European Athletics Championships 1978/5000 m men

12th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 5000 meter run
city	Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic
Stadion	Evžena Rošického Stadium
Attendees	32 athletes from 21 countries
Competition phase	August 31st (preliminary) September 2nd (final)
Medalist
gold	Venanzio Ortis ( ITA )
silver	Markus Ryffel ( SUI )
bronze	Aljaksandr Fjadotkin ( URS )

The stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague
in 2009

The 5000-meter race of the men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on August 31 and September 2, 1978 in the stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.

European champion was the Italian Venanzio Ortis , four days earlier already second over 10,000 meters . He won ahead of the Swiss Markus Ryffel . Bronze went to the Soviet runner Aljaksandr Fjadotkin .

Existing records

World record	13: 08.4 min	Henry Rono	Berkeley , USA	April 8, 1978
European record	13: 12.0 min	Emiel Puttemans	Brussels , Belgium	20th September 1972
Championship record	13: 17.21 min	Brendan Foster	EM Rome , Italy	September 8, 1974

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Frank Zimmermann	BR Germany	13: 32.42
2	Martti Vainio	Finland	13: 33.6
3	Leon Schots	Belgium	13: 34.1 SB
4th	Jörg Peter	GDR	13: 34.3 SB
5	Boris Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	13: 34.8 SB
6th	Brendan Foster	Great Britain	13: 38.3 SB
7th	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	13: 43.6 SB
8th	Radhouane Bouster	France	14: 09.3
9	John Charvetto	Gibraltar	14: 18.4 NO
DNF	Karel Gaba	Czechoslovakia

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Karl Fleschen	BR Germany	13: 34.45 SB
2	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	13: 34.8
3	Nick Rose	Great Britain	13: 35.7
4th	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	13: 36.2
5	Gerard Tebroke	Netherlands	13: 37.0
6th	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	13: 40.4 SB
7th	Pierre Levisse	France	13: 44.1 SB
8th	Stanislav Tábor	Czechoslovakia	13: 45.0
9	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	13: 50.4 SB
10	Necdet Ayaz	Turkey	13: 55.7 SB
DNF	Justin Gloden	Luxembourg

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Alyaksandr Fjadotkin	Soviet Union	13: 24.10 SB
2	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	13: 24.71
3	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	13: 26.67 SB
4th	John Treacy	Ireland	13: 28.25
5	Christoph Herle	BR Germany	13: 30.59 SB
6th	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	13: 32.5
7th	Mike McLeod	Great Britain	13: 43.9 SB
8th	Jerzy Kowol	Poland	13: 49.1
9	Aniceto Simões	Portugal	13: 52.1 SB
10	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	14: 24.5 SB
DNF	Klaas Lok	Netherlands

• 

  Gerard Tebroke - sixth over 10,000 meters four days earlier - missed the final by one place

• 

  Mike McLeod (left) - fourteenth over 10,000 meters - was eliminated as seventh of his heat

• 

  Willy Polleunis had no chance in his lead and was eliminated

• 

  Klaas Lok (here as the leader) could not finish his preliminary race

final

September 2, 1978, 6:25 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	13: 28.52
2	Markus Ryffel	Switzerland	13: 28.60
3	Alyaksandr Fjadotkin	Soviet Union	13: 28.60
4th	John Treacy	Ireland	13: 28.83
5	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	13: 29.27
6th	Martti Vainio	Finland	13: 29.67 SB
7th	Nick Rose	Great Britain	13: 32.8 SB
8th	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	13: 35.8
9	Boris Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	13: 36.5
10	Frank Zimmermann	BR Germany	13: 39.1
11	Leon Schots	Belgium	13: 47.4
12	Jörg Peter	GDR	13: 48.6
13	Karl Fleschen	BR Germany	13: 50.3
14th	Christoph Herle	BR Germany	13: 55.4
15th	Fernando Mamede	Portugal	13: 58.2

• 

  Leon Schots (left) - twelfth over 10,000 meters - came in eleventh place

• 

  Jörg Peter (second from right) reached position twelve.
  The photo shows him in the Heinz-Steyer-Stadion in Dresden, in the background the cigarette factory " Yenidze "

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed July 29, 2019
• Men 5000m European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed July 29, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 29, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 5000m European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 428f (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on July 29, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 5000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
• 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on July 29, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 5000 m men , accessed July 29, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 5000 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 13 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on July 29, 2019