Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres

These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

in Moscow

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. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday July 27, 1980.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	27:22.4	Henry Rono Henry Rono Henry Rono is a Kenyan former athlete.-Biography:Rono was born in Nandi Hills, Kenya, into the Nandi tribe. He started running while at primary school. Starting in 1976 he attended the Washington State University, along with his compatriot Samson Kimobwa, who broke the 10,000 meter world record in...	Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... (AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... )	June 11, 1978
Olympic Record	27:38.35	Lasse Virén Lasse Virén Lasse Artturi Virén is a former Finnish long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics...	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	September 3, 1972

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		27:42.69
		27:44.28
		27:44.64
4.		27:46.47
5.		27:50.46
6.		28:05.53
7.		28:10.91
8.		28:13.72
9.		28:15.08
10.		28:16.25
11.		28:22.54
12.		28:40.78
13.		28:46.22
14.		28:50.08
—		DNF

Qualifying Heats

Held on Thursday 24 July 1980

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 28:16.38
2. 28:30.96
3. 28:32.08
4. 28:45.72
5. 29:45.2
6. 29:47.6
7. 30:00.1
8. 30:23.5
9. 31:21.9
10. 34:01.5
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF
— DNF

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		28:16.38
2.		28:30.96
3.		28:32.08
4.		28:45.72
5.		29:45.2
6.		29:47.6
7.		30:00.1
8.		30:23.5
9.		31:21.9
10.		34:01.5
—		DNF
—		DNF
—		DNF
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		28:55.26
2.		28:57.27
3.		28:58.70
4.		28:59.81
5.		29:03.1
6.		29:05.0
7.		29:19.8
8.		29:25.7
9.		29:32.4
10.		29:45.8
11.		30:33.4
12.		30:38.8
13.		31:19.8
—		DNF
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		28:41.68
2.		28:49.96
3.		28:55.15
4.		29:12.1
5.		29:12.8
6.		29:12.9
7.		29:21.3
8.		29:53.6
9.		29:53.6
10.		30:53.8
11.		31:18.4
—		DNF
—		DNF
—		DNF

Medalists

Records

Final

Qualifying Heats

See also