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.[1]

Men's 5000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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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

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2 September

Heat 1

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014