European Athletics Championships 1998/5000 m men

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
17th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline 5000 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 18 athletes from 13 countries
venue HungaryHungary Budapest
Competition location Népstadion
Competition phase August 22nd
Medalist
gold medal Isaac Viciosa ( ESP ) SpainSpain 
Silver medal Manuel Pancorbo ( ESP ) SpainSpain 
Bronze medal Mark Carroll ( IRL ) IrelandIreland 

The men's 5000 meter run at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held on August 22, 1998 in the Népstadion in the Hungarian capital, Budapest .

The Spanish runners achieved a double victory in this competition. European champion was Isaac Viciosa . Second place went to Manuel Pancorbo . Bronze went to Mark Carroll from Ireland .

Existing records

World record 12: 39.36 min EthiopiaEthiopia Haile Gebrselassie Helsinki , Finland July 13, 1998
European record 12: 54.70 min GermanyGermany Dieter Baumann Zurich , Switzerland August 13, 1997
Championship record 13: 10.15 min United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jack Buckner EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany August 31, 1986

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

execution

With only eighteen participants, there were no preliminary runs, all athletes competed together for the final.

final

Driss El Himer (here at the 2011 Berlin Marathon ) came in seventh

August 22, 1998

space Surname nation Time (min)
1 Isaac Viciosa SpainSpain Spain 13: 37.46
2 Manuel Pancorbo SpainSpain Spain 13: 38.03
3 Mark Carroll IrelandIreland Ireland 13: 38.15
4th Mustapha Essaïd FranceFrance France 13: 39.89
5 Abdellah Béhar FranceFrance France 13: 40.26
6th Samuli Vasala FinlandFinland Finland 13: 40.68
7th Driss El Himer FranceFrance France 13: 41.36
8th Miroslav Vanko SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 13: 41.92
9 Karl Keska United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 13: 42.58
10 Alberto García SpainSpain Spain 13: 45.58
11 Simone Zanon ItalyItaly Italy 13: 46.88
12 Kent Claesson SwedenSweden Sweden 13: 49.55
13 Dieter Baumann GermanyGermany Germany 13: 50.91
14th Metin Sazak TurkeyTurkey Turkey 13: 51.70
15th Serhiy Lebid UkraineUkraine Ukraine 13: 55.52
16 Eduardo Henriques PortugalPortugal Portugal 13: 59.50
17th Rod Finch United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 14: 09.87
18th Hristos Papapetrou Cyprus 1960Cyprus Cyprus 14: 36.39

Web links

Video

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. 5000 m men , accessed October 8, 2019
  2. Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 5000 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 13 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 8, 2019