1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978.[1]
| 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 | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
Medalists
| Gold | Martti Vainio Finland |
| Silver | Venanzio Ortis Italy |
| Bronze | Aleksandras Antipovas Soviet Union |
Results
Final
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Martti Vainio | Finland | 27:30.99 | NR CR |
 | Venanzio Ortis | Italy | 27:31.48 | NR |
 | Aleksandras Antipovas | Soviet Union | 27:31.50 | URSS/Lithuania NR |
| 4 | Brendan Foster |  Great Britain | 27:32.65 | |
| 5 | Dave Black | Great Britain | 27:36.27 | PB |
| 6 | Gerard Tebroke |  Netherlands | 27:36.64 | NR |
| 7 | Ilie Floroiu | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania | 27:40.06 | NR |
| 8 | Enn Sellik | Soviet Union | 27:40.61 | PB Estonia NR |
| 9 | Knut Kvalheim |  Norway | 27:41.26 | NR |
| 10 | Jerzy Kowol |  Poland | 27:53.61 | NR |
| 11 | John Treacy |  Ireland | 28:17.0 | |
| 12 | Léon Schots | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 28:19.6 | |
| 13 | Cătălin Andreica | Romania | 28:29.4 | |
| 14 | Mike McLeod | Great Britain | 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.
- Belgium (3)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Netherlands (2)
- Norway (2)
- Poland (2)
- Romania (3)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (1)
References
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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