1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 23 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sydney Wooderson Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands |
| Bronze | Evert Nyberg Sweden |

## Results

### Final

23 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sydney Wooderson | Great Britain | 14:08.6 | CR, NR |
| | Wim Slijkhuis | Netherlands | 14:14.0 | NR |
| | Evert Nyberg | Sweden | 14:23.2 | |
| 4 | Viljo Heino | Finland | 14:24.4 | |
| 5 | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 14:25.8 | NR |
| 6 | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 14:45.8 | |
| 7 | Rikard Greenfort | Denmark | 14:46.0 | |
| 8 | Raphaël Pujazon | France | 14:46.8 | |
| 9 | René Breistroffer | France | 14:50.4 | |
| 10 | Aage Poulsen | Denmark | 14:53.6 | |
| 11 | Charles Heirendt | Luxembourg | 15:00.6 | NR |
| 12 | Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 15:08.0 | |
| 13 | András Pataki | Hungary | 15:33.6 | |
| 14 | Leon Aasbø | Norway | 15:33.8 | |
| | Napoleon Dzwonkowski | Poland | DNF | |
| | Helge Perälä | Finland | DNF | |
| | Åke Durkfeldt | Sweden | DNF | |
| | Arnt Rohme | Norway | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (1)
