1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.

Medalists

Gold	Sydney Wooderson Great Britain
Silver	Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands
Bronze	Evert Nyberg Sweden

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sydney Wooderson	Great Britain	14:08.6	CR, NR
	Wim Slijkhuis	Netherlands	14:14.0	NR
	Evert Nyberg	Sweden	14:23.2
4	Viljo Heino	Finland	14:24.4
5	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:25.8	NR
6	Gaston Reiff	Belgium	14:45.8
7	Rikard Greenfort	Denmark	14:46.0
8	Raphaël Pujazon	France	14:46.8
9	René Breistroffer	France	14:50.4
10	Aage Poulsen	Denmark	14:53.6
11	Charles Heirendt	Luxembourg	15:00.6	NR
12	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	15:08.0
13	András Pataki	Hungary	15:33.6
14	Leon Aasbø	Norway	15:33.8
	Napoleon Dzwonkowski	Poland	DNF
	Helge Perälä	Finland	DNF
	Åke Durkfeldt	Sweden	DNF
	Arnt Rohme	Norway	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (2)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Denmark (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Great Britain (1)