1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Martti Vainio Finland
Silver	Venanzio Ortis Italy
Bronze	Aleksandras Antipovas Soviet Union

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Martti Vainio	Finland	27:30.99	NR CR
	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	27:31.48
	Aleksandras Antipovas	Soviet Union	27:31.50	NR
4	Brendan Foster	United Kingdom	27:32.65
5	Dave Black	United Kingdom	27:36.27
6	Gerard Tebroke	Netherlands	27:36.64
7	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	27:40.06	NR
8	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	27:40.61	NR
9	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	27:41.26
10	Jerzy Kowol	Poland	27:53.61	NR
11	John Treacy	Ireland	28:17.0
12	Léon Schots	Belgium	28:19.6
13	Cătălin Andreica	Romania	28:29.4
14	Mike McLeod	United Kingdom	28:38.0
15	Øyvind Dahl	Norway	28:43.2
16	Frank Grillaert	Belgium	28:43.5
17	Ryszard Kopijasz	Poland	28:44.2
18	Karel Lismont	Belgium	28:49.2
19	Waldemar Cierpinski	East Germany	28:58.9
20	Karel Gába	Czechoslovakia	29:56.3
	Pierre Levisse	France	DNF
	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	DNF
	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	DNF
	Paul Copu	Romania	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (3)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Finland (1)

• France (1)
• Ireland (1)
• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (2)

• Norway (2)
• Poland (2)
• Romania (3)

• Soviet Union (2)
• United Kingdom (3)
• West Germany (1)