1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

None Men's 5000 metres European Athletics Championships The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950. 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 372–377 European Athletics Association 13 August 2014 Medalists Gold Emil Zátopek TCHSilver Alain Mimoun FRABronze Gaston Reiff BEL Results Final 26 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Emil Zátopek TCH 14:03.0 CR NR Alain Mimoun FRA 14:26.0 Gaston Reiff BEL 14:26.2 4 Väinö Mäkelä FIN 14:30.8 5 Hannu Posti FIN 14:40.8 6 Lucien Theys BEL 14:42.4 7 Stevan Pavlović SFR Yugoslavia 14:50.2 8 Alec Olney GBR 14:51.8 9 Božidar Đurašković SFR Yugoslavia 14:52.4 10 Bertil Albertsson SWE 15:02.2 11 Bertil Karlsson SWE 15:09.4 12 Jacques Vernier FRA DNF Heats 24 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Emil Zátopek TCH 14:56.0 Q 2 Väinö Mäkelä FIN 14:56.2 Q 3 Lucien Theys BEL 15:03.0 Q 4 Jacques Vernier FRA 15:03.6 Q 5 Stevan Pavlović SFR Yugoslavia 15:06.2 Q 6 Bertil Karlsson SWE 15:07.2 Q 7 Vasilios Mavrapostolos GRE old 15:08.4 NR 8 Kurt Rötzer AUT 15:08.4 NR 9 Aage Poulsen DEN 19:99.9 Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hannu Posti FIN 14:47.2 Q 2 Alec Olney GBR 14:55.6 Q 3 Božidar Đurašković SFR Yugoslavia 15:00.6 Q 4 Bertil Albertsson SWE 15:09.0 Q 5 Gaston Reiff BEL 15:10.0 Q 6 Alain Mimoun FRA 15:11.0 Q 7 August Sutter SUI 15:13.0 Participation According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event. 22em AUT (1) BEL (2) TCH (1) DEN (1) FIN (2) FRA (2) GRE old (1) SWE (2) SUI (1) GBR (1) SFR Yugoslavia (2) References Category:5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships Category:Men's events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships