The men's 5000 metres at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 2 and 4 September 1966.
Medalists Gold Michel Jazy Silver Harald Norpoth Bronze Bernd Dießner
Results Final 4 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Michel Jazy 13:42.8 CR Harald Norpoth 13:44.0 Bernd Dießner 13:47.8 4 Derek Graham 13:48.0 5 Lajos Mecser 13:48.0 6 Bengt Nåjde 13:48.2 7 István Kiss 13:48.2 8 Jean-Luc Salomon 13:52.0 9 Manuel de Oliveira 13:52.6 10 Werner Girke 13:53.2 11 Jürgen Haase 13:55.6 12 Edward Stawiarz 13:56.4 13 Gennadiy Khlistovs 14:00.0 14 René Kilburg 14:06.2 15 Eugène Allonsius 14:19.4
Heats 2 September
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jean-Luc Salomon 13:49.4 CR Q 2 Harald Norpoth 13:50.2 Q 3 Lajos Mecser 13:50.2 Q 4 Edward Stawiarz 13:50.8 Q 5 Manuel de Oliveira 13:51.4 NR Q 6 Dick Taylor 13:54.8 7 Siegfried Herrmann 13:57.8 8 Franc Červan 14:00.0 9 Renzo Finelli 14:10.0
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jürgen Haase 13:59.0 Q 2 István Kiss 13:59.6 Q 3 Gennadiy Khlistovs 13:59.8 Q 4 René Kilburg 13:59.8 NR Q 5 Eugène Allonsius 14:00.0 Q 6 Hans Gerlach 14:00.6 7 Mariano Haro 14:07.2 8 No Opdenoordt 14:09.8 9 Andrei Barabaș 14:14.0 10 Thor Helland 14:23.2 11 Tim Briault 14:28.6 12 Czesław Kołodyński 14:41.4
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Michel Jazy 13:54.8 Q 2 Derek Graham 13:55.0 Q 3 Bernd Dießner 13:55.0 Q 4 Werner Girke 13:55.4 Q 5 Bengt Nåjde 13:55.8 Q 6 György Kiss 13:57.0 7 Simo Važić 13:57.8 8 Anatoliy Makarov 13:58.6 9 Tom O'Riordan 14:12.4 10 Henryk Piotrowski 14:26.4 11 Muharrem Dalkılıç 14:45.6
Participation According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
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