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

GoldBrendan Foster
 Great Britain
SilverManfred Kuschmann
 East Germany
BronzeLasse Virén
 Finland

Results

Final

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.)

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Brendan Foster Great Britain13:17.21CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Manfred Kuschmann East Germany13:23.93NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Lasse Virén Finland13:24.57
4Jos Hermens Netherlands13:25.51NR
5Ilie Floroiu Romania13:27.12NR
6Arne Kvalheim Norway13:27.23
7Stanislav Hoffman Czechoslovakia13:29.03
8Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany13:31.93
9Vladimir Zatonskiy Soviet Union13:39.6
10Petar Svet Yugoslavia13:41.6
11Knut Børø Norway13:45.8
12Pavel Pěnkava Czechoslovakia14:00.6
13Pekka Päivärinta Finland14:14.2
14Knut Kvalheim Norway14:19.0
15Willy Polleunis Belgium14:23.2

Heats

6 September

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Willy Polleunis Belgium13:38.6Q
2Knut Børø Norway13:38.6Q
3Pavel Pěnkava Czechoslovakia13:38.8Q
4Manfred Kuschmann East Germany13:39.2Q
5Dave Black Great Britain13:41.8
6Fernando Cerrada Spain13:56.8
7Werner Meier  Switzerland14:05.4
8Mihaíl Koúsis Greece14:07.0
Aniceto Simões PortugalDNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pekka Päivärinta Finland13:56.6Q
2Knut Kvalheim Norway13:56.8Q
3Stanislav Hoffman Czechoslovakia13:59.4Q
4Vladimir Zatonskiy Soviet Union14:01.4Q
5Henryk Nogala Poland14:07.0
6Chris Stewart Great Britain14:17.2
7Eamonn Coghlan Ireland14:29.6
Léon Schots BelgiumDNF

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Brendan Foster Great Britain13:37.0Q
2Jos Hermens Netherlands13:37.4Q
3Knut Kvalheim Norway13:37.8Q
4Lasse Virén Finland13:38.2Q
5Ilie Floroiu Romania13:39.0q
6Petar Svet Yugoslavia13:40.8q
7Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany13:41.4q
8Christian Cairoche France13:59.6
Eddy Van Mullem BelgiumDNF

Participation

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

References

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