1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 24 and 26 August 1950.

## Medalists

| Gold | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Alain Mimoun France |
| Bronze | Gaston Reiff Belgium |

## Results

### Final

26 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 14:03.0 | CR NR |
| | Alain Mimoun | France | 14:26.0 | |
| | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 14:26.2 | |
| 4 | Väinö Mäkelä | Finland | 14:30.8 | |
| 5 | Hannu Posti | Finland | 14:40.8 | |
| 6 | Lucien Theys | Belgium | 14:42.4 | |
| 7 | Stevan Pavlović | Yugoslavia | 14:50.2 | |
| 8 | Alec Olney | Great Britain | 14:51.8 | |
| 9 | Božidar Đurašković | Yugoslavia | 14:52.4 | |
| 10 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 15:02.2 | |
| 11 | Bertil Karlsson | Sweden | 15:09.4 | |
| | Jacques Vernier | France | DNF | |

### Heats

24 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 14:56.0 | Q |
| 2 | Väinö Mäkelä | Finland | 14:56.2 | Q |
| 3 | Lucien Theys | Belgium | 15:03.0 | Q |
| 4 | Jacques Vernier | France | 15:03.6 | Q |
| 5 | Stevan Pavlović | Yugoslavia | 15:06.2 | Q |
| 6 | Bertil Karlsson | Sweden | 15:07.2 | Q |
| 7 | Vasilios Mavrapostolos | Greece | 15:08.4 | NR |
| 8 | Kurt Rötzer | Austria | 15:08.4 | NR |
| 9 | Aage Poulsen | Denmark | 19:99.9 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hannu Posti | Finland | 14:47.2 | Q |
| 2 | Alec Olney | Great Britain | 14:55.6 | Q |
| 3 | Božidar Đurašković | Yugoslavia | 15:00.6 | Q |
| 4 | Bertil Albertsson | Sweden | 15:09.0 | Q |
| 5 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 15:10.0 | Q |
| 6 | Alain Mimoun | France | 15:11.0 | Q |
| 7 | August Sutter | Switzerland | 15:13.0 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Great Britain (1)
* Yugoslavia (2)
