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Emil Zátopek
Born: Sep 19, 1922
Czechoslovakia
1500 m
Personal Best:   3.52.8  Paris  Aug 30, 1947
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1947 3.52.8 23 Paris Aug 30
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5000 m
Personal Best:   13.57.0  Stockholm  Sep 3, 1954
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1945 14.50.8 23 Prague Aug 18
1946 14.25.8 5 Oslo Aug 23
1947 14.08.2 1 Prague Jun 25
1948 14.10.0 1 Prague Jun 22
1949 14.10.2 1 Warsaw May 9
1950 14.03.0 1 Brussels Aug 26
1951 14.11.6 2 Berlin Aug 18
1952 14.06.4 1 Opava Oct 4
1953 14.03.0 5 Bucharest Aug 5
1954 13.57.0 3 Stockholm Sep 3
1955 14.04.0 11 Prague Sep 14
1957 14.06.4 24 Oslo Jul 15
Year Result Place
1946 (Europe) 14.25.8 5
1948 (Olympic) 14.17.8 2
1950 (Europe) 14.03.0 1
1952 (Olympic) 14.06.6 1
1954 (Europe) 14.10.2 3
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 13.57.2 Paris May 30, 1954
10000 m
Personal Best:   28.54.2  Brussels  Jun 1, 1954
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1948 29.37.0 1 Prague Jun 17
1949 29.21.2 1 Ostrava Oct 22
1950 29.02.6 1 Turku Aug 4
1951 29.29.8 1 Trebic Sep 1
1952 29.17.0 1 Helsinki Jul 20
1953 29.01.6 1 Stara Boleslav Nov 1
1954 28.54.2 1 Brussels Jun 1
1955 29.25.6 8 Prague Sep 15
1956 29.33.4 17 Prague Oct 07
1957 29.25.8 11 Brno Oct 12
Year Result Place
1948 (Olympic) 29.59.6 1
1950 (Europe) 29.12.0 1
1952 (Olympic) 29.17.0 1
1954 (Europe) 28.58.0 1
World Records  
(• - Record was ratified)
• 29.28.2 Ostrava Jun 11, 1949
• 29.21.2 Ostrava Oct 22, 1949
• 29.02.6 Turku Aug 04, 1950
• 29.01.6 Stará Boleslav Nov 01, 1953
• 28.54.2 Brussels Jun 01, 1954
Marathon
Personal Best:   2.23.03  Helsinki  Jul 27, 1952
Top 25 Lists Tournaments Records
Year Result Place Venue Date
1952 2.23.03 3 Helsinki Jul 27
Year Result Place
1952 (Olympic) 2.23.02 1
1956 (Olympic) 2.29.34 6
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