The women's 10,000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 1 July.
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 1 July.
| Gold | Ana Dulce Félix  Portugal |
| Silver | Joanne Pavey  Great Britain |
| Bronze | Olha Skrypak  Ukraine |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Wang Junxia (CHN) | 29:31.78 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
| European record |  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 29:56.34 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
| Championship record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 30:01.09 | Munich, Germany | 8 August 2002 |
| World Leading |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 30:24.39 | Eugene, United States | 1 June 2012 |
| European Leading |  Yelizaveta Grechishnikova (RUS) | 31:07.88 | Moscow, Russia | 11 June 2012 |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2012 | 17:25 | Final |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal | 31:44.75 | |
 | Joanne Pavey | Great Britain | 31:49.03 | |
 | Olha Skrypak | Ukraine | 31:51.32 | NUR |
| 4 | Fionnuala Britton |  Ireland | 32:05.54 | |
| 5 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt |  Germany | 32:16.55 | |
| 6 | Charlotte Purdue | Great Britain | 32:28.46 | |
| 7 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 32:35.82 | |
| 8 | Elena Romagnolo |  Italy | 32:42.31 | |
| 9 | Gemma Steel | Great Britain | 32:46.32 | |
| 10 | Leonor Carneiro | Portugal | 33:05.92 | PB |
| 11 | Lidia Rodríguez |  Spain | 33:09.53 | |
| 12 | Tetyana Holovchenko | Ukraine | 33:18.15 | |
| 13 | Marta Silvestre | Spain | 34:21.24 | |
| 14 | Patricia Morceli Bühler |  Switzerland | 34:24.82 | |
| Nadia Ejjafini | Italy | DNF | ||
| Krisztina Papp |  Hungary | DNF |