European Athletics Championships 1946/5000 m men
| 3. European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
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| discipline | Men's 5000 meter run |
| city |
 Oslo
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| Stadion | Bislett Stadium |
| Attendees | 18 athletes from 13 countries |
| Competition phase | August 23 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Sydney Wooderson ( GBR )
 |
 silver |
Willem Slijkhuis ( NED )
 |
 bronze |
Evert Nyberg ( SWE )
 |
The men's 5000-meter run at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 23, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .
The British Sydney Wooderson , who won the 1,500 meter run at the European Championships in 1938, was European champion . He won ahead of Willem Slijkhuis from the Netherlands . Bronze went to Evert Nyberg from Sweden .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 13: 58.2 min |
Gunder Hägg
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Gothenburg , Sweden | September 20, 1942 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 14: 26.8 min |
 Taisto Mäki
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EM Paris , France | September 4, 1938 |
Record improvement
Sydney Wooderson improved the European Championship record by 18 seconds to 14: 08.6 minutes.
final
August 23, 1946, 3:10 p.m.
There were no preliminary heats in this competition. The number of participants of eighteen runners made it possible for all athletes to compete in the final together.
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Wooderson |
Great Britain
|
14: 08.6 CR / NO |
| 2 | Willem Slijkhuis |
Netherlands
|
14: 14.0 NO |
| 3 | Evert Nyberg |
Sweden
|
14: 23.2 PB |
| 4th | Viljo Heino |
Finland
|
14: 24.4 PB |
| 5 | Emil Zatopek |
 Czechoslovakia
|
14: 25.8 NO |
| 6th | Gaston Reiff |
 Belgium
|
14: 45.8 SB |
| 7th | Rikard Greenfort |
 Denmark
|
14: 46.0 PB |
| 8th | Raphaël Pujazon |
 France
|
14: 46.8 PB |
| 9 | René Breistroffer |
France
|
14: 50.4 PB |
| 10 | Aage Poulsen |
Denmark
|
14: 53.6 PB |
| 11 | Charles Heirendt |
 Luxembourg
|
15: 00.6 NO |
| 12 | Marcel Vandewattyne |
Belgium
|
15: 08.0 PB |
| 13 | András Pataki |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
15: 33.6 PB |
| 14th | Leon Aasbø |
Norway
|
15: 33.8 PB |
| DNF | Napoleon Dzwonkowski |
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| Helge Perälä |
Finland
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| Åke Durkfeldt |
Sweden
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| Arnt Johan Røhme |
Norway
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Vice European Champion Wim Slijkhuis ( right ) - here together with Gaston Reiff, the leader of the European annual best list in 1946, who finished sixth in this race
Bronze medalist Evert Nyberg
The little-known Emil Zátopek came in fifth
Co-favorite Gaston Reiff finished sixth
Raphaël Pujazon - winner of the 3000 meter obstacle two days later - came in eighth
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 17, 2019
- Men 5000m European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 17, 2019
- III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 17, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 5000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 17, 2019
- 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 17, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 5000 m men , accessed March 17, 2019