri Lehtinen
Henry Jonsson
|
Finland
Finland
Sweden
|
14:22.2
14:25.8
14:29.0
|
| Los Angeles 1932 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Lauri Lehtinen
Ralph Hill
Lauri Virtanen
|
Finland
United States
Finland
|
14:30.0
14:30.0
14:44.0
|
| Amsterdam 1928 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Ville Ritola
Paavo Nurmi
Edvin Wide
|
Finland
Finland
Sweden
|
14:38.0
14:40.0
14:41.2
|
| Paris 1924 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Paavo Nurmi
Ville Ritola
Edvin Wide
|
Finland
Finland
Sweden
|
14:31.2
14:31.4
15:01.8
|
| Antwerp 1920 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
Joseph Guillemot
Paavo Nurmi
Erik Backman
|
France
Finland
Sweden
|
14:55.6
15:00.0
15:13.0
|
| Stockholm 1912 | Gold
Silver
Bronze |
J. Kolehmainen
Jean Bouin
George Hutson
|
Finland
France
Great Britain
|
14:36.6
14:36.7
15:07.6
|
