1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 26 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
Silver Alain Mimoun
 France
Bronze Gaston Reiff
 Belgium

Results

Final

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 14:03.0 CR NR
2nd Alain Mimoun  France 14:26.0
3rd Gaston Reiff  Belgium 14:26.2
4 Väinö Mäkelä  Finland 14:30.8
5 Hannu Posti  Finland 14:40.8
6 Lucien Theijs  Belgium 14:42.4
7 Stevan Pavlović  Yugoslavia 14:50.2
8 Alec Olney  United Kingdom 14:51.8
9 Božidar Đurašković  Yugoslavia 14:52.4
10 Bertil Albertsson  Sweden 15:02.2
11 Bertil Karlsson  Sweden 15:09.4
12 Jacques Vernier  France DNF

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 14:56.0 Q
2 Väinö Mäkelä  Finland 14:56.2 Q
3 Lucien Theijs  Belgium 15:03.0 Q
4 Jacques Vernier  France 15:03.6 Q
5 Stevan Pavlović  Yugoslavia 15:06.2 Q
6 Bertil Karlsson  Sweden 15:07.2 Q
7 Vasilios Mavrapostolos  Greece 15:08.4 NR
8 Kurt Rotzer  Austria 15:08.4 NR
9 Aage Poulsen  Denmark 19:99.9

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hannu Posti  Finland 14:47.2 Q
2 Alec Olney  United Kingdom 14:55.6 Q
3 Božidar Đurašković  Yugoslavia 15:00.6 Q
4 Bertil Albertsson  Sweden 15:09.0 Q
5 Gaston Reiff  Belgium 15:10.0 Q
6 Alain Mimoun  France 15:11.0 Q
7 August Sutter   Switzerland 15:13.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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