1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the
1974 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk 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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.[1]

Medalists

Gold Brendan Foster
 United Kingdom
Silver Manfred Kuschmann
 East Germany
Bronze Lasse Virén
 Finland

Results

Final

8 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Brendan Foster  United Kingdom 13:17.21 CR
2nd Manfred Kuschmann  East Germany 13:23.93 NR
3rd Lasse Virén  Finland 13:24.57
4 Jos Hermens  Netherlands 13:25.51 NR
5 Ilie Floroiu  Romania 13:27.12 NR
6 Arne Kvalheim  Norway 13:27.23
7 Stanislav Hoffman  Czechoslovakia 13:29.03
8 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand  West Germany 13:31.93
9 Vladimir Zatonskiy  Soviet Union 13:39.6
10 Petar Svet  Yugoslavia 13:41.6
11 Knut Børø  Norway 13:45.8
12 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 14:00.6
13 Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 14:14.2
14 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 14:19.0
15 Willy Polleunis  Belgium 14:23.2

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Willy Polleunis  Belgium 13:38.6 Q
2 Knut Børø  Norway 13:38.6 Q
3 Pavel Pěnkava  Czechoslovakia 13:38.8 Q
4 Manfred Kuschmann  East Germany 13:39.2 Q
5 David Black  United Kingdom 13:41.8
6 Fernando Cerrada  Spain 13:56.8
7 Werner Meier   Switzerland 14:05.4
8 Mihaíl Koúsis  Greece 14:07.0
9 Aniceto Simões  Portugal DNF

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pekka Päivärinta  Finland 13:56.6 Q
2 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 13:56.8 Q
3 Stanislav Hoffman  Czechoslovakia 13:59.4 Q
4 Vladimir Zatonskiy  Soviet Union 14:01.4 Q
5 Henryk Nogala  Poland 14:07.0
6 Chris Stewart  United Kingdom 14:17.2
7 Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland 14:29.6
8 Léon Schots  Belgium DNF

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brendan Foster  United Kingdom 13:37.0 Q
2 Jos Hermens  Netherlands 13:37.4 Q
3 Knut Kvalheim  Norway 13:37.8 Q
4 Lasse Virén  Finland 13:38.2 Q
5 Ilie Floroiu  Romania 13:39.0 q
6 Petar Svet  Yugoslavia 13:40.8 q
7 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand  West Germany 13:41.4 q
8 Christian Cairoche  France 13:59.6
9 Eddy Van Mullem  Belgium DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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