European Athletics Championships 1954/5000 m men
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Men's 5000 meter run |
city | Bern |
Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Attendees | 29 athletes from 19 countries |
Competition phase | August 26th (preliminary) August 29th (final) |
Medalist | |
gold | Volodymyr Kuz ( URS ) |
silver | Chris Chataway ( GBR ) |
bronze | Emil Zátopek ( TCH ) |
The men's 5000 meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1954 was held on August 26 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld Stadium in Bern .
The European champion was the Soviet runner Volodymyr Kuz , who set a new world record in the final . He won ahead of the British Christopher Chataway . Bronze went to the Czechoslovak defending champion Emil Zátopek , who had won the 10,000 meter run four days earlier .
Records
Existing records
World record | 13: 57.2 min | Emil Zatopek | Colombes , France | May 30, 1954 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 14: 03.0 min | EM Brussels , Belgium | August 26, 1950 |
Record improvement
With his world record in the final, Wolodymyr Kuz also improved the European Championship record by 6.4 seconds to 13: 56.6 minutes.
Preliminary round
August 26, 1954, 6:30 p.m.
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first five athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Frans Herman | Belgium | 14: 42.8 |
2 | Fred Green | Great Britain | 14: 42.8 PB |
3 | Vladimir Okorokov | Soviet Union | 14: 43.0 |
4th | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 14: 43.6 PB |
5 | Øistein Saksvik | Norway | 14: 44.0 |
6th | Władysław Płonka | Poland | 14: 47.0 PB |
7th | Osman Coşgül | Turkey | 14: 51.0 PB |
8th | Rudolf Morgenthaler | Switzerland | 14: 54.8 PB |
9 | Dimitar Vachkov | Bulgaria | 14: 59.4 PB |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Volodymyr Kuz | Soviet Union | 14: 18.8 |
2 | Herbert Schade | BR Germany | 14: 23.8 SB |
3 | Lucien Hanswijck | Belgium | 14: 29.2 |
4th | Urho Julin | Finland | 14: 36.2 |
5 | Emil Zatopek | Czechoslovakia | 14: 36.2 |
6th | Pierre Page | Switzerland | 14: 37.4 NO |
7th | Karl Lundh | Sweden | 14: 42.4 PB |
8th | Antonio Amorós | Spain | 15: 28.6 PB |
DNF | Henri Laethier | France | |
Cahit oil | Turkey |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Alojzy Graj | Poland | 14: 38.4 PB |
2 | József Kovács | Hungary | 14: 38.6 SB |
3 | Christopher Chataway | Great Britain | 14: 40.0 |
4th | Rolf Haikkola | Finland | 14: 40.0 PB |
5 | Heinz Laufer | BR Germany | 14: 42.0 PB |
6th | Kurt Rötzer | Austria | 14: 46.2 PB |
7th | Drago Štritof | Yugoslavia | 14: 48.4 PB |
8th | Manuel Faria | Portugal | 14: 55.8 NO |
9 | Helmut Becker | Saarland | 15: 21.8 PB |
DNF | Michel Ascaratel | France |
final
August 29, 1954
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Volodymyr Kuz | Soviet Union | 13: 56.6 WR |
2 | Christopher Chataway | Great Britain | 13: 56.6 PB |
3 | Emil Zatopek | Czechoslovakia | 14: 10.2 |
4th | Vladimir Okorokov | Soviet Union | 14: 20.0 PB |
5 | Lucien Hanswijck | Belgium | 14: 25.6 |
6th | Frans Herman | Belgium | 14: 31.4 PB |
7th | Øistein Saksvik | Norway | 14: 32.2 PB |
8th | Urho Julin | Finland | 14: 32.4 PB |
9 | Sándor Garay | Hungary | 14: 44.6 |
10 | Alojzy Graj | Poland | 14: 48.6 |
11 | Rolf Haikkola | Finland | 15: 22.8 |
DNF | Herbert Schade | BR Germany | |
Heinz Laufer | BR Germany | ||
József Kovács | Hungary | ||
Fred Green | Great Britain |
Bronze medal for defending champion Emil Zátopek after winning the title four days earlier over 10,000 meters
Herbert Schade - here in third place in his bronze race in the 1952 Olympic final - did not reach the finish / also on the photo: Olympic champion Emil Zátopek in leading position in front of Alain Mimoun and Chris Chataway after his fall behind Schade
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 5, 2019
- Men 5000m European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 5, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 5, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 5000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 5, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 5, 2019
Video
- 5000mWR Kuts Chataway Zatopek 1954 European Championships, Bern , published on March 19, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on April 5, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 5000 m men , accessed April 5, 2019