European Championships 5000 meters
Dates/Venues
(19 meetings)
Men
Women
13 Aug 2006
12 Aug 2006
11 Aug 2002
10 Aug 2002
22 Aug 1998
23 Aug 1998
14 Aug 1994
01 Sep 1990
31 Aug 1986
11 Sep1982
02 Sep 1978
08 Sep 1974
14 Aug 1971
19 Sep 1969
04 Sep 1966
15 Sep1962
23 Aug 1958
29 Aug 1954
26 Aug 1950
23 Aug 1946
04 Sep
1938
09 Sep 1934
Venue
Goteborg SWE
Munich GER
Budapest HUN
Helsinki FIN
Split CRO
Stuttgart GER
Athens GRE
Prague CZE
Rome ITA
Helsinki FIN
Athens GRE
Budapest HUN
Belgrade SER
Stockholm SWE
Bern SUI
Brussels BEL
Oslo NOR
Paris FRA
Turin ITA
Medalists
2006
G
13:44.70
14:56.18
S
13:44.79
14:56.57
B
13:46.38
14:59.29
Jesus España (ESP)
Marta Dominguez (ESP)
Mohammed Farah (ENG)
Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
Juan Carlos Higuero (ESP)
Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
2002
G
13:38.18
15:14.76
S
13:39.81
15:14.85
B
13:40:00
15:15.22
Alberto Garcia (ESP)
Marta Dominguez (ESP)
Ismail Sghyr (FRA)
Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
Sergey Lebed (UKR)
Elena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)
1998
G
13:37.46
15:06.50
S
13:38.03
15:08.31
B
13:38.15
15:10.54
Isaac Viciosa (ESP)
Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)
Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
Mark Carroll (IRL)
Marta Dominguez (ESP)
1994
G
13:36.93
S
13:37.50
B
13:38.04
Dieter Baumann (GER)
Robert Denmark (ENG)
Abel Anton (ESP)
1990
G
13:22.00
S
13:22.45
B
13:22.92
G
13:10.15
S
13:11.57
B
13:12.88
Salvatore Antibo (ITA)
Gary Staines (ENG)
Slawomir Majusiak (POL)
1986
Jack Buckner (ENG)
Stefano Mei (ITA)
Tim Hutchings (ENG)
1982
G
13:28.90
S
13:30.03
B
13:30.42
Thomas Wessinghage (GER)
Werner Schildhauer (GER)
David Moorcroft (ENG)
1978
G
13:28.57
S
13:28.6
B
13:28.6
Venanzio Ortis (ITA)
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
Aleksandr Fedotkin (BLR)
1974
G
13:17.21
S
13:23.93
B
13:24.57
Brendan Foster (ENG)
Manfred Kuschmann (GER)
Lasse Viren (FIN)
1971
G
13:32.6
S
13:33.6
B
13:33.8
Juha Vaatainen (FIN)
Jean Waddoux (FRA)
Harald Norpoth (GER)
1969
G
13:44.0
S
13:45.8
B
13:47.6
Ian Stewart (SCO)
Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)
Alan Blinston (ENG)
1966
G
13:42.8
S
13:44.0
B
13:47.8
Michel Jazy (FRA)
Harald Norpoth (GER)
Bernd Diessner (GER)
1962
G
14:00.6
S
14:01.8
B
14:02.6
Bruce Tuloh (ENG)
Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
Piotr Bolotnikov (RUS)
1958
G
13:53.4
S
13:55.2
B
14:01.6
Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL)
Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
Gordon Pirie (ENG)
1954
G
13:56.6
S
14:08.8
B
14:10.2
Vladimir Kuts (RUS)
Christopher Chataway (ENG)
Emil Zatopek (CZE)
1950
G
14:03.0
S
14:26.0
B
14:26.2
Emil Zatopek (CZE)
Alain Mimoun (FRA)
Gaston Reiff (BEL)
1946
G
14:08.6
S
14:14.0
B
14:23.2
Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
Willen Slykhuis (NED)
Evert Nyberg (SWE)
1938
G
14:26.8
S
14:27.4
B
14:29.2
Taisto Maki (FIN)
Kerry Johnsson (SWE)
Kauko Pekuri (FIN)
1934
G
14:36.8
S
14:41.2
B
14:43.6
Roger Rochard (FRA)
Janusz Kusocinski (POL)
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)