Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Lenin Stadium
Dates	July 24–27
Competitors	43 from 27 nations
Winning time	27:42.69
Medalists
Miruts Yifter   Ethiopia Kaarlo Maaninka   Finland Mohamed Kedir   Ethiopia
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These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday July 27, 1980. ^[1] The winning margin was 1.59 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Miruts Yifter   Ethiopia	Kaarlo Maaninka   Finland	Mohamed Kedir   Ethiopia

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record	27:22.4	Henry Rono	Vienna (AUT)	June 11, 1978
Olympic Record	27:38.35	Lasse Virén	Munich (FRG)	September 3, 1972

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Miruts Yifter  (ETH)	27:42.69
	Kaarlo Maaninka  (FIN)	27:44.28
	Mohamed Kedir  (ETH)	27:44.64
4.	Tolossa Kotu  (ETH)	27:46.47
5.	Lasse Virén  (FIN)	27:50.46
6.	Jörg Peter  (GDR)	28:05.53
7.	Werner Schildhauer  (GDR)	28:10.91
8.	Enn Sellik  (URS)	28:13.72
9.	Bill Scott  (AUS)	28:15.08
10.	Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)	28:16.25
11.	Brendan Foster  (GBR)	28:22.54
12.	Mike McLeod  (GBR)	28:40.78
13.	Martti Vainio  (FIN)	28:46.22
14.	Gerard Tebroke  (NED)	28:50.08
—	Antonio Prieto  (ESP)	DNF

Qualifying Heats

• Held on Thursday 24 July 1980

Heat 1

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mohamed Kedir  (ETH)	28:16.38
2.	Kaarlo Maaninka  (FIN)	28:30.96
3.	Werner Schildhauer  (GDR)	28:32.08
4.	Lasse Virén  (FIN)	28:45.72
5.	Stephen Austin  (AUS)	29:45.2
6.	Alex Hagelsteens  (BEL)	29:47.6
7.	Geoff Smith  (GBR)	30:00.1
8.	Abdelmadjid Mada  (ALG)	30:23.5
9.	Akel Hamdan  (SYR)	31:21.9
10.	Motlalepula Thabana  (LES)	34:01.5
—	John Treacy  (IRL)	DNF
—	Zakariah Barie  (TAN)	DNF
—	Aleksandras Antipovas  (URS)	DNF
—	Bernardo Manuel  (ANG)	DNS

Heat 2

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Miruts Yifter  (ETH)	28:41.68
2.	Jörg Peter  (GDR)	28:49.96
3.	Brendan Foster  (GBR)	28:55.15
4.	Enn Sellik  (URS)	29:12.1
5.	Antonio Prieto  (ESP)	29:12.8
6.	Rachid Habchaoui  (ALG)	29:12.9
7.	Enrique Aquino  (MEX)	29:21.3
8.	José Gómez  (MEX)	29:53.6
9.	Damiano Musonda  (ZAM)	29:53.6
10.	Kenias Tembo  (ZIM)	30:53.8
11.	Jules Randrianari  (MAD)	31:18.4
—	Domingo Tibaduiza  (COL)	DNF
—	Gerard Barrett  (AUS)	DNS
—	Suleiman Nyambui  (TAN)	DNS

Heat 3

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Tolossa Kotu  (ETH)	28:55.26
2.	Mike McLeod  (GBR)	28:57.27
3.	Bill Scott  (AUS)	28:58.70
4.	Martti Vainio  (FIN)	28:59.81
5.	Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)	29:03.1
6.	Gerard Tebroke  (NED)	29:05.0
7.	Jiri Sikora  (TCH)	29:19.8
8.	Rodolfo Gómez  (MEX)	29:25.7
9.	Volodymyr Shesterov  (URS)	29:32.4
10.	Hari Chand  (IND)	29:45.8
11.	Leodigard Martin  (TAN)	30:33.4
12.	Golekane Mosveu  (BOT)	30:38.8
13.	Nara Bahadur Dahal (NEP)	31:19.8
—	Dias Alface  (MOZ)	DNF
—	Markus Ryffel  (SUI)	DNF

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic Games 10000 metres (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 10000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 10000 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 10000 metres (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

External links

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