European Championships 5000 meters
Dates/Venues/Medalists (23 runnings for men, 13 runnings for women)
10/09 Jul 2016, Amsterdam NED|
G |
13:40.85 | Ilias Fifa Temsamani (ESP) | 15:18.15 | Yasemin Can (TUR) |
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S |
13:40.85 | Adel Mechaal (ESP) | 15:20:54 | Meraf Bahta (SWE) |
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B |
13:40.85 | Richard Ringer (GER) | 15:20.70 | Stephanie Twell (SCO) |
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G |
14:05.82 | Mohamed Farah (ENG) | 15:31.39 | Meraf Bahta (SWE) |
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S |
14:08.32 | Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) | 15:31.79 | Sifan Hassan (NED) |
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B |
14:09.48 | Andrew Vernon (ENG) | 15:32.82 | Susan Kuiken (NED) |
27/28 Jun 2012, Helsinki FIN
G
S
B
13:29.91
Mohamed Farah (ENG)
15:11.70
Olga Golovkina (RUS)
13:31.83
Arne Gabius (GER)
15:12.03
Lyudmila Kovalenko (UKR)
13:34.15
Polat Arikan (aka Paul Kemboi) (TUR)
15:12.05
Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR)
31 Jul/01 Aug 2010,
Barcelona ESP
G
S
B
Note: Alemitu Bekele Degfa (TUR) finished 1st in 14:52.20 but was disqualified retroactively from December 2012 for drug use.
13:31.18
Mohamed Farah (ENG)
14:54.44
Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)
13:33.12
Jesus Espaņa (ESP)
14:54.71
Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR)
13:34.15
Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE)
14:58.47
Jessica Augusto (POR)
13/12 Aug 2006, Goteborg SWE
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)
11/10 Aug 2002, Munich GER
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)
22/23 Aug 1998, Budapest HUN
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)
14/10 Aug 1994, Helsinki FIN
(women ran 3000m)
G
13:36.93
S
13:37.50
B
13:38.04
Dieter Baumann (GER)
8:31.84
Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
Robert Denmark (ENG)
8:36.48
Yvonne Murray (SCO)
Abel Anton (ESP)
8:40.08
Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
01 Sep/29 Aug 1990, Split
CRO
(women ran 3000m)
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)
8:43.06
Yvonne Murray (SCO)
Gary Staines (ENG)
8:43.68
Elena Romanova (RUS)
Slawomir Majusiak (POL)
8:46.19
Roberta Brunet (ITA)
31/27 Aug 1986,
Stuttgart GER
(women ran 3000m)
Jack Buckner (ENG)
8:33.99
Olga Bondarenko (RUS)
Stefano Mei (ITA)
8:35.92
Maricica Puica (ROM)
Tim Hutchings (ENG)
8:37.15
Yvonne Murray (SCO)
11/09 Sep 1982, Athens GRE
(women ran 3000m)
G
13:28.90
S
13:30.03
B
13:30.42
Thomas Wessinghage (GER)
8:30.28
Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)
Werner Schildhauer (GER)
8:33.33
Maricica Puica (ROM)
David Moorcroft (ENG)
8:34.06
Elena Sipatova (RUS)
02 Sep/29 Aug 1978, Prague
CZE
(women ran 3000m)
G
13:28.57
S
13:28.6
B
13:28.6
Venanzio Ortis (ITA)
8:33.16
Svetlana Ulmasova (UZB)
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
8:33.53
Natalia Betini (ROM)
Aleksandr Fedotkin (BLR)
8:34.33
Grete Waitz (NOR)
08/02 Sep 1974, Rome ITA
(women ran 3000m)
G
13:17.21
S
13:23.93
B
13:24.57
Brendan Foster (ENG)
8:55.2
Nina Holmen (FIN)
Manfred Kuschmann (GER)
8:56.2
Lyudmila Bragina (RUS)
Lasse Viren (FIN)
8:58.4
Joyce Smith (ENG)
14 Aug 1971, Helsinki FIN
G
13:32.6
S
13:33.6
B
13:33.8
Juha Vaatainen (FIN)
Jean Waddoux (FRA)
Harald Norpoth (GER)
19 Sep 1969, Athens GRE
G
13:44.8
S
13:45.8
B
13:47.6
Ian Stewart (SCO)
Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)
Alan Blinston (ENG)
04 Sep 1966, Budapest HUN
G
13:42.8
S
13:44.0
B
13:47.8
Michel Jazy (FRA)
Harald Norpoth (GER)
Bernd Diessner (GER)
15 Sep 1962, Belgrade SER
G
14:00.6
S
14:01.8
B
14:02.6
Bruce Tuloh (ENG)
Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
Piotr Bolotnikov (MDA)
23 Aug 1958. Stockholm SWE
G
13:53.4
S
13:55.2
B
14:01.6
Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL)
Kazimierz Zimny (POL)
Gordon Pirie (ENG)
29 Aug 1954, Bern SUI
G
13:56.6
S
14:08.8
B
14:10.2
Vladimir Kuts (UKR)
Christopher Chataway (ENG)
Emil Zatopek (CZE)
26 Aug 1950, Brussels BEL
G
14:03.0
S
14:26.0
B
14:26.2
Emil Zatopek (CZE)
Alain Mimoun (FRA)
Gaston Reiff (BEL)
23 Aug 1946, Oslo NOR
G
14:08.6
S
14:14.0
B
14:23.2
Sydney Wooderson (GBR)
Willen Slykhuis (NED)
John-Evert Nyberg (SWE)
04 Sep 1938, Paris FRA
G
14:26.8
S
14:27.4
B
14:29.2
Taisto Maki (FIN)
Kerry Johnsson (SWE)
Kauko Pekuri (FIN)
09 Sep 1934, Turin ITA
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 8 4 5 57
ESP 4 3 2 31
GER 2 4 3 25
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
AZE 0 1 1 4
SWE 0 1 1 4
NED 0 1 0 3
RUS 0 1 0 3
SUI 0 1 0 3
BEL 0 0 1 1
BLR 0 0 1 1
IRL 0 0 1 1
MDA 0 0 1 1
TUR 0 0 1 1
Women
G S B Score
RUS 2 3 2 21
IRL 2 1 0 13
ROM 0 4 1 13
ESP 2 0 1 11
GBR 1 1 3 11
TUR 2 0 1 11
URS 2 0 0 10
SWE 1 1 0 8
FIN 1 0 0 5
POR 0 1 2 5
NED 0 1 1 4
UKR 0 1 0 3
ITA 0 0 1 1
NOR 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
18 Mohamed Farah (ENG) S (2006) G (2010) G (2012) G (2014)
8 Jesus Espaņa (ESP) G (2006) S (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)
4 Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) B (2010) S (2014)
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) 8 Meraf Bahta (SWE) G (2014) S (2016) 6 Maricica Puica (ROM) S (1982) S (1986) 6 Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) B (2006) G (2010) 4 Gabriela Szabo (ROM) B (1994) S (1998) 2 Sara-Isabel Moreira (POR) B (2010) B (2012)
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 2016 -3.7 -3.5 2014 +2.1 -0.7 2012 -1.3 -3.2 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 2016 663 665 2014 703 753 2012 753 608 2010 744 784 2006 595 803 2002 740 871 1998 774 879 1994 768 n/c
Quality Performances
Men <13:20 6 <13:30 60 <13:40 189 <13:50 303 <14:00 420 Women <15:00 6 <15:20 32 <15:40 66 <16:00 92 <16:20 101
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
10 Jul 2016
Contributors: Paul Michiels (50), Juraj Gasparovic (1)