1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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Men's 5000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Bruce Tulloh
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Kazimierz Zimny
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze Pyotr Bolotnikov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union

Results

Final

15 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bruce Tulloh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:00.6
Silver medal icon.svg Kazimierz Zimny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14:01.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Pyotr Bolotnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:02.6
4 Lech Boguszewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14:03.4
5 Michel Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 14:03.8
6 John Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:04.2
7 Siegfried Herrmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 14:05.0
8 Robert Bogey Flag of France.svg  France 14:06.8
9 Peter Kubicki Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 14:11.4
10 Valentin Samoilov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:11.8
11 Yuriy Nikitin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:14.6
12 Miroslav Jurek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:19.2

Heats

13 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Bruce Tulloh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:14.4Q
2 Lech Boguszewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14:19.2Q
3 Siegfried Herrmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 14:20.0Q
4 Yuriy Nikitin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:20.2Q
5 Sven-Olov Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:21.2
6 Jean Vaillant Flag of France.svg  France 14:36.8
7 Béla Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:38.4
8 Eugène Allonsius Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14:44.4
9 Fevzi Pakel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:47.6
10 Jean Aniset Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 14:48.2

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 John Anderson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:15.0Q
2 Michel Bernard Flag of France.svg  France 14:15.6Q
3 Valentin Samoilov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:15.8Q
4 Kazimierz Zimny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14:15.8Q
5 Manuel de Oliveira Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 14:16.2
6 István Kiss  [ de ]Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:28.8
7 Josef Tomáš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:39.4
8 Friedrich Janke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 14:41.4

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Peter Kubicki Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 13:53.4CR Q
2 Pyotr Bolotnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13:53.4CR Q
3 Robert Bogey Flag of France.svg  France 13:53.6Q
4 Miroslav Jurek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 13:53.8Q
5 Eddie Strong Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:56.4
6 Andrei Barabaș Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 14:14.2
7 Sándor Iharos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:41.0
8 Johann Hiestand Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 15:10.2
Jim Hogan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014