European Athletics Championships 1938/5000 m men
| 2. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 5000 meter run |
| city |
 Paris
|
| Stadion | Stade Olympique |
| Attendees | 13 athletes from 9 countries |
| Competition phase | September 4th |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Taisto Mäki ( FIN )
 |
 silver |
Henry Jonsson ( SWE )
 |
 bronze |
Kauko Pekuri ( FIN )
|
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 |
Lauri Lehtinen
|
Helsinki , Finland | June 19, 1932 |
| Championship record | 14: 36.8 s |
Roger Rochard
|
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
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taisto Mäki |
Finland
|
14: 26.8 CR |
| 2 | Henry Jonsson |
Sweden
|
14: 27.4 PB |
| 3 | Kauko Pekuri |
Finland
|
14: 29.2 PB |
| 4th | Jack Emery |
 Great Britain
|
14: 46.2 PB |
| 5 | Jozef Noji |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
14: 47.8 PB |
| 6th | George Morrison Carstairs |
Great Britain
|
14: 51.3 PB |
| 7th | András Csaplár |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
14: 52.4 PB |
| 8th | Roger Rochard |
France
|
14: 55.6 SB |
| 9 | Odd Rasdal |
 Norway
|
15: 01.0 PB |
| 10 | Gottfried Utiger |
 Switzerland
|
15: 42.0 PB |
| 11 | Jean Deloge |
 Luxembourg
|
15: 48.0 PB |
| DNF | Roger Normand |
France
|
|
| Istvan Simon |
Hungary
|
Vice European Champion Henry Jonsson, later known as Henry Kälarne
Józef Noji was fifth
András Csaplár - here in fourth place in a race in Warsaw in 1939 - finished seventh
Defending champion Roger Rochard came in eighth this time
Roger Normand did not finish in this race
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