1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1969 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
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
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 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 September 1969.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Haase  East Germany
Silver	Mike Tagg  United Kingdom
Bronze	Nikolay Sviridov  Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:41.6
02 !	Mike Tagg	United Kingdom	28:43.2
03 !	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	28:45.8
4	Drago Žuntar	Yugoslavia	28:46.0
5	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	28:49.8
6	Michael Freary	United Kingdom	28:49.8
7	René Jourdan	France	28:57.0
8	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	29:04.0
9	Noël Tijou	France	29:15.2
10	Danijel Korica	Yugoslavia	29:16.0
11	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	29:31.0
12	Henri Le Pape	France	29:41.2
13	Edward Łęgowski	Poland	29:41.6
14	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	29:49.8
15	Dick Taylor	United Kingdom	NT
16	Denes Simon	Hungary	NT

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References