1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 4 September 1966.

Men's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Michel Jazy France
Silver	Harald Norpoth West Germany
Bronze	Bernd Dießner East Germany

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michel Jazy	France	13:42.8	CR
	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	13:44.0
	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	13:47.8
4	Derek Graham	Great Britain	13:48.0
5	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	13:48.0
6	Bengt Nåjde	Sweden	13:48.2
7	István Kiss	Hungary	13:48.2
8	Jean-Luc Salomon	France	13:52.0
9	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	13:52.6
10	Werner Girke	West Germany	13:53.2
11	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	13:55.6
12	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	13:56.4
13	Gennadiy Khlistovs	Soviet Union	14:00.0
14	René Kilburg	Luxembourg	14:06.2
15	Eugène Allonsius	Belgium	14:19.4

Heats

2 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean-Luc Salomon	France	13:49.4	CR Q
2	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	13:50.2	Q
3	Lajos Mecser	Hungary	13:50.2	Q
4	Edward Stawiarz	Poland	13:50.8	Q
5	Manuel de Oliveira	Portugal	13:51.4	NR Q
6	Dick Taylor	Great Britain	13:54.8
7	Siegfried Herrmann	East Germany	13:57.8
8	Franc Červan	Yugoslavia	14:00.0
9	Renzo Finelli	Italy	14:10.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	13:59.0	Q
2	István Kiss	Hungary	13:59.6	Q
3	Gennadiy Khlistovs	Soviet Union	13:59.8	Q
4	René Kilburg	Luxembourg	13:59.8	NR Q
5	Eugène Allonsius	Belgium	14:00.0	Q
6	Hans Gerlach	West Germany	14:00.6
7	Mariano Haro	Spain	14:07.2
8	No Opdenoordt	Netherlands	14:09.8
9	Andrei Barabaș	Romania	14:14.0
10	Thor Helland	Norway	14:23.2
11	Tim Briault	Great Britain	14:28.6
12	Czesław Kołodyński	Poland	14:41.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Michel Jazy	France	13:54.8	Q
2	Derek Graham	Great Britain	13:55.0	Q
3	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	13:55.0	Q
4	Werner Girke	West Germany	13:55.4	Q
5	Bengt Nåjde	Sweden	13:55.8	Q
6	György Kiss	Hungary	13:57.0
7	Simo Važić	Yugoslavia	13:57.8
8	Anatoliy Makarov	Soviet Union	13:58.6
9	Tom O'Riordan	Ireland	14:12.4
10	Henryk Piotrowski	Poland	14:26.4
11	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	14:45.6

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• East Germany (3)
• France (2)
• Hungary (3)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Luxembourg (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (3)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Turkey (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)
• Yugoslavia (2)