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1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 August 1954.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
Silver József Kovács
 Hungary
Bronze Frank Sando
 Great Britain

Results

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Final

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25 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 28:58.0 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) József Kovács  Hungary 29:25.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Sando  Great Britain 29:27.6
4 Herbert Schade  West Germany 29:32.8
5 Franjo Mihalić  Yugoslavia 29:59.6
6 Peter Driver  Great Britain 30:03.6
7 Øistein Saksvik  Norway 30:04.4
8 Aleksandr Anufriyev  Soviet Union 30:19.4
9 Thomas Nilsson  Sweden 30:22.4
10 Dimitar Vachkov  Bulgaria 30:25.2 NR
11 Emil Schudel   Switzerland 30:26.4 NR
12 Grigoriy Basalayev  Soviet Union 30:29.4
13 Stanisław Ożóg  Poland 30:37.2
14 Hannu Posti  Finland 30:39.4
15 Thyge Thøgersen  Denmark 30:53.4
16 Julio Silva  Portugal 30:59.0 NR
17 Rudolf Morgenthaler   Switzerland 31:10.4
18 Jiří Šantrůček  Czechoslovakia 31:11.2
19 Lucien Theys  Belgium 31:26.6
20 Mustafa Özcan  Turkey 31:42.4
21 Antonio Amorós  Spain 31:50.8
Béla Juhász  Hungary DNF
Jan Miecznikowski  Poland DNF

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 377–384, retrieved 13 August 2014