1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

None Men's 5000 metres 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. 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 377–384 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Vladimir Kuts URS 1934Silver Christopher Chataway GBRBronze Emil Zátopek TCH Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Vladimir Kuts URS 1936 13:56.6 WR Christopher Chataway GBR 14:08.8 Emil Zátopek TCH 14:10.2 4 Vladimir Okorokov URS 1936 14:20.0 5 Lucien Hanswijck BEL 14:25.6 6 Frans Herman BEL 14:31.4 7 Øistein Saksvik NOR 14:32.2 8 Urho Julin FIN 14:32.4 9 Sándor Garay HUN 1949 14:44.6 10 Alojzy Graj POL 14:48.6 11 Rolf Haikkola FIN 15:22.8 12 Herbert Schade FRG DNF 13 Heinz Laufer FRG DNF 14 József Kovács HUN 1949 DNF 15 Fred Green GBR DNF Heats 26 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Frans Herman BEL 14:42.8 Q 2 Fred Green GBR 14:42.8 Q 3 Vladimir Okorokov URS 1936 14:43.0 Q 4 Sándor Garay HUN 1949 14:43.6 Q 5 Øistein Saksvik NOR 14:44.0 Q 6 Władysław Płonka pl Władysław Płonka (lekkoatleta) POL 14:47.0 7 Osman Coşgül TUR 14:51.0 8 Rudolf Morgenthaler SUI 14:54.8 9 Dimitar Vachkov BUL 1946 14:59.4 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vladimir Kuts URS 1936 14:18.8 Q 2 Herbert Schade FRG 14:23.8 Q 3 Lucien Hanswijck BEL 14:29.2 Q 4 Urho Julin FIN 14:36.2 Q 5 Emil Zátopek TCH 14:36.2 Q 6 Pierre Page SUI 14:37.4 NR 7 Karl Lundh SWE 14:42.4 8 Antonio Amorós ESP 1945 15:28.6 9 Henri Laethier FRA DNF 9 Cahit Önel TUR DNF Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Alojzy Graj POL 14:38.4 Q 2 József Kovács HUN 1949 14:38.6 Q 3 Christopher Chataway GBR 14:40.0 Q 4 Rolf Haikkola FIN 14:40.0 Q 5 Heinz Laufer FRG 14:42.0 Q 6 Kurt Rötzer AUT 14:46.2 7 Drago Štritof SFR Yugoslavia 14:48.4 8 Manuel Faria POR 14:55.8 NR 9 Helmut Becker SAA 15:21.8 Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (2) BUL 1946 (1) TCH (1) FIN (2) FRA (1) HUN 1949 (2) NOR (1) POL (2) POR (1) SAA (1) URS 1936 (2) ESP 1945 (1) SWE (1) SUI (2) TUR (2) GBR (2) FRG (2) SFR Yugoslavia (1) References Category:5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships