1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

Men's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

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

Results

Final

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

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

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (2)
• Italy (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)