European Championships 5000 meters

Dates/Venues/Medalists (20 runnings)

31 Jul/01 Aug 2010, Barcelona ESP

G	13:31.18	Mohammed Farah (ENG)	14:52.20	Alemitu Bekele Degfa (TUR)
S	13:33.12	Jesus España (ESP)	14:54.44	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
B	13:34.15	Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE)	14:54.71	Sara ISabel Moreira (POR)

13/12 Aug 2006, Goteborg SWE

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)

11/10 Aug 2002, Munich GER

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)

22/23 Aug 1998, Budapest HUN

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)

14/10 Aug 1994, Helsinki FIN (women ran 3000m)

G	13:36.93	Dieter Baumann (GER)	8:31.84	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
S	13:37.50	Robert Denmark (ENG)	8:36.48	Yvonne Murray (SCO)
B	13:38.04	Abel Anton (ESP)	8:40.08	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)

01 Sep/29 Aug 1990, Split CRO (women ran 3000m)

G	13:22.00	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	8:43.06	Yvonne Murray (SCO)
S	13:22.45	Gary Staines (ENG)	8:43.68	Elena Romanova (RUS)
B	13:22.92	Slawomir Majusiak (POL)	8:46.19	Roberta Brunet (ITA)

31/27 Aug 1986, Stuttgart GER (women ran 3000m)

G	13:10.15	Jack Buckner (ENG)	8:33.99	Olga Bondarenko (RUS)
S	13:11.57	Stefano Mei (ITA)	8:35.92	Maricica Puica (ROM)
B	13:12.88	Tim Hutchings (ENG)	8:37.15	Yvonne Murray (SCO)

11/09 Sep 1982, Athens GRE (women ran 3000m)

G	13:28.90	Thomas Wessinghage (GER)	8:30.28	Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)
S	13:30.03	Werner Schildhauer (GER)	8:33.33	Maricica Puica (ROM)
B	13:30.42	David Moorcroft (ENG)	8:34.06	Elena Sipatova (RUS)

02 Sep/29 Aug 1978, Prague CZE (women ran 3000m)

G	13:28.57	Venanzio Ortis (ITA)	8:33.16	Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)
S	13:28.6	Markus Ryffel (SUI)	8:33.53	Natalia Betini (ROM)
B	13:28.6	Aleksandr Fedotkin (BLR)	8:34.33	Grete Waitz (NOR)

08/02 Sep 1974, Rome ITA (women ran 3000m)

G	13:17.21	Brendan Foster (ENG)	8:55.2	Nina Holmen (FIN)
S	13:23.93	Manfred Kuschmann (GER)	8:56.2	Lyudmila Bragina (RUS)
B	13:24.57	Lasse Viren (FIN)	8:58.4	Joyce Smith (ENG)

14 Aug 1971, Helsinki FIN

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

19 Sep 1969, Athens GRE

G	13:44.8	Ian Stewart (SCO)
S	13:45.8	Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)
B	13:47.6	Alan Blinston (ENG)

04 Sep 1966, Budapest HUN

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

15 Sep 1962, Belgrade SER

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

23 Aug 1958. Stockholm SWE

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

29 Aug 1954, Bern SUI

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

26 Aug 1950, Brussels BEL

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

23 Aug 1946, Oslo NOR

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

04 Sep 1938, Paris FRA

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

09 Sep 1934, Turin ITA

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    6   4   4     46
ESP    3   2   2     23
GER    2   3   2     21
FRA    2   3   0     19
POL    1   3   1     15
FIN    2   0   3     13
ITA    2   1   0     13
CZE    1   0   1      6
UKR    1   0   1      6
SWE    0   1   1      4
NED    0   1   0      3
RUS    0   1   0      3
SUI    0   1   0      3
AZE    0   0   1      1
BEL    0   0   1      1
BLR    0   0   1      1
MDA    0   0   1      1
IRL    0   0   1      1

Women
       G   S   B   Score
RUS    1   3   2     16
IRL    2   1   0     13
ROM    0   4   1     13
ESP    2   0   1     11
GBR    1   1   2     10
TUR    1   1   1     10
URS    2   0   0     10
FIN    1   0   0      5
ITA    0   0   1      1
NOR    0   0   1      1
POR    0   0   1      1

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

Note: URS includes Soviet Union runners from what are now non-European countries.

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
 8  Jesus España (ESP)          G (2006) S (2010)
 8  Mohammed Farah (ENG)        S (2006) G (2010)
 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 
13  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)      G (1994) G (1998) S (2002)
11  Marta Dominguez (ESP)       B (1998) G (2002) G (2006)
10  Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)     G (1978) G (1982)
 9  Yvonne Murray (SCO)         B (1986) G (1990) S (1994)
 6  Maricica Puica (ROM)        S (1982) S (1986)
 4  Gabriela Szabo (ROM)        B (1994) S (1998)
 4  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)     B (2006) S (2010)

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
2010    +0.0    -4.3
2006    +1.3    -3.4
2002    +2.3    +0.4
1998    +1.7    -1.4
1994    +1.7    -3.2
1990    -1.3    -0.9
1986    -2.1    -3.2
1982    +0.1    -3.0
1978    +0.1    -4.4
1974    -1.3    -0.4
1971    -1.2
1969    +1.1
1966    -0.4
1962    +0.2
1958    +0.3

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2010     744     784
2006     595     803
2002     740     871
1998     774     879
1994     768     n/c

Quality Performances

Men
<13:20       6
<13:30      59
<13:40     180
<13:50     270
<14:00     364

Women
<15:00       7
<15:20      27
<15:40      40
<16:00      53
<16:20      60

Women (3000m)
<8:40      13
<8:50      36
<9:00      67
<9:10      88
<9:20      98
<9:30     103

Note: Totals include heats.

Last Updated on 08 Jan 2012

Contributors: Paul Michiels (50), Juraj Gasparovic (1)