1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

None Men's 5000 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 5000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf 420–427 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Brendan Foster GBRSilver Manfred Kuschmann GDRBronze Lasse Virén FIN Results Final 8 September This final was a fast race from the start, with Britain's Brendan Foster leading it all the way. He passed 1,000 metres in 2:39.2. In the early laps, Belgium's Willy Polleunis closely followed Foster, but soon after 1,000 metres the Belgian started to drop from the Briton's pace, and became the first runner to lose contact with the lead group. Polleunis would finish fifteenth and last in this final. Foster kept up the fast and steady pace, passing 2,000 metres in 5:20.2. Finland's Lasse Viren had already moved behind Foster during the second kilometre, with East Germany's Manfred Kuschmann running third. At 2,800 metres, Foster suddenly surged, and only Viren tried to keep up with him. The British runner passed 3,000 metres in 8:01.2. Viren slowed down before 3,100 metres, determined to conserve his strength to fight for the silver and bronze medals instead. Therefore Foster ran the final's last laps in an unchallenged lead, while Viren let the main group of runners catch him. On the last back straight, Kuschmann suddenly sprinted into the second place, followed by Viren, the Netherlands' Jos Hermens, Norway's Arne Kvalheim, and Romania's Ilie Floroiu. At the start of the final bend, Hermens passed Viren. However, on the final straight, the Finn was able to pass the Dutchman to claim the bronze medal behind Foster, who had already finished the race in 13:17.2, and Kuschmann who sprinted to the finish line in the second place. (See Raevuori, Antero, Lasse Viren: The Gilded Spikes / Kullatut piikkarit (Finland, c. 1976); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD3KLV7R4jA EUROPEI DI ROMA 1974 5000 FOSTER.) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brendan Foster GBR 13:17.21 CR Manfred Kuschmann GDR 13:23.93 NR Lasse Virén FIN 13:24.57 4 Jos Hermens NED 13:25.51 NR 5 Ilie Floroiu ROU 1965 13:27.12 NR 6 Arne Kvalheim NOR 13:27.23 7 Stanislav Hoffman cs TCH 13:29.03 8 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand FRG 13:31.93 9 Vladimir Zatonskiy (runner) Vladimir Zatonskiy ru Затонский, Владимир Васильевич URS 1955 13:39.6 10 Petar Svet SFR Yugoslavia 13:41.6 11 Knut Børø NOR 13:45.8 12 Pavel Pěnkava cs TCH 14:00.6 13 Pekka Päivärinta FIN 14:14.2 14 Knut Kvalheim NOR 14:19.0 15 Willy Polleunis BEL 14:23.2 Heats 6 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Willy Polleunis BEL 13:38.6 Q 2 Knut Børø NOR 13:38.6 Q 3 Pavel Pěnkava cs TCH 13:38.8 Q 4 Manfred Kuschmann GDR 13:39.2 Q 5 Dave Black GBR 13:41.8 6 Fernando Cerrada ESP 1945 13:56.8 7 Werner Meier SUI 14:05.4 8 Mihaíl Koúsis GRE 1970 14:07.0 9 Aniceto Simões POR DNF Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pekka Päivärinta FIN 13:56.6 Q 2 Knut Kvalheim NOR 13:56.8 Q 3 Stanislav Hoffman cs TCH 13:59.4 Q 4 Vladimir Zatonskiy (runner) Vladimir Zatonskiy ru Затонский, Владимир Васильевич URS 1955 14:01.4 Q 5 Henryk Nogala POL 14:07.0 6 Chris Stewart GBR 14:17.2 7 Eamonn Coghlan IRL 14:29.6 8 Léon Schots BEL DNF Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brendan Foster GBR 13:37.0 Q 2 Jos Hermens NED 13:37.4 Q 3 Knut Kvalheim NOR 13:37.8 Q 4 Lasse Virén FIN 13:38.2 Q 5 Ilie Floroiu ROU 1965 13:39.0 q 6 Petar Svet SFR Yugoslavia 13:40.8 q 7 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand FRG 13:41.4 q 8 Christian Cairoche FRA 13:59.6 9 Eddy Van Mullem BEL DNF Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event. 22em BEL (3) TCH (2) GDR (1) FIN (2) FRA (1) GRE 1970 (1) IRL (1) NED (1) NOR (3) POL (1) POR (1) ROU 1965 (1) URS 1955 (1) ESP 1945 (1) SUI (1) GBR (3) FRG (1) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships