1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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Gold Vladimir Kuts
  Soviet Union
Silver Christopher Chataway
  Great Britain
Bronze Emil Zátopek
  Czechoslovakia

Results

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Final

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29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Vladimir Kuts   Soviet Union 13:56.6 WR
  Christopher Chataway   Great Britain 14:08.8
  Emil Zátopek   Czechoslovakia 14:10.2
4 Vladimir Okorokov   Soviet Union 14:20.0
5 Lucien Hanswijck   Belgium 14:25.6
6 Frans Herman   Belgium 14:31.4
7 Øistein Saksvik   Norway 14:32.2
8 Urho Julin   Finland 14:32.4
9 Sándor Garay   Hungary 14:44.6
10 Alojzy Graj   Poland 14:48.6
11 Rolf Haikkola   Finland 15:22.8
Herbert Schade   West Germany DNF
Heinz Laufer   West Germany DNF
József Kovács   Hungary DNF
Fred Green   Great Britain DNF

Heats

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26 August

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frans Herman   Belgium 14:42.8 Q
2 Fred Green   Great Britain 14:42.8 Q
3 Vladimir Okorokov   Soviet Union 14:43.0 Q
4 Sándor Garay   Hungary 14:43.6 Q
5 Øistein Saksvik   Norway 14:44.0 Q
6 Władysław Płonka [pl]   Poland 14:47.0
7 Osman Coşgül   Turkey 14:51.0
8 Rudolf Morgenthaler    Switzerland 14:54.8
9 Dimitar Vachkov   Bulgaria 14:59.4

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vladimir Kuts   Soviet Union 14:18.8 Q
2 Herbert Schade   West Germany 14:23.8 Q
3 Lucien Hanswijck   Belgium 14:29.2 Q
4 Urho Julin   Finland 14:36.2 Q
5 Emil Zátopek   Czechoslovakia 14:36.2 Q
6 Pierre Page    Switzerland 14:37.4 NR
7 Karl Lundh   Sweden 14:42.4
8 Antonio Amorós [ca]   Spain 15:28.6
Henri Laethier   France DNF
Cahit Önel   Turkey DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alojzy Graj   Poland 14:38.4 Q
2 József Kovács   Hungary 14:38.6 Q
3 Christopher Chataway   Great Britain 14:40.0 Q
4 Rolf Haikkola   Finland 14:40.0 Q
5 Heinz Laufer   West Germany 14:42.0 Q
6 Kurt Rötzer   Austria 14:46.2
7 Drago Štritof   Yugoslavia 14:48.4
8 Manuel Faria   Portugal 14:55.8 NR
9 Helmut Becker   Saar 15:21.8

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014