1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Bruce Tulloh Great Britain |
| Silver | Kazimierz Zimny Poland |
| Bronze | Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union |
Results
Final
15 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Tulloh | Great Britain | 14:00.6 | ||
| Kazimierz Zimny | Poland | 14:01.8 | ||
| Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | 14:02.6 | ||
| 4 | Lech Boguszewicz | Poland | 14:03.4 | |
| 5 | Michel Bernard | France | 14:03.8 | |
| 6 | John Anderson | Great Britain | 14:04.2 | |
| 7 | Siegfried Herrmann | East Germany | 14:05.0 | |
| 8 | Robert Bogey | France | 14:06.8 | |
| 9 | Peter Kubicki | West Germany | 14:11.4 | |
| 10 | Valentin Samoilov | Soviet Union | 14:11.8 | |
| 11 | Yuriy Nikitin | Soviet Union | 14:14.6 | |
| 12 | Miroslav Jurek | Czechoslovakia | 14:19.2 |
Heats
13 September
Heat 1
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Tulloh | Great Britain | 14:14.4 | Q |
| 2 | Lech Boguszewicz | Poland | 14:19.2 | Q |
| 3 | Siegfried Herrmann | East Germany | 14:20.0 | Q |
| 4 | Yuriy Nikitin | Soviet Union | 14:20.2 | Q |
| 5 | Sven-Olov Larsson | Sweden | 14:21.2 | |
| 6 | Jean Vaillant | France | 14:36.8 | |
| 7 | Béla Szekeres | Hungary | 14:38.4 | |
| 8 | Eugène Allonsius | Belgium | 14:44.4 | |
| 9 | Fevzi Pakel | Turkey | 14:47.6 | |
| 10 | Jean Aniset | Luxembourg | 14:48.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Anderson | Great Britain | 14:15.0 | Q |
| 2 | Michel Bernard | France | 14:15.6 | Q |
| 3 | Valentin Samoilov | Soviet Union | 14:15.8 | Q |
| 4 | Kazimierz Zimny | Poland | 14:15.8 | Q |
| 5 | Manuel de Oliveira | Portugal | 14:16.2 | |
| 6 | István Kiss | Hungary | 14:28.8 | |
| 7 | Josef Tomáš | Czechoslovakia | 14:39.4 | |
| 8 | Friedrich Janke | East Germany | 14:41.4 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Kubicki | West Germany | 13:53.4 | CR Q |
| 2 | Pyotr Bolotnikov | Soviet Union | 13:53.4 | CR Q |
| 3 | Robert Bogey | France | 13:53.6 | Q |
| 4 | Miroslav Jurek | Czechoslovakia | 13:53.8 | Q |
| 5 | Eddie Strong | Great Britain | 13:56.4 | |
| 6 | Andrei Barabaș | Romania | 14:14.2 | |
| 7 | Sándor Iharos | Hungary | 14:41.0 | |
| 8 | Johann Hiestand | Switzerland | 15:10.2 | |
| Jim Hogan | Ireland | DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (1)
- Czechoslovakia (2)
- East Germany (2)
- France (3)
- Hungary (3)
- Ireland (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Poland (2)
- Portugal (1)
- Romania (1)
- Soviet Union (3)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- Turkey (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (1)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014