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1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 5000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Sydney Wooderson
 Great Britain
Silver Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
Bronze Evert Nyberg
 Sweden

Results

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Final

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23 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sydney Wooderson  Great Britain 14:08.6 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wim Slijkhuis  Netherlands 14:14.0 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evert Nyberg  Sweden 14:23.2
4 Viljo Heino  Finland 14:24.4
5 Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 14:25.8 NR
6 Gaston Reiff  Belgium 14:45.8
7 Rikard Greenfort  Denmark 14:46.0
8 Raphaël Pujazon  France 14:46.8
9 René Breistroffer  France 14:50.4
10 Aage Poulsen  Denmark 14:53.6
11 Charles Heirendt  Luxembourg 15:00.6 NR
12 Marcel Vandewattyne  Belgium 15:08.0
13 András Pataki  Hungary 15:33.6
14 Leon Aasbø  Norway 15:33.8
Napoleon Dzwonkowski  Poland DNF
Helge Perälä  Finland DNF
Åke Durkfeldt  Sweden DNF
Arnt Rohme  Norway DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 367–372, retrieved 13 August 2014