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Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning Quiz Questions - 5000 Metres
Discerningly Versed - Effective Iterative Learning


Paavo Nurmi in 1924 & Hicham El Guerroj in 2004 won the 5000m gold & which other gold ?

 

1500m
10000m
Marathon
5 mile

 Which nation has won 7 out of 10 5000 metre events staged at the World Championships ?

 

Ethiopia
Kenya
Morocco
Finland
Meserat Defar broke the world record for the 5000m in 2006 with a winning time of

 

10 mins 24.53 Secs
14 mins 24.53 Secs
24 mins 24.53 Secs
18 mins 24.53 Secs

 The only male Olympic athlete to retain his title winning gold at 5000m in 1972 & 1976 was

 

Lasse Viren
Meseret Dejar
Said Aouita
Mohammed Gammondini
Gabriela Szabo & Tiunesh Dibuba have each won how many World Championships at 5000m ?

 

4
2
5
3

 The 5000 metres event was first ran at which Olympics ?

 

1896 Paris
1936 Berlin
1912 Stockholm
1928 Amsterdam
Which nation has won 7 Olympic golds at 5000 metres, more than any other nation ?

 

Russia
USA
Ethiopia
Finland

 The only male athlete so far to have won 2 World Championships at the 5000 metres in 93 & 97 is

 

Said Aouita
Benjamin Limo
Ismael Kirui
Richard Limo
In which year did women first compete in the 5000 metres at the Olympics ?

 

1984 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1996 Atlanta
1960 Rome

 Which female athlete won 2 World Championships at 5000m & Olympic gold in 2000 ?

 

Gabriela Szabo
Tirunesh Dibaba
Meserat Defar
Sonia Osullivan


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