men's national records 5000m as at 31.12.1940
Finland	Taisto Mäki	14:08,8h	(1.)	Helsinki	16.06.39	International		Europe
Sweden	Henry Jonsson (Kälarne)	14:18,8h	(2.)	Stockholm	27.07.39	SWE v. FIN		Europe
Hungary	Janos Kelen	14:23,0h	(4.)	Helsinki	01.08.40	(4.)?		Europe
Poland	Janusz Kusociński	14:24,2h	(1.)	Stockholm	18.06.39			Europe
Germany	Hermann Eberlein	14:27,2h	(?.)	Berlin	09.07.39			Europe
United States of America	Ralph Hill	14:30,0h	(2.)	Los Angeles	05.08.32	Olympic Games		America
Japan	Kōhei Murakoso	14:30,0h	(4.)	Berlin	07.08.36	Olympic Games		Asia
Great Britain	Peter Ward	14:31,6h	(?.)	Helsinki	04.09.37			Europe
Denmark	Harry Siefert	14:36,2h	(?.)	Helsinki	21.06.38			Europe
Norway	Odd Rasdal	14:36,7h	(?.)	København	10.06.38			Europe
France	Jean Bouin	14:36,7h	(2.)	Stockholm	10.07.12	Olympic Games		Europe
Soviet Union	Serafim Znamenskiy	14:37,0h	(?.)	Moskva	22.09.40			Asia
Italy	Umberto Cerati	14:44,4h	(7.)	Berlin	07.08.36	Olympic Games		Europe
Argentina	Roger Ceballos	14:46,2h	(?.)	Buenos Aires	26.09.34			America
New Zealand	John Savidan	14:49,6h	(4.)	Los Angeles	05.08.32	Olympic Games		Ozeania
Latvia	Voldemars Vitols	14:54,9h	(?.)	Helsinki	15.07.37			Europe
Belgium	Maurice Marechal	15:00,6h	(?.)	Paris	08.10.33			Europe
Austria	Ferdinand Muschik	15:04,4h	(?.)	Berlin	09.07.39			Europe
Australia	Alexander Hillhouse	15:06,0h	(n.)	Los Angeles	02.08.32	Olympic Games/h1	(6.)	Ozeania
Chile	Miguel Castro	15:06,0h	(1.)	Lima	25.05.39	South American Championships		America
Estonia	Felix Beldzinsky	15:07,4h	(?.)	Turku	18.06.29			Europe
Czechoslovakia	Jozef Koszak	15:14,8h	(?.)	Warszawa	31.08.29			Europe
Peru	Manuel Carreno	15:15,4h	(?.)	Lima	25.05.39	South American Championships		America
Netherlands	Jan Zeegers	15:16,4h	(?.)	Hamburg	03.06.32			Europe
Swizerland	Gottfried Utiger	15:17,0h	(?.)	Antwerp	27.06.37			Europe
Lithuania	Aleksiejus Simanas	15:18,2h	(?.)	Lahti	04.08.39			Europe
Greece	Konstantinos Arvanitis	15:19,2h	(?.)	Athina	21.05.37			Europe
Uruguay	Antonio Yanaczak	15:21,6h	(?.)	Buenos Aires	12.10.40			America
Island	Jon J. Kaldal	15:23,0h	(?.)	København	06.08.22			Europe
India	Raunaq Singh	15:23,0h	(?.)	Lahore	15.02.36			Asia
Romania	Cristea Dinu	15:23,3h	(?.)	Beograd	29.05.38			Europe
Brazil	Nestor Gomes	15:57,0h	(?.)	São Paulo	11.10.31			America
Turkey	Riza Maksut Işman	15:51,0h	(?.)	Istanbul	24.09.39			Europe
Algeria								Africa
Angola								Africa
Botswana								Africa
Burkina Faso								Africa
Burundi								Africa
Cameroon								Africa
Cape Verde								Africa
Central African Republic								Africa
Chad								Africa
Comoros								Africa
Congo								Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo								Africa
Djibouti								Africa
Egypt								Africa
Equatorial Guinea								Africa
Ethiopia								Africa
Gabon								Africa
Gambia								Africa
Ghana								Africa
Guinea								Africa
Guinea-Bissau								Africa
Ivory Coast								Africa
Lesotho								Africa
Liberia								Africa
Madagascar								Africa
Malawi								Africa
Mali								Africa
Mauretania								Africa
Mozambique								Africa
Namibia								Africa
Niger								Africa
Nigeria								Africa
Rwanda								Africa
Senegal								Africa
Seychelles								Africa
Sierra Leono								Africa
Somalia								Africa
South Africa								Africa
Sudan								Africa
Swaziland								Africa
Tanzania								Africa
Togo								Africa
Tunisia								Africa
Uganda								Africa
Upper Volta								Africa
Zaire								Africa
Zambia								Africa
Zimbabwe								Africa
American Samoa								America
Anguilla								America
Antigua and Barbuda								America
Aruba								America
Bahamas								America
Barbados								America
Belize								America
Bermuda								America
Bolivia								America
British Virgin Islands								America
Canada								America
Cayman Islands								America
China								America
Colombia								America
Columbia								America
Costa Rica								America
Cuba								America
Dominica								America
Dominican Republic								America
Ecuador								America
El Salvador								America
Grenada								America
Guam								America
Guatemala								America
Guyana								America
Haiti								America
Honduras								America
Jamaica								America
Mauritius								America
Mexico								America
Netherlands Antilles								America
Panama								America
Paraguay								America
Puerto Rico								America
Saint Kitts and Nevis								America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines								America
Suriname								America
Trinidad and Tobago								America
US Virgin Islands								America
Venezuela								America
Afghanistan								Asia
Armenia								Asia
Bangladesh								Asia
Bhutan								Asia
Brunei								Asia
Cambodia								Asia
Hong Kong								Asia
Hongkong								Asia
India								Asia
Indonesia								Asia
Iran								Asia
Iraq								Asia
Israel								Asia
Jordan								Asia
Kuwait								Asia
Kyrgyzstan								Asia
Laos								Asia
Libya								Asia
Macau								Asia
Malaysia								Asia
Maldives								Asia
Moldova								Asia
Myanmar								Asia
Nepal								Asia
Northern Mariana Islands								Asia
Oman								Asia
Pakistan								Asia
Palestine								Asia
Philippines								Asia
PR Korea (North Korea)								Asia
Qatar								Asia
Saudi Arabia								Asia
South Korea								Asia
Sri Lanka								Asia
Syria								Asia
Tajikistan								Asia
Thailand								Asia
Turkey								Asia
UAE								Asia
Uzbekistan								Asia
Vietnam								Asia
Yemen								Asia
Albania								Europe
Andorra								Europe
Bulgaria								Europe
Cyprus								Europe
Faroe Islands								Europe
Gibraltar								Europe
Greece								Europe
Greenland								Europe
Greenland								Europe
Ireland								Europe
Kosovo								Europe
Liechtenstein								Europe
Luxembourg								Europe
Malta								Europe
Monaco								Europe
North Macedonia								Europe
Portugal								Europe
San Marino								Europe
Serbia								Europe
Slovenia								Europe
Spain								Europe
Swizerland								Europe
Yugoslavia								Europe
Morocco	El Ghazy			French Champion ' 38 - ' 39	??.??.1939