European Athletics Championships 1938/5000 m men
2. European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 5000 meter run |
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Stadion | Stade Olympique |
Attendees | 13 athletes from 9 countries |
Competition phase | September 4th |
Medalist | |
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Taisto Mäki ( FIN )
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Henry Jonsson ( SWE )
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Kauko Pekuri ( FIN )
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The men's 5000-meter run at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 4, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .
There were two medals for Finland with gold and bronze. European champion was Taisto Mäki , who won ahead of the Swede Henry Jonsson . Kauko Pekuri took third place.
Records
Existing records
World record | 14: 17.0 s |
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Helsinki , Finland | June 19, 1932 |
Championship record | 14: 36.8 s |
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EM Turin , Italy | September 9, 1934 |
Record improvement
Taisto Mäki improved the EM record in the final by exactly ten seconds to 14: 26.8 minutes.
final
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Taisto_M%C3%A4ki_sets_10%2C000_m_world_record.jpeg/240px-Taisto_M%C3%A4ki_sets_10%2C000_m_world_record.jpeg)
European champion Taisto Mäki at its 10,000-meters - a world record in 1939
September 4, 1938
There were no preliminary heats in this competition. The number of participants made it possible for all thirteen runners to compete in the final together.
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Taisto Mäki |
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14: 26.8 CR |
2 | Henry Jonsson |
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14: 27.4 PB |
3 | Kauko Pekuri |
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14: 29.2 PB |
4th | Jack Emery |
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14: 46.2 PB |
5 | Jozef Noji |
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14: 47.8 PB |
6th | George Morrison Carstairs |
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14: 51.3 PB |
7th | András Csaplár |
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14: 52.4 PB |
8th | Roger Rochard |
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14: 55.6 SB |
9 | Odd Rasdal |
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15: 01.0 PB |
10 | Gottfried Utiger |
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15: 42.0 PB |
11 | Jean Deloge |
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15: 48.0 PB |
DNF | Roger Normand |
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Istvan Simon |
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 9, 2019
- Men 5000m European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 9, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, 5000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 9, 2019
- 2nd European Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 9, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF world records. 5,000 m men , accessed March 9, 2019