1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
| Men's 10,000 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 August 1971.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Juha Väätäinen Finland |
| Silver | Jürgen Haase East Germany |
| Bronze | Rashid Sharafetdinov Soviet Union |
Results
Final
10 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juha Väätäinen | Finland | 27:52.78 | CR NR | |
| Jürgen Haase | East Germany | 27:53.35 | NR | |
| Rashid Sharafetdinov | Soviet Union | 27:56.26 | NR | |
| 4 | Danijel Korica | Yugoslavia | 27:58.38 | NR |
| 5 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 27:59.33 | NR |
| 6 | Dave Bedford | Great Britain | 28:04.33 | |
| 7 | Mike Tagg | Great Britain | 28:14.65 | |
| 8 | Seppo Tuominen | Finland | 28:17.98 | |
| 9 | Manfred Letzerich | West Germany | 28:20.91 | NR |
| 10 | Noël Tijou | France | 28:21.65 | |
| 11 | Werner Dossegger | Switzerland | 28:22.88 | NR |
| 12 | Lucien Rault | France | 28:23.11 | |
| 13 | Jack Lane | Great Britain | 28:24.01 | |
| 14 | Arne Risa | Norway | 28:24.41 | NR |
| 15 | Joachim Krebs | East Germany | 28:26.67 | |
| 16 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 28:31.17 | |
| 17 | Lasse Virén | Finland | 28:33.12 | |
| 18 | Nikolay Sviridov | Soviet Union | 28:41.09 | |
| 19 | Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 28:43.08 | NR |
| 20 | René Jourdan | France | 28:46.08 | |
| 21 | Donald Walsh | Ireland | 28:52.60 | NR |
| 22 | Edward Mleczko | Poland | 28:55.73 | |
| 23 | Henryk Piotrowski | Poland | 29:01.68 | |
| 24 | Eckhard Lesse | East Germany | 29:02.53 | |
| 25 | Janos Szerenyi | Hungary | 29:03.93 | |
| 26 | Lajos Mecser | Hungary | 29:07.49 | |
| 27 | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | 29:13.65 | |
| 28 | Jens Wollenberg | West Germany | 29:25.41 | |
| 29 | Per Halle | Norway | 29:32.25 | |
| 30 | Josef Wirth | Switzerland | 29:33.71 | |
| 31 | Egbert Nijstadt | Netherlands | 29:48.08 | |
| 32 | Dieter Brand | West Germany | 29:59.29 | |
| 33 | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | 30:05.64 | |
| Gaston Roelants | Belgium | DNF | ||
| Nedo Farčić | Yugoslavia | DNF |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
- Belgium (2)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (3)
- Finland (3)
- France (3)
- Hungary (2)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (1)
- Netherlands (1)
- Norway (2)
- Poland (2)
- Portugal (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- Spain (1)
- Switzerland (2)
- Great Britain (3)
- West Germany (3)
- Yugoslavia (2)
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014