The men's 5000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 15 September 1962.
Medalists Gold Bruce Tulloh Silver Kazimierz Zimny Bronze Pyotr Bolotnikov
Results Final 15 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Bruce Tulloh 14:00.6 Kazimierz Zimny 14:01.8 Pyotr Bolotnikov 14:02.6 4 Lech Boguszewicz 14:03.4 5 Michel Bernard 14:03.8 6 John Anderson 14:04.2 7 Siegfried Herrmann 14:05.0 8 Robert Bogey 14:06.8 9 Peter Kubicki 14:11.4 10 Valentin Samoilov 14:11.8 11 Yuriy Nikitin 14:14.6 12 Miroslav Jurek 14:19.2
Heats 13 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bruce Tulloh 14:14.4 Q 2 Lech Boguszewicz 14:19.2 Q 3 Siegfried Herrmann 14:20.0 Q 4 Yuriy Nikitin 14:20.2 Q 5 Sven-Olov Larsson 14:21.2 6 Jean Vaillant 14:36.8 7 Béla Szekeres 14:38.4 8 Eugène Allonsius 14:44.4 9 Fevzi Pakel 14:47.6 10 Jean Aniset 14:48.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 John Anderson 14:15.0 Q 2 Michel Bernard 14:15.6 Q 3 Valentin Samoilov 14:15.8 Q 4 Kazimierz Zimny 14:15.8 Q 5 Manuel de Oliveira 14:16.2 6 14:28.8 7 Josef Tomáš 14:39.4 8 Friedrich Janke 14:41.4
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Peter Kubicki 13:53.4 CR Q 2 Pyotr Bolotnikov 13:53.4 CR Q 3 Robert Bogey 13:53.6 Q 4 Miroslav Jurek 13:53.8 Q 5 Eddie Strong 13:56.4 6 Andrei Barabaș 14:14.2 7 Sándor Iharos 14:41.0 8 Johann Hiestand 15:10.2 Jim Hogan DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
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