Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates23 July 1976 (heats)
26 July 1976 (final)
Competitors41 from 27 nations
Winning time27:40.36
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Lasse Virén
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Carlos Lopes
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Bronze medal icon.svg Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1972
1980  
Official Video Highlights TV-icon-2.svg
Official Video Highlights

The official results of the Men's 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The final was held on Monday July 26, 1976, after the qualifying heats were run on Friday July 23, 1976. [1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Lasse Virén
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Carlos Lopes
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Brendan Foster
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record27:30.8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Bedford London (GBR)July 13, 1973
Olympic Record27:38.35 Flag of Finland.svg Lasse Virén Munich (FRG)September 3, 1972

Results

Final

This 10,000-metre final started slowly, with Britain's Anthony Simmons leading at 1,000 metres in 2:52.95. Around 200 metres later, Belgium's Marc Smet accelerated briefly, but with little effect on the other 15 runners. However, before 2,000 metres there was some pushing in the tightly bunched field. As a result, Norway's Knut Boro injured one of his legs, and he was forced to drop out. The pace only improved slightly through 2,000 metres (5:44.08) and 3,000 metres (8:33.37). Around 3,300 metres, Portugal's Carlos Lopes took the lead for the first time, but he was shortly thereafter passed by Simmons. Gradually Australia's David Fitzimons, who had exhausted himself in his qualifying heat, started to lose contact with the lead group. Lopes led the field at 4,000 metres in 11:22.82. During the fifth kilometre, he slowly accelerated the pace by over 3 seconds. At 5,000 metres, Lopes's time was 14:08.94. By 6,000 metres (16:52.29), several runners had already dropped from the lead group: The Netherlands' Jos Hermens, Belgium's Karel Lismont and Emiel Puttemans, France's Jean-Paul Gomez, Australia's Christopher Wardlaw, the United States' Gary Bjorklund, and Britain's Bernard Ford. Shortly after 6,000 metres, also Spain's Mariano Haro and Britain's Simmons lost contact with the top runners. The next runner to drop from the lead group was Romania's Ilie Floroiu. At 6,800 metres, the discouraged Puttemans dropped out of the final. Lopes's exhausting pace continued through 7,000 metres (19:36.34), shortly after which Smet dropped from the top runners' group. Foster was the next runner to lose contact with Lopes, at 8,000 metres (22:20.19). Lopes and Viren lapped Fitzsimons at 8,600 metres, while Foster lapped the worn out Australian runner at 8,900 metres. Lopes led still at 9,000 metres (25:02.88), with Viren remaining close behind him. Around 9,550 metres, Viren at last moved out from the first lane's inner edge, in order to pass Lopes. The tenacious Portuguese runner could not accelerate his pace, and thus Viren easily and quickly broke away from him. The only suspense during the last lap involved the bronze medalist's identity. Despite his fatigue, Foster was able to run the last lap in 63-64 seconds, which was enough to hold off Simmons' strong final kick. (Hannus, Matti, The Montreal Olympic Book / Montrealin olympiakirja, Finland, 1976; Wunsche, Wolfgang, The Heroes of the Race Tracks (the Finnish edition, c. 1984-1985); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6NPfl8igr4 Lasse Viren, Montrealin 10000m (Finnish commentary); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFVKBK0eM24&t=19s Olympics - 1972 Munich & 1976 Montreal - Track - Mens 5K & 10K - FIN Lasse Virein imasportsphile (English commentary).)

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Finland.svg  Lasse Virén  (FIN)27:40.38
Med 2.png Flag of Portugal.svg  Carlos Lopes  (POR)27:45.17
Med 3.png Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brendan Foster  (GBR)27:54.92
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tony Simmons  (GBR)27:56.26
5.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)27:59.93
6.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Mariano Haro  (ESP)28:00.28
7.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marc Smet  (BEL)28:02.80
8.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bernie Ford  (GBR)28:17.78
9.Flag of France.svg  Jean-Paul Gomez  (FRA)28:24.07
10.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jos Hermens  (NED)28:25.04
11.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Karel Lismont  (BEL)28:26.48
12.Flag of Australia.svg  Chris Wardlaw  (AUS)28:29.91
13.Flag of the United States.svg  Garry Bjorklund  (USA)28:38.08
14.Flag of Australia.svg  David Fitzsimons  (AUS)29:17.74
Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Børø  (NOR)DNF
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Emiel Puttemans  (BEL)DNF

Qualifying Heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Portugal.svg  Carlos Lopes  (POR)28:04.53
2.Flag of France.svg  Jean-Paul Gomez  (FRA)28:10.52
3.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Mariano Haro  (ESP)28:11.66
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jos Hermens  (NED)28:16.07
5.Flag of Australia.svg  Dave Fitzsimons  (AUS)28:16.43
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bernie Ford  (GBR)28:17.26
7.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Karel Lismont  (BEL)28:17.45
8.Flag of Finland.svg  Martti Vainio  (FIN)28:26.60
9.Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Dušan Janićijević  (YUG)28:48.87
10.Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Mendoza  (USA)29:02.97
11.Flag of Colombia.svg  Víctor Mora  (COL)30:26.57
12.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Chris McCubbins  (CAN)33:33.35
13.Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Olmeus Charles  (HAI)42:00.11


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marc Smet  (BEL)28:22.07
2.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brendan Foster  (GBR)28:22.19
3.Flag of Norway.svg  Knut Børø  (NOR)28:23.07
4.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)28:23.40
5.Flag of Italy.svg  Franco Fava  (ITA)28:24.80
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Craig Virgin  (USA)28:30.22
7.Flag of Chile.svg  Edmundo Warnke  (CHI)28:43.63
8.Flag of India.svg  Hari Chand  (IND)28:48.72
9.Flag of Ireland.svg  Eddie Leddy  (IRL)28:55.49
10.Flag of Colombia.svg  Domingo Tibaduiza  (COL)29:28.17
11.Flag of Mexico.svg  Rodolfo Gómez  (MEX)30:05.19
12.Flag of France.svg  Pierre Lévisse  (FRA)30:07.84
13.Flag of Finland.svg  Pekka Päivärinta  (FIN)DNF
14.Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Raja Faradj Al-Shalawi  (KSA)DNF


RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tony Simmons  (GBR)28:01.82
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Garry Bjorklund  (USA)28:12.24
3.Flag of Finland.svg  Lasse Virén  (FIN)28:14.95
4.Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Emiel Puttemans  (BEL)28:15.52
5.Flag of Australia.svg  Chris Wardlaw  (AUS)28:17.52
6.Flag of Germany.svg  Detlef Uhlemann  (FRG)28:29.28
7.Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Toshiaki Kamata  (JPN)28:36.21
8.Flag of Mexico.svg  Luis Hernández  (MEX)28:44.17
9.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Dick Quax  (NZL)28:56.92
10.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dan Shaughnessy  (CAN)29:26.96
11.Flag of France.svg  Lucien Rault  (FRA)29:40.76
12.Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  José Luis Ruiz  (ESP)31:03.43
13.State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Hossein Rabbi  (IRI)31:44.27
14.Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Tau John Tokwepota  (PNG)32:26.96

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2017.