1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 September 1962. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Pyotr Bolotnikov   Soviet Union
Silver	Friedrich Janke   East Germany
Bronze	Roy Fowler   Great Britain

Results

Final

12 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Soviet Union	28:54.0	CR
	Friedrich Janke	East Germany	29:01.6
	Roy Fowler	Great Britain	29:02.0
4	Martin Hyman	Great Britain	29:02.0
5	Robert Bogey	France	29:02.6
6	Leonid Ivanov	Soviet Union	29:04.8
7	Franc Červan	Yugoslavia	29:07.6	NR
8	Mike Bullivant	Great Britain	29:13.4
9	Josef Tomáš	Czechoslovakia	29:22.4
10	Hamida Addeche	France	29:22.8
11	Constantin Grecescu	Romania	29:24.4
12	Henri Clerckx	Belgium	29:31.4
13	Siegfried Rothe	East Germany	29:33.8
14	Antonio Ambu	Italy	29:34.6
15	Şükrü Saban	Turkey	29:37.4
16	Istvan Ivanovic	Yugoslavia	29:37.8
17	Yuriy Nikitin	Soviet Union	29:49.4
18	Peter Kubicki	West Germany	29:55.8
19	Magnar Lundemo	Norway	29:59.4
20	Janos Pinter	Hungary	30:20.0
21	Jerzy Mathias	Poland	30:31.8
22	Miklós Szabó	Hungary	31:13.4
23	József Sütő	Hungary	31:39.6
24	Jean Aniset	Luxembourg	31:44.8
	Mariano Haro	Spain	DNF
	Jim Hogan	Ireland	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   France (2)
•   Hungary (3)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Spain (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Great Britain (3)
•   West Germany (1)
•   Yugoslavia (2)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 391–397, retrieved 13 August 2014