1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
1954 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men women
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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

Gold Vladimir Kuts
 Soviet Union
Silver Christopher Chataway
 United Kingdom
Bronze Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union 13:56.6 WR
2nd Christopher Chataway  United Kingdom 14:08.8
3rd 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
12 Herbert Schade  West Germany DNF
13 Heinz Laufer  West Germany DNF
14 József Kovács  Hungary DNF
15 Fred Green  United Kingdom DNF

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Frans Herman  Belgium 14:42.8 Q
2 Fred Green  United Kingdom 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  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

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  Spain 15:28.6
9 Henri Laethier  France DNF
9 Cahit Önel  Turkey DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Alojzy Graj  Poland 14:38.4 Q
2 József Kovács  Hungary 14:38.6 Q
3 Christopher Chataway  United Kingdom 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

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

References

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