European Athletics Championships 2014/5000 m men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	5000 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	16 athletes from 10 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	17th August
	Medalist
	Mohamed Farah ( GBR )
	Hayle İbrahimov ( AZE )
	Andrew Vernon ( GBR )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 5000-meter race of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on 17 August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In this competition, the British runners won two medals, gold and bronze. European champion became with Mohamed Farah the dominant long-distance track runner of these years. He was the defending champion, double European champion from 2010 ( 5000 / 10,000 meters ), double Olympic champion from 2012 (5000 / 10,000 meters), world champion from 2011 over 5000 meters and double world champion from 2013 (5000 / 10,000 meters). Four days earlier, Mo Farah had already won the 10,000 meter run here. Second place went to Hayle İbrahimov from Azerbaijan . Andrew Vernon , runner-up in the 10,000 meter run, won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	12: 37.35 min	Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele	Hengelo , Netherlands	May 31, 2004
European record	12: 49.71 min	Belgium Mohammed Mourhit	Brussels , Belgium	August 25, 2000
Championship record	13: 10.15 min	United Kingdom Jack Buckner	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 31, 1986

The European Championship record, which had existed since 1986 , was out of reach of these European championships from the start, everyone was looking for their chance in the finish, nobody wanted to wear themselves out at high speed.

execution

With a field of only sixteen runners, a preliminary round was waived, all athletes went to a joint final.

final

Scene from the 5000 meter final
The 5000 m field is still densely packed

August 17, 2014, 4:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Mohamed Farah	United Kingdom Great Britain	14: 05.82
2	Hayle Ibrahimov	Azerbaijan Azerbaijan	14: 08.32
3	Andrew Vernon	United Kingdom Great Britain	14: 09.48
4th	Richard Ringer	Germany Germany	14: 10.92
5	Roberto Alaiz	Spain Spain	14: 11.47
6th	Bouabdellah Tahri	France France	14: 11.62
7th	Arne Gabius	Germany Germany	14: 11.84
8th	Antonio Abadía	Spain Spain	14: 11.89
9	Ali Kaya	Turkey Turkey	14: 12.53
10	Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia Estonia	14: 13.89
11	Jesús España	Spain Spain	14: 14.57
12	Thomas Farrell	United Kingdom Great Britain	14: 15.93
13	Brenton Rowe	Austria Austria	14: 16.46
14th	Marouan Razine	Italy Italy	14: 16.95
15th	Soufiane Bouchikhi	Belgium Belgium	14: 17.43
16	Bashir Abdi	Belgium Belgium	14: 27.73

Undisputed favorite win for Mo Farah, who won his second title here after winning the 10,000 meters
Silver medalist Hayle Ibrahimov
Bronze medalist Andrew Vernon (left) - here as a silver medalist at the finish line over 10,000 meters four days earlier

Richard Ringer came fourth - in 2016 he was awarded bronze
Roberto Alaiz reached number five
Obstacle specialist Bouabdellah Tahri - third in the 2006 European Championship and third in the 2009 World Championship - came in sixth place
Arne Gabius, 2012 Vice European Champion, had to be satisfied with seventh place this time
Ali Kaya placed ninth
Jesús España finished eleventh - in 2006 he defeated Mo Farah as European champion in the finish
Marouan Razine (left) - fourth place
Soufiane Bouchikhi - fifteenth place
Bashir Abdi - sixteenth place