1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
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
10,000 m track walk	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 26 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia
Silver	Alain Mimoun France
Bronze	Gaston Reiff Belgium

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:03.0	CR NR
02 !	Alain Mimoun	France	14:26.0
03 !	Gaston Reiff	Belgium	14:26.2
4	Väinö Mäkelä	Finland	14:30.8
5	Hannu Posti	Finland	14:40.8
6	Lucien Theijs	Belgium	14:42.4
7	Stevan Pavlović	Yugoslavia	14:50.2
8	Alec Olney	United Kingdom	14:51.8
9	Božidar Đurašković	Yugoslavia	14:52.4
10	Bertil Albertsson	Sweden	15:02.2
11	Bertil Karlsson	Sweden	15:09.4
12	Jacques Vernier	France	DNF

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:56.0	Q
2	Väinö Mäkelä	Finland	14:56.2	Q
3	Lucien Theijs	Belgium	15:03.0	Q
4	Jacques Vernier	France	15:03.6	Q
5	Stevan Pavlović	Yugoslavia	15:06.2	Q
6	Bertil Karlsson	Sweden	15:07.2	Q
7	Vasilios Mavrapostolos	Greece	15:08.4	NR
8	Kurt Rotzer	Austria	15:08.4	NR
9	Aage Poulsen	Denmark	19:99.9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hannu Posti	Finland	14:47.2	Q
2	Alec Olney	United Kingdom	14:55.6	Q
3	Božidar Đurašković	Yugoslavia	15:00.6	Q
4	Bertil Albertsson	Sweden	15:09.0	Q
5	Gaston Reiff	Belgium	15:10.0	Q
6	Alain Mimoun	France	15:11.0	Q
7	August Sutter	Switzerland	15:13.0

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships
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