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The men's 5000 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 29 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union
Silver	Christopher Chataway Great Britain
Bronze	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	13:56.6	WR
	Christopher Chataway	Great Britain	14:08.8
	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:10.2
4	Vladimir Okorokov	Soviet Union	14:20.0
5	Lucien Hanswijck	Belgium	14:25.6
6	Frans Herman	Belgium	14:31.4
7	Øistein Saksvik	Norway	14:32.2
8	Urho Julin	Finland	14:32.4
9	Sándor Garay	Hungary	14:44.6
10	Alojzy Graj	Poland	14:48.6
11	Rolf Haikkola	Finland	15:22.8
	Herbert Schade	West Germany	DNF
	Heinz Laufer	West Germany	DNF
	József Kovács	Hungary	DNF
	Fred Green	Great Britain	DNF

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frans Herman	Belgium	14:42.8	Q
2	Fred Green	Great Britain	14:42.8	Q
3	Vladimir Okorokov	Soviet Union	14:43.0	Q
4	Sándor Garay	Hungary	14:43.6	Q
5	Øistein Saksvik	Norway	14:44.0	Q
6	Władysław Płonka [pl]	Poland	14:47.0
7	Osman Coşgül	Turkey	14:51.0
8	Rudolf Morgenthaler	Switzerland	14:54.8
9	Dimitar Vachkov	Bulgaria	14:59.4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Kuts	Soviet Union	14:18.8	Q
2	Herbert Schade	West Germany	14:23.8	Q
3	Lucien Hanswijck	Belgium	14:29.2	Q
4	Urho Julin	Finland	14:36.2	Q
5	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	14:36.2	Q
6	Pierre Page	Switzerland	14:37.4	NR
7	Karl Lundh	Sweden	14:42.4
8	Antonio Amorós [ca]	Spain	15:28.6
	Henri Laethier	France	DNF
	Cahit Önel	Turkey	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alojzy Graj	Poland	14:38.4	Q
2	József Kovács	Hungary	14:38.6	Q
3	Christopher Chataway	Great Britain	14:40.0	Q
4	Rolf Haikkola	Finland	14:40.0	Q
5	Heinz Laufer	West Germany	14:42.0	Q
6	Kurt Rötzer	Austria	14:46.2
7	Drago Štritof	Yugoslavia	14:48.4
8	Manuel Faria	Portugal	14:55.8	NR
9	Helmut Becker	Saar	15:21.8