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

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Central Lenin Stadium
DatesJuly 24–27
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning time27:42.69
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Miruts Yifter
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Kaarlo Maaninka
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Mohamed Kedir
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
  1976
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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

GoldSilverBronze
Miruts Yifter
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia
Kaarlo Maaninka
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Mohamed Kedir
Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia

Records

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

World Record27:22.4 Flag of Kenya.svg Henry Rono Vienna (AUT)June 11, 1978
Olympic Record27:38.35 Flag of Finland.svg Lasse Virén Munich (FRG)September 3, 1972

Results

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)27:42.69
Med 2.png Flag of Finland.svg  Kaarlo Maaninka  (FIN)27:44.28
Med 3.png Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Mohamed Kedir  (ETH)27:44.64
4.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Tolossa Kotu  (ETH)27:46.47
5.Flag of Finland.svg  Lasse Virén  (FIN)27:50.46
6.Flag of East Germany.svg  Jörg Peter  (GDR)28:05.53
7.Flag of East Germany.svg  Werner Schildhauer  (GDR)28:10.91
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Enn Sellik  (URS)28:13.72
9.Olympic flag.svg  Bill Scott  (AUS)28:15.08
10.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)28:16.25
11.Olympic flag.svg  Brendan Foster  (GBR)28:22.54
12.Olympic flag.svg  Mike McLeod  (GBR)28:40.78
13.Flag of Finland.svg  Martti Vainio  (FIN)28:46.22
14.Olympic flag.svg  Gerard Tebroke  (NED)28:50.08
Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Antonio Prieto  (ESP)DNF

Qualifying Heats

Heat 1

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Mohamed Kedir  (ETH)28:16.38
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Kaarlo Maaninka  (FIN)28:30.96
3.Flag of East Germany.svg  Werner Schildhauer  (GDR)28:32.08
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Lasse Virén  (FIN)28:45.72
5.Olympic flag.svg  Stephen Austin  (AUS)29:45.2
6.Olympic flag.svg  Alex Hagelsteens  (BEL)29:47.6
7.Olympic flag.svg  Geoff Smith  (GBR)30:00.1
8.Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmadjid Mada  (ALG)30:23.5
9.Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Akel Hamdan  (SYR)31:21.9
10.Flag of Lesotho (1966-1987).svg  Motlalepula Thabana  (LES)34:01.5
Olympic flag.svg  John Treacy  (IRL)DNF
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Zakariah Barie  (TAN)DNF
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksandras Antipovas  (URS)DNF
Flag of Angola.svg  Bernardo Manuel  (ANG)DNS

Heat 2

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Miruts Yifter  (ETH)28:41.68
2.Flag of East Germany.svg  Jörg Peter  (GDR)28:49.96
3.Olympic flag.svg  Brendan Foster  (GBR)28:55.15
4.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Enn Sellik  (URS)29:12.1
5.Spain Olympic Flag 1980.svg  Antonio Prieto  (ESP)29:12.8
6.Flag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Habchaoui  (ALG)29:12.9
7.Flag of Mexico.svg  Enrique Aquino  (MEX)29:21.3
8.Flag of Mexico.svg  José Gómez  (MEX)29:53.6
9.Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Damiano Musonda  (ZAM)29:53.6
10.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Kenias Tembo  (ZIM)30:53.8
11.Flag of Madagascar.svg  Jules Randrianari  (MAD)31:18.4
Flag of Colombia.svg  Domingo Tibaduiza  (COL)DNF
Olympic flag.svg  Gerard Barrett  (AUS)DNS
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Suleiman Nyambui  (TAN)DNS

Heat 3

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Tolossa Kotu  (ETH)28:55.26
2.Olympic flag.svg  Mike McLeod  (GBR)28:57.27
3.Olympic flag.svg  Bill Scott  (AUS)28:58.70
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Martti Vainio  (FIN)28:59.81
5.Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Ilie Floroiu  (ROU)29:03.1
6.Olympic flag.svg  Gerard Tebroke  (NED)29:05.0
7.Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jiri Sikora  (TCH)29:19.8
8.Flag of Mexico.svg  Rodolfo Gómez  (MEX)29:25.7
9.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Volodymyr Shesterov  (URS)29:32.4
10.Flag of India.svg  Hari Chand  (IND)29:45.8
11.Flag of Tanzania.svg  Leodigard Martin  (TAN)30:33.4
12.Flag of Botswana.svg  Golekane Mosveu  (BOT)30:38.8
13.Flag of Nepal.svg Nara Bahadur Dahal (NEP)31:19.8
Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Dias Alface  (MOZ)DNF
Olympic flag.svg  Markus Ryffel  (SUI)DNF

See also

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.