Track and Field Statistics

Main > Men, 5000 m > European Championships Records Progression

All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 14.36.8 Roger Rochard FRA Turin Sep 09, 1934 • 14.26.8 Taisto Mäki FIN Paris Sep 04, 1938 • 14.08.6 Sydney Wooderson GBR Oslo Aug 23, 1946 • 14.03.0 Emil Zátopek TCH Brussels Aug 26, 1950 • 13.56.6 Vladimir Kuts URS Bern Aug 29, 1954 • 13.53.4 Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak POL Stockholm Aug 23, 1958 • 13.53.4* Peter Kubicki GER Belgrade Sep 13, 1962 • 13.53.4* Pyotr Bolotnikov URS Belgrade Sep 13, 1962 • 13.49.4 Jean-Luc Salomon FRA Budapest Sep 02, 1966 • 13.42.8 Michel Jazy FRA Budapest Sep 04, 1966 • 13.32.6 Juha Väätäinen FIN Helsinki Aug 14, 1971 • 13.17.2 Brendan Foster GBR Rome Sep 08, 1974 • 13.10.15 Jack Buckner GBR Stuttgart Aug 31, 1986