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.
Medalists Gold Salvatore Antibo Silver Gary Staines Bronze Sławomir Majusiak
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.) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Salvatore Antibo 13:22.00 Gary Staines 13:22.45 Sławomir Majusiak 13:22.92 4 Dionísio Castro 13:23.99 5 Jonny Danielson 13:24.16 6 Risto Ulmala 13:25.08 7 Stefano Mei 13:27.13 8 Harri Hänninen 13:28.22 9 Cyrille Laventure 13:28.25 10 Carlos Monteiro 13:30.19 11 Abel Antón 13:31.27 12 Ian Hamer 13:32.61 13 Eamonn Martin 13:34.62 14 Arnold Mächler 13:45.01 Marcus O'Sullivan DNF
Heats 30 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sławomir Majusiak 13:40.12 Q 2 Salvatore Antibo 13:40.14 Q 3 Risto Ulmala 13:41.81 Q 4 Ian Hamer 13:42.46 Q 5 Marcus O'Sullivan 13:45.74 Q 6 Mikhail Dasko 13:47.04 7 Thierry Pantel 13:48.80 8 Vincent Rousseau 13:53.90 9 António Leitão 13:54.38 10 Renato Gotti 14:05.30 11 Pascal Thiébaut 14:07.13 12 Steffen Brand 14:12.84 13 Marcel Versteeg 14:22.42 14 Gerald De Gaetano 14:39.00 15 Are Nakkim 14:42.16 Martín Fiz DNF Romeo Živko DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gary Staines 13:29.00 Q 2 Dionísio Castro 13:29.03 Q 3 Arnold Mächler 13:29.09 Q 4 Carlos Monteiro 13:29.16 Q 5 Stefano Mei 13:29.49 Q 6 Cyrille Laventure 13:29.58 q 7 Eamonn Martin 13:29.62 q 8 Jonny Danielson 13:29.65 q 9 Abel Antón 13:29.81 q 10 Harri Hänninen 13:30.05 q 11 John Halvorsen 13:35.58 12 Evgeni Ignatov 13:37.51 13 Antonio Serrano 13:42.03 14 Zeki Öztürk 13:44.55 15 Frank O'Mara 13:59.44
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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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
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