1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

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
  Ian Stewart   Great Britain 13:44.8
  Rashid Sharafetdinov   Soviet Union 13:45.8
  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