Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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steeplechase		 men
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These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday July 27, 1980.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Miruts Yifter
Ethiopia (ETH)		  Kaarlo Maaninka
Finland (FIN)		  Mohamed Kedir
Ethiopia (ETH)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record 27:22.4 Kenya Henry Rono Vienna (AUT) June 11, 1978
Olympic Record 27:38.35 Finland Lasse Virén Munich (FRG) September 3, 1972

Results

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Miruts Yifter (ETH) 27:42.69
 Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN) 27:44.28
 Mohamed Kedir (ETH) 27:44.64
4.  Tolossa Kotu (ETH) 27:46.47
5.  Lasse Virén (FIN) 27:50.46
6.  Jörg Peter (GDR) 28:05.53
7.  Werner Schildhauer (GDR) 28:10.91
8.  Enn Sellik (URS) 28:13.72
9.  Bill Scott (AUS) 28:15.08
10.  Ilie Floroiu (ROU) 28:16.25
11.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 28:22.54
12.  Mike McLeod (GBR) 28:40.78
13.  Martti Vainio (FIN) 28:46.22
14.  Gerard Tebroke (NED) 28:50.08
—  Antonio Prieto (ESP) DNF

Qualifying Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Mohamed Kedir (ETH) 28:16.38
2.  Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN) 28:30.96
3.  Werner Schildhauer (GDR) 28:32.08
4.  Lasse Virén (FIN) 28:45.72
5.  Stephen Austin (AUS) 29:45.2
6.  Alex Hagelsteens (BEL) 29:47.6
7.  Geoffrey Smith (GBR) 30:00.1
8.  Abdelmadjid Mada (ALG) 30:23.5
9.  Akel Hamdan (SYR) 31:21.9
10.  Motlalepula Thabana (LES) 34:01.5
—  John Treacy (IRL) DNF
—  Zakariah Barie (TAN) DNF
—  Aleksandras Antipovas (URS) DNF
—  Bernardo Manuel (ANG) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Miruts Yifter (ETH) 28:41.68
2.  Jörg Peter (GDR) 28:49.96
3.  Brendan Foster (GBR) 28:55.15
4.  Enn Sellik (URS) 29:12.1
5.  Antonio Prieto (ESP) 29:12.8
6.  Rachid Habchaoui (ALG) 29:12.9
7.  Enrique Aquino (MEX) 29:21.3
8.  José Gómez (MEX) 29:53.6
9.  Damiano Musonda (ZAM) 29:53.6
10.  Kenias Tembo (ZIM) 30:53.8
11.  Jules Randrianari (MAD) 31:18.4
—  Domingo Tibaduiza (COL) DNF
—  Gerard Barrett (AUS) DNS
—  Suleiman Nyambui (TAN) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Tolossa Kotu (ETH) 28:55.26
2.  Mike McLeod (GBR) 28:57.27
3.  Bill Scott (AUS) 28:58.70
4.  Martti Vainio (FIN) 28:59.81
5.  Ilie Floroiu (ROU) 29:03.1
6.  Gerard Tebroke (NED) 29:05.0
7.  Jiri Sikora (TCH) 29:19.8
8.  Rodolfo Gómez (MEX) 29:25.7
9.  Vladimir Shesterov (URS) 29:32.4
10.  Hari Chand (IND) 29:45.8
11.  Leodigard Martin (TAN) 30:33.4
12.  Golekane Mosweu (BOT) 30:38.8
13.  Narbahadur Dahal (NEP) 31:19.8
—  Dias Alface (MOZ) DNF
—  Markus Ryffel (SUI) DNF

See also

References

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