1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
| Men's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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These are the official results of the Men's 5,000 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 30 August and 1 September 1990.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Salvatore Antibo File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
| Silver | Gary Staines File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Sławomir Majusiak File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
Results
Final
1 September Italy's Salvatore Antibo, who was the strongest pre-race favourite to win also this final, having taken the 10,000-metre European title with a solo run, fell at the start, and therefore had to run faster than the other runners for the first 700 metres, in order to catch them. Portugal's Domingos Castro first led the race, but soon thereafter France's Cyrille Laventure took the lead. Laventure was still leading the race at 3,000 metres in 8:09.15, and at 4,000 metres in 10:53.34. Despite the moderate pace, almost all runners were still in the lead group at this point. On the second last back straight, Castro accelerated past Laventure into the lead, and the main group's runners started to string out. Castro was still leading the race at 4,600 metres, in an informal time of 12:26.2 or 12:26.3. Antibo, Britain's Gary Staines, Poland's Slawomir Majusiak, Laventure, and Finland's Risto Ulmala were chasing Castro. On the final back straight, Staines tried to sprint past Antibo, who accelerated into the lead, leaving Castro behind. At the start of the final bend, Staines sprinted past Antibo. In the second half of the bend, however, Antibo furiously kicked past Staines. Some metres behind the leading duo, Majusiak accelerated past the fading Castro. Several metres behind the second pair of runners, Sweden's Jonny Danielsson passed Ulmala. Despite celebrating his victory in the final metres, Antibo defeated Staines by almost half a second, while Majusiak secured the bronze medal. Danielsson ran the home straight several metres faster than the exhausted Castro, but he still lost to the tiny Portuguese runner by under 0.2 seconds. (The Big European Championships Book / Suuri EM-kirja (Finland, c. 1990); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P_fSAPbYgM Salvatore Antibo vince i 5.000 a Spalato 90.)
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Heats
30 August
Heat 1
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Heat 2
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Gary Staines | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 13:29.00 | Q |
| 2 | Dionísio Castro | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 13:29.03 | Q |
| 3 | Arnold Mächler | File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland | 13:29.09 | Q |
| 4 | Carlos Monteiro | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 13:29.16 | Q |
| 5 | Stefano Mei | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 13:29.49 | Q |
| 6 | Cyrille Laventure | File:Flag of France.svg France | 13:29.58 | q |
| 7 | Eamonn Martin | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 13:29.62 | q |
| 8 | Jonny Danielson | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 13:29.65 | q |
| 9 | Abel Antón | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 13:29.81 | q |
| 10 | Harri Hänninen | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 13:30.05 | q |
| 11 | John Halvorsen | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 13:35.58 | |
| 12 | Evgeni Ignatov | File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | 13:37.51 | |
| 13 | Antonio Serrano | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 13:42.03 | |
| 14 | Zeki Öztürk | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 13:44.55 | |
| 15 | Frank O'Mara | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 13:59.44 |
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Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (1)
- File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria (1)
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (2)
- File:Flag of France.svg France (3)
- File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (2)
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (3)
- File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta (1)
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (1)
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (2)
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (1)
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (3)
- File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (1)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (3)
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (1)
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland (1)
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (1)
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (3)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany (1)
- File:Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia (1)
See also
- 1988 Men's Olympic 5,000 metres (Seoul)
- 1991 Men's World Championships 5,000 metres (Tokyo)
- 1992 Men's Olympic 5,000 metres (Barcelona)
References
- ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
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