1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 16 September 1969.

Medalists

Gold	Jürgen Haase East Germany
Silver	Mike Tagg Great Britain
Bronze	Nikolay Sviridov Soviet Union

Results

Final

16 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jürgen Haase	East Germany	28:41.6
	Mike Tagg	Great Britain	28:43.2
	Nikolay Sviridov	Soviet Union	28:45.8
4	Drago Žuntar	Yugoslavia	28:46.0
5	Gaston Roelants	Belgium	28:49.8
6	Michael Freary	Great Britain	28:49.8
7	René Jourdan	France	28:57.0
8	Georgi Tikhov	Bulgaria	29:04.0
9	Noël Tijou	France	29:15.2
10	Danijel Korica	Yugoslavia	29:16.0
11	Giuseppe Cindolo	Italy	29:31.0
12	Henri Le Pape	France	29:41.2
13	Edward Łęgowski	Poland	29:41.6
14	Janos Szerenyi	Hungary	29:49.8
15	Dick Taylor	Great Britain	NT
16	Denes Simon	Hungary	NT

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• East Germany (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• Yugoslavia (2)