1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1974 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 5000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Roma, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Brendan Foster  United Kingdom
Silver	Manfred Kuschmann  East Germany
Bronze	Lasse Virén  Finland

Results

Final

8 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Brendan Foster	United Kingdom	13:17.21	CR
02 !	Manfred Kuschmann	East Germany	13:23.93	NR
03 !	Lasse Virén	Finland	13:24.57
4	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	13:25.51	NR
5	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	13:27.12	NR
6	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	13:27.23
7	Stanislav Hoffman	Czechoslovakia	13:29.03
8	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand	West Germany	13:31.93
9	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	13:39.6
10	Petar Svet	Yugoslavia	13:41.6
11	Knut Børø	Norway	13:45.8
12	Pavel Pěnkava	Czechoslovakia	14:00.6
13	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	14:14.2
14	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	14:19.0
15	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	14:23.2

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	13:38.6	Q
2	Knut Børø	Norway	13:38.6	Q
3	Pavel Pěnkava	Czechoslovakia	13:38.8	Q
4	Manfred Kuschmann	East Germany	13:39.2	Q
5	Dave Black	United Kingdom	13:41.8
6	Fernando Cerrada	Spain	13:56.8
7	Werner Meier	Switzerland	14:05.4
8	Mihaíl Koúsis	Greece	14:07.0
9	Aniceto Simões	Portugal	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pekka Päivärinta	Finland	13:56.6	Q
2	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	13:56.8	Q
3	Stanislav Hoffman	Czechoslovakia	13:59.4	Q
4	Vladimir Zatonskiy	Soviet Union	14:01.4	Q
5	Henryk Nogala	Poland	14:07.0
6	Chris Stewart	United Kingdom	14:17.2
7	Eamonn Coghlan	Ireland	14:29.6
8	Léon Schots	Belgium	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brendan Foster	United Kingdom	13:37.0	Q
2	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	13:37.4	Q
3	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	13:37.8	Q
4	Lasse Virén	Finland	13:38.2	Q
5	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	13:39.0	q
6	Petar Svet	Yugoslavia	13:40.8	q
7	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand	West Germany	13:41.4	q
8	Christian Cairoche	France	13:59.6
9	Eddy Van Mullem	Belgium	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References