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


Which nation has won 7 Olympic golds at 5000 metres, more than any other nation ?

 

Ethiopia
Finland
USA
Russia

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

 

Morocco
Finland
Kenya
Ethiopia

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

 

Ismael Kirui
Richard Limo
Benjamin Limo
Said Aouita

Gabriela Szabo & Tiunesh Dibuba have each won how many World Championships at 5000m ?

 

5
3
2
4

In which year did women first compete in the 5000 metres at the Olympics ?

 

1996 Atlanta
1960 Rome
1936 Berlin
1984 Los Angeles

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

 

Meserat Defar
Sonia Osullivan
Tirunesh Dibaba
Gabriela Szabo

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

 

Marathon
5 mile
10000m
1500m

The 5000 metres event was first ran at which Olympics ?

 

1912 Stockholm
1928 Amsterdam
1936 Berlin
1896 Paris

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

 

Said Aouita
Mohammed Gammondini
Meseret Dejar
Lasse Viren

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

 

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


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