1966 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1966 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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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]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

4 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Michel Jazy	France	13:42.8	CR
02 !	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	13:44.0
03 !	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	13:47.8
4	Derek Graham	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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 Barabaş	Romania	14:14.0
10	Thor Helland	Norway	14:23.2
11	Tim Briault	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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.

References