1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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The men's 5000 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Ian Stewart
 Great Britain
Silver Rashid Sharafetdinov
 Soviet Union
Bronze Alan Blinston
 Great Britain

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ian Stewart  Great Britain 13:44.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rashid Sharafetdinov  Soviet Union 13:45.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Blinston  Great Britain 13:47.6
4 Bernd Dießner  East Germany 13:50.4
5 Danijel Korica  Yugoslavia 13:51.4
6 Giuseppe Ardizzone  Italy 13:51.8
7 Émile Puttemans  Belgium 13:53.2
8 Bengt Nåjde  Sweden 13:55.8
9 Noël Tijou  France 13:56.8
10 René Jourdan  France 13:58.4
11 Ivan Shopsha  Soviet Union 14:01.8
12 Stanislav Petr  Czechoslovakia 14:12.8
13 Mike Baxter  Great Britain 14:19.0

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014