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

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

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 Martti Vainio  Finland 27:30.99 NR CR
2nd Venanzio Ortis  Italy 27:31.48
3rd Aleksandras Antipovas  Soviet Union 27:31.50 NR
4 Brendan Foster  United Kingdom 27:32.65
5 David 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
21 Pierre Levisse  France DNF
22 Detlef Uhlemann  West Germany DNF
23 Jos Hermens  Netherlands DNF
24 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
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