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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]

Medalists

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Gold Brendan Foster
 Great Britain
Silver Manfred Kuschmann
 East Germany
Bronze Lasse Virén
 Finland

Results

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Final

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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.)

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brendan Foster  Great Britain 13:17.21 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manfred Kuschmann  East Germany 13:23.93 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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6 September

Heat 1

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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  Great Britain 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

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
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  Great Britain 14:17.2
7 Eamonn Coghlan  Ireland 14:29.6
Léon Schots  Belgium DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brendan Foster  Great Britain 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

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

References

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