1969 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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Ian Stewart
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Rashid Sharafetdinov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze Alan Blinston
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Results

Final

19 September

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ian Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:44.8
Silver medal icon.svg Rashid Sharafetdinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13:45.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Alan Blinston Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:47.6
4 Bernd Dießner Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13:50.4
5 Danijel Korica Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 13:51.4
6 Giuseppe Ardizzone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13:51.8
7 Émile Puttemans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:53.2
8 Bengt Nåjde Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:55.8
9 Noël Tijou Flag of France.svg  France 13:56.8
10 René Jourdan Flag of France.svg  France 13:58.4
11 Ivan Shopsha Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:01.8
12 Stanislav Petr Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:12.8
13 Mike Baxter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:19.0

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014