European Athletics Championships 1954/5000 m men
| 5th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| 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 )
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 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
14: 43.6 PB |
| 5 | Øistein Saksvik |
 Norway
|
14: 44.0 |
| 6th | Władysław Płonka |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
14: 47.0 PB |
| 7th | Osman Coşgül |
 Turkey
|
14: 51.0 PB |
| 8th | Rudolf Morgenthaler |
Switzerland
|
14: 54.8 PB |
| 9 | Dimitar Vachkov |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
14: 59.4 PB |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg){kind=small} Spain
|
15: 28.6 PB |
| DNF | Henri Laethier |
 France
|
|
| Cahit oil |
Turkey
|
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
14: 48.4 PB |
| 8th | Manuel Faria |
 Portugal
|
14: 55.8 NO |
| 9 | Helmut Becker |
.svg){kind=small} Saarland
|
15: 21.8 PB |
| DNF | Michel Ascaratel |
France
|
final
August 29, 1954
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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| József Kovács |
Hungary
|
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| Fred Green |
Great Britain
|
Vice European Champion Christopher Chataway - here in 1972
Bronze medal for defending champion Emil Zátopek after winning the title four days earlier over 10,000 meters
Frans Herman finished sixth
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
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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