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

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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.[1]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martti Vainio  Finland 27:30.99 NR CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Venanzio Ortis  Italy 27:31.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014