1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
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

The men's 5000 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 14 August 1971.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Juha Väätäinen  Finland
Silver	Jean Wadoux  France
Bronze	Harald Norpoth  West Germany

Results

Final

14 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	13:32.48	CR NR
02 !	Jean Wadoux	France	13:33.56
03 !	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	13:33.79
4	Danijel Korica	Yugoslavia	13:34.88
5	Javier Álvarez	Spain	13:35.84
6	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	13:36.60
7	Lasse Virén	Finland	13:38.46
8	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	13:39.33	NR
9	Frank Eisenberg	East Germany	13:41.07
10	Petras Simonelis	Soviet Union	13:42.78
11	Michael Baxter	United Kingdom	13:43.16
12	Rune Holmén	Finland	13:46.50
13	Allan Rushmer	United Kingdom	13:48.19
14	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	13:50.79
15	Vladimir Afonin	Soviet Union	DNF

Heats

12 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean Wadoux	France	13:44.2	Q
2	Javier Alvarez	Spain	13:44.4	Q
3	Harald Norpoth	West Germany	13:45.6	Q
4	Michael Baxter	United Kingdom	13:45.6	Q
5	Rune Holmén	Finland	13:46.4	Q
6	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	13:47.2	NR
7	Muharrem Dalkılıç	Turkey	14:39.0

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Juha Väätäinen	Finland	13:47.6	Q
2	Bernd Dießner	East Germany	13:49.8	Q
3	Bronisław Malinowski	Poland	13:50.0	Q
4	Danijel Korica	Yugoslavia	13:52.8	Q
5	Petras Simonelis	Soviet Union	13:54.4	Q
6	Alan Blinston	United Kingdom	14:01.2
7	Egbert Nijstadt	Netherlands	14:05.2
8	Wolfgang Falke	West Germany	14:05.6
9	Giuseppe Ardizzone	Italy	14:06.6
10	Jean-Yves Le Flohic	France	14:10.2
11	Donald Walsh	Ireland	14:12.6

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	13:50.4	Q
2	Frank Eisenberg	East Germany	13:52.4	Q
3	Allan Rushmer	United Kingdom	13:52.6	Q
4	Lasse Virén	Finland	13:53.2	Q
5	Vladimir Afonin	Soviet Union	13:53.6	Q
6	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	13:54.8
7	Werner Girke	West Germany	13:56.0
8	Stanislav Hoffman	Czechoslovakia	13:58.6
9	Michel Bernard	France	14:02.2
10	Arne Kvalheim	Norway	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References