1974 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 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 6 and 8 September 1974. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver Manfred Kuschmann
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze Lasse Virén
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

Results

Final

8 September This final was a fast race from the start, with Britain's Brendan Foster leading it all the way. He passed 1,000 metres in 2:39.2. In the early laps, Belgium's Willy Polleunis closely followed Foster, but soon after 1,000 metres the Belgian started to drop from the Briton's pace, and became the first runner to lose contact with the lead group. Polleunis would finish fifteenth and last in this final. Foster kept up the fast and steady pace, passing 2,000 metres in 5:20.2. Finland's Lasse Viren had already moved behind Foster during the second kilometre, with East Germany's Manfred Kuschmann running third. At 2,800 metres, Foster suddenly surged, and only Viren tried to keep up with him. The British runner passed 3,000 metres in 8:01.2. Viren slowed down before 3,100 metres, determined to conserve his strength to fight for the silver and bronze medals instead. Therefore Foster ran the final's last laps in an unchallenged lead, while Viren let the main group of runners catch him. On the last back straight, Kuschmann suddenly sprinted into the second place, followed by Viren, the Netherlands' Jos Hermens, Norway's Arne Kvalheim, and Romania's Ilie Floroiu. At the start of the final bend, Hermens passed Viren. However, on the final straight, the Finn was able to pass the Dutchman to claim the bronze medal behind Foster, who had already finished the race in 13:17.2, and Kuschmann who sprinted to the finish line in the second place. (See Raevuori, Antero, Lasse Viren: The Gilded Spikes / Kullatut piikkarit (Finland, c. 1976); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD3KLV7R4jA EUROPEI DI ROMA 1974 5000 FOSTER.)

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brendan Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:17.21CR
Silver medal icon.svg Manfred Kuschmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13:23.93NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Lasse Virén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13:24.57
4 Jos Hermens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:25.51NR
5 Ilie Floroiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 13:27.12NR
6 Arne Kvalheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:27.23
7 Stanislav Hoffman Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 13:29.03
8 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 13:31.93
9 Vladimir Zatonskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 13:39.6
10 Petar Svet Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 13:41.6
11 Knut Børø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:45.8
12 Pavel Pěnkava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 14:00.6
13 Pekka Päivärinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 14:14.2
14 Knut Kvalheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14:19.0
15 Willy Polleunis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14:23.2

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Willy Polleunis Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:38.6Q
2 Knut Børø Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:38.6Q
3 Pavel Pěnkava Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 13:38.8Q
4 Manfred Kuschmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 13:39.2Q
5 Dave Black Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:41.8
6 Fernando Cerrada Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 13:56.8
7 Werner Meier Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 14:05.4
8 Mihaíl Koúsis Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece 14:07.0
Aniceto Simões Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Pekka Päivärinta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13:56.6Q
2 Knut Kvalheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:56.8Q
3 Stanislav Hoffman Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 13:59.4Q
4 Vladimir Zatonskiy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 14:01.4Q
5 Henryk Nogala Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 14:07.0
6 Chris Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:17.2
7 Eamonn Coghlan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14:29.6
Léon Schots Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Brendan Foster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:37.0Q
2 Jos Hermens Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13:37.4Q
3 Knut Kvalheim Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13:37.8Q
4 Lasse Virén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13:38.2Q
5 Ilie Floroiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 13:39.0q
6 Petar Svet Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 13:40.8q
7 Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 13:41.4q
8 Christian Cairoche Flag of France.svg  France 13:59.6
Eddy Van Mullem Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium DNF

Participation

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

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References

  1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014