1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

26 August

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

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:56.0	Q
2	Väinö Mäkelä	Finland	14:56.2	Q
3	Lucien Theys	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 Rötzer	Austria	15:08.4	NR
9	Aage Poulsen	Denmark	19:99.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hannu Posti	Finland	14:47.2	Q
2	Alec Olney	Great Britain	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

Participation

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

References