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
01 !	Martti Vainio	Finland	27:30.99	NR CR
02 !	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	27:31.48
03 !	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
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