European Championships 5000 meters

Dates/Venues (19 meetings)

Men	Women	Venue
13 Aug 2006	12 Aug 2006	Goteborg SWE
11 Aug 2002	10 Aug 2002	Munich GER
22 Aug 1998	23 Aug 1998	Budapest HUN
14 Aug 1994		Helsinki FIN
01 Sep 1990		Split CRO
31 Aug 1986		Stuttgart GER
11 Sep1982		Athens GRE
02 Sep 1978		Prague CZE
08 Sep 1974		Rome ITA
14 Aug 1971		Helsinki FIN
19 Sep 1969		Athens GRE
04 Sep 1966		Budapest HUN
15 Sep1962		Belgrade SER
23 Aug 1958		Stockholm SWE
29 Aug 1954		Bern SUI
26 Aug 1950		Brussels BEL
23 Aug 1946		Oslo NOR
04 Sep 1938		Paris FRA
09 Sep 1934		Turin ITA

Medalists

2006

G	13:44.70	Jesus España (ESP)	14:56.18	Marta Dominguez (ESP)
S	13:44.79	Mohammed Farah (ENG)	14:56.57	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
B	13:46.38	Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP)	14:59.29	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)

2002

G	13:38.18	Alberto Garcia (ESP)	15:14.76	Marta Dominguez (ESP)
S	13:39.81	Ismail Sghyr (FRA)	15:14.85	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
B	13:40:00	Sergey Lebed (UKR)	15:15.22	Elena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)

1998

G	13:37.46	Isaac Viciosa (ESP)	15:06.50	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
S	13:38.03	Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)	15:08.31	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
B	13:38.15	Mark Carroll (IRL)	15:10.54	Marta Dominguez (ESP)

1994

G	13:36.93	Dieter Baumann (GER)
S	13:37.50	Robert Denmark (ENG)
B	13:38.04	Abel Anton (ESP)

1990

G	13:22.00	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)
S	13:22.45	Gary Staines (ENG)
B	13:22.92	Slawomir Majusiak (POL)

1986

G	13:10.15	Jack Buckner (ENG)
S	13:11.57	Stefano Mei (ITA)
B	13:12.88	Tim Hutchings (ENG)

1982

G	13:28.90	Thomas Wessinghage (GER)
S	13:30.03	Werner Schildhauer (GER)
B	13:30.42	David Moorcroft (ENG)

1978

G	13:28.57	Venanzio Ortis (ITA)
S	13:28.6	Markus Ryffel (SUI)
B	13:28.6	Aleksandr Fedotkin (BLR)

1974

G	13:17.21	Brendan Foster (ENG)
S	13:23.93	Manfred Kuschmann (GER)
B	13:24.57	Lasse Viren (FIN)

1971

G	13:32.6	Juha Vaatainen (FIN)
S	13:33.6	Jean Waddoux (FRA)
B	13:33.8	Harald Norpoth (GER)

1969

G	13:44.0	Ian Stewart (SCO)
S	13:45.8	Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)
B	13:47.6	Alan Blinston (ENG)

1966

G	13:42.8	Michel Jazy (FRA)
S	13:44.0	Harald Norpoth (GER)
B	13:47.8	Bernd Diessner (GER)

1962

G	14:00.6	Bruce Tuloh (ENG)
S	14:01.8	Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
B	14:02.6	Piotr Bolotnikov (RUS)

1958

G	13:53.4	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL)
S	13:55.2	Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
B	14:01.6	Gordon Pirie (ENG)

1954

G	13:56.6	Vladimir Kuts (RUS)
S	14:08.8	Christopher Chataway (ENG)
B	14:10.2	Emil Zatopek (CZE)

1950

G	14:03.0	Emil Zatopek (CZE)
S	14:26.0	Alain Mimoun (FRA)
B	14:26.2	Gaston Reiff (BEL)

1946

G	14:08.6	Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
S	14:14.0	Willen Slykhuis (NED)
B	14:23.2	Evert Nyberg (SWE)

1938

G	14:26.8	Taisto Maki (FIN)
S	14:27.4	Kerry Johnsson (SWE)
B	14:29.2	Kauko Pekuri (FIN)

1934

G	14:36.8	Roger Rochard (FRA)
S	14:41.2	Janusz Kusocinski (POL)
B	14:43.6	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
GBR    5   4   4     41
GER    2   3   2     21
ESP    3   1   2     20
FRA    2   3   0     19
POL    1   3   1     15
FIN    2   0   3     13
ITA    2   1   0     13
RUS    1   1   1      9
CZE    1   0   1      6
SWE    0   1   1      4
NED    0   1   0      3
SUI    0   1   0      3
BEL    0   0   1      1
BLR    0   0   1      1
IRL    0   0   1      1
UKR    0   0   1      1


Women
       G   S   B   Score
ESP    2   0   1     11
IRL    1   1   0      8
RUS    0   1   1      4
ROM    0   1   0      3
TUR    0   0   1      1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
 6  Emil Zatopek (CZE)          G (1950) B (1954)
 6  Kazimierz Zimny (POL)       S (1958) S (1962)
 4  Harald Norpoth (GER)        S (1966) B (1971)

Women 
11  Marta Dominguez (ESP)       B (1998) G (2002) G (2006)
 8  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)      G (1998) S (2002)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
No prize money has been awarded in these championships according to available information.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2006    +1.3    -3.4
2002    +2.3    +0.4
1998    +1.7    -1.4
1994    +1.7    
1990    -1.3    
1986    -2.1    
1982    +0.1
1978    +0.1
1974    -1.3
1971    -1.2
1969    +1.1
1966    -0.4
1962    +0.2
1958    +0.3

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2006     595     803
2002     740     871
1998     774     879
1994     768     

Quality Performances

Men
<13:20       6
<13:30      59
<13:40     162
<13:50     244
<14:00     331

Women
<15:00       3
<15:20      18
<15:40      28
<16:00      38
<16:20      43

Last Updated on 13 Aug 2006

Contributor: Paul Michiels (50)