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
1st Juha Väätäinen  Finland 13:32.48 CR NR
2nd Jean Wadoux  France 13:33.56
3rd 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

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