1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 5000 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union
Silver	Christopher Chataway Great Britain
Bronze	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	13:56.6	WR
	Christopher Chataway	Great Britain	14:08.8
	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:10.2
4	Vladimir Okorokov	Soviet Union	14:20.0
5	Lucien Hanswijck	Belgium	14:25.6
6	Frans Herman	Belgium	14:31.4
7	Øistein Saksvik	Norway	14:32.2
8	Urho Julin	Finland	14:32.4
9	Sándor Garay	Hungary	14:44.6
10	Alojzy Graj	Poland	14:48.6
11	Rolf Haikkola	Finland	15:22.8
	Herbert Schade	West Germany	DNF
	Heinz Laufer	West Germany	DNF
	József Kovács	Hungary	DNF
	Fred Green	Great Britain	DNF

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frans Herman	Belgium	14:42.8	Q
2	Fred Green	Great Britain	14:42.8	Q
3	Vladimir Okorokov	Soviet Union	14:43.0	Q
4	Sándor Garay	Hungary	14:43.6	Q
5	Øistein Saksvik	Norway	14:44.0	Q
6	Władysław Płonka	Poland	14:47.0
7	Osman Coşgül	Turkey	14:51.0
8	Rudolf Morgenthaler	Switzerland	14:54.8
9	Dimitar Vachkov	Bulgaria	14:59.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	14:18.8	Q
2	Herbert Schade	West Germany	14:23.8	Q
3	Lucien Hanswijck	Belgium	14:29.2	Q
4	Urho Julin	Finland	14:36.2	Q
5	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:36.2	Q
6	Pierre Page	Switzerland	14:37.4	NR
7	Karl Lundh	Sweden	14:42.4
8	Antonio Amorós	Spain	15:28.6
	Henri Laethier	France	DNF
	Cahit Önel	Turkey	DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alojzy Graj	Poland	14:38.4	Q
2	József Kovács	Hungary	14:38.6	Q
3	Christopher Chataway	Great Britain	14:40.0	Q
4	Rolf Haikkola	Finland	14:40.0	Q
5	Heinz Laufer	West Germany	14:42.0	Q
6	Kurt Rötzer	Austria	14:46.2
7	Drago Štritof	Yugoslavia	14:48.4
8	Manuel Faria	Portugal	14:55.8	NR
9	Helmut Becker	Saar	15:21.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Belgium (2)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)
• Portugal (1)
• Saar (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (2)
• Turkey (2)
• Great Britain (2)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)