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1954 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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.[1]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Kuts  Soviet Union 13:56.6 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christopher Chataway  Great Britain 14:08.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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