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{{short description|Belgian runner}}
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| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|8 October 1947}}
| birth_place    = [[Vossem (Belgium)|Vossem]], Belgium 
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| height         = 1.75 m
| weight         = 68&nbsp;kg
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| sport          = Athletics
| event          = 1500 m – 10000 m, [[steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]]
| pb             = 3000 m – 7:39.2(1973)<br>3000 mS – 8:27.8 (1972)<ref>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=5419&Gender=M Emiel Puttemans]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref><br>5000 m – 13:13.0 (1972)<br>10000 m – 27:39.58 (1972)<ref name=sr/>
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{{Medal|Country | {{BEL}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] | [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1973 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1973 Rotterdam]] | 3000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[1974 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1974 Gothenburg]] | 3000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver| [[1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships|1978 Milan]] | 3000 m}}
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'''Emiel Adrien''' "'''Miel'''" '''Puttemans''' (born 8 October 1947) is a Belgian former [[Middle-distance running|middle]]- and [[long-distance runner]] who set [[List of world records in athletics|world record]]s for [[3000 metres]] (7 minutes 37.6 seconds) in 1972,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1088873/2/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202232040/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1088873/2/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 December 2012 |title=A Roundup Of The Week July 28 – August 3, 1974 |access-date=2008-07-04 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=12 August 1974 }}</ref> for 2 miles (8 minutes 17.8 seconds) in 1971,<ref>{{cite web|title=World Records Set in Britain|publisher=Great Britain Athletics|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/wrb.htm|access-date=2008-07-04}}</ref> for [[5000 metres]] (13 minutes 13 seconds) in 1972, and 3 miles in 1972 (12:47.8).<ref>{{cite news|title=A Roundup Of The Week September 19–25, 1972 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086602/2/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102111811/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1086602/2/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2013 |access-date=2008-07-04 |date=2 October 1972 }}</ref> He won two [[European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]] titles in the 3000 m, in 1973 and 1974, and finished second in 1978.<ref>[http://www.the-sports.org/athletics-emiel-puttemans-results-identity-s5-c2-b4-o7-w33686.html Emiel PUTTEMANS]. the-sports.org</ref>

At the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], Puttemans won a [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10000 metres|silver medal in the 10,000 metres]] and finished in [[Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|fifth place in the 5000 metres]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Fast Tracks: The History of Distance Running Since 884 B.C.|date=1982|publisher=S. Greene Press|isbn=0-8289-0482-0|last=Krise|first=Raymond|author2=Bill Squires|pages=[https://archive.org/details/fasttrackshistor00kris/page/206 206]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/fasttrackshistor00kris/page/206}}</ref> He then [[5000 metres world record progression|set a world record in the 5000 metres]] six days after the 1972 games. He also competed in these events at the 1968, 1976 and 1980 Games, but with less success.<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/miel-puttemans-1.html Miel Puttemans] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116185651/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pu/miel-puttemans-1.html |date=16 January 2014 }}. sports-reference.com</ref>

In 1982, Puttemans won the first edition of the [[Rome Marathon]].

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Emiel Puttemans}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|emiel-puttemans|org_archive=20190625024923}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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{{Succession box|before=[[Kipchoge Keino]]|title=[[Men's 3000 metres world record progression|Men's 3000 m World Record Holder]]|years=14 September 1972 – 3 August 1974|after=[[Brendan Foster]]}}
{{Succession box|before=[[Lasse Virén]] |title=[[5000 meters#World record progression|Men's 5000 m World Record Holder]]|years=20 September 1972 – 5 July 1977 |after=[[Dick Quax]]}}
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{{Succession box|before=[[Bernd Diessner]]|title=[[3000 metres#Men.27s Seasons Best|Men's 3000 m Best Year Performance]]|years=1971–1972|after=[[Brendan Foster]]}}
{{Succession box|before=[[David Bedford (athletics)|Dave Bedford]]|title=[[5000 metres#Men's seasons best (outdoor track)|Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance]]|years=1972–1973|after=[[Ben Jipcho]]}}
{{Succession box|before=[[Ben Jipcho]]|title=[[5000 metres#Men's seasons best (outdoor track)|Men's 5000 m Best Year Performance]]|years=1975|after=[[Dick Quax]]}}
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