1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
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
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| Silver | Manfred Kuschmann East Germany
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| Bronze | Lasse Virén Finland
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Results
Final
8 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Brendan Foster | United Kingdom |
13:17.21 | CR |
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Manfred Kuschmann | East Germany |
13:23.93 | NR |
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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 | |
| Aniceto Simões |  Portugal |
DNF |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Eddy Van Mullem | Belgium |
DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014