The men's 10,000 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 August.
Medalists edit
| Gold | António Pinto Portugal
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| Silver | Dieter Baumann Germany
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| Bronze | Stéphane Franke Germany
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Results edit
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
António Pinto | Portugal |
27:48.62 | |
 |
Dieter Baumann | Germany |
27:56.75 | |
 |
Stéphane Franke | Germany |
27:59.90 | |
| 4 | Jon Brown |  Great Britain |
28:02.33 | |
| 5 | Bruno Toledo |  Spain |
28:15.17 | |
| 6 | Enrique Molina | Spain |
28:19.54 | |
| 7 | Rachid Berradi |  Italy |
28:22.31 | |
| 8 | Kamiel Maase |  Netherlands |
28:26.37 | |
| 9 | Carsten Jørgensen |  Denmark |
28:31.44 | |
| 10 | Róbert Štefko |  Slovakia |
28:31.59 | |
| 11 | Keith Cullen | Great Britain |
28:34.34 | |
| 12 | Simone Zanon | Italy |
28:43.23 | |
| 13 | Metin Sazak |  Turkey |
28:48.66 | |
| 14 | Paulo Guerra | Portugal |
28:52.66 | |
| 15 | Michael Thomas |  France |
29:01.96 | |
| 16 | Zoltán Káldy |  Hungary |
29:09.63 | SB |
| 17 | Stéphane Schweickhardt |  Switzerland |
29:18.42 | |
| 18 | Claes Nyberg |  Sweden |
29:28.88 | |
| 19 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland |
29:37.53 | |
| Julio Rey | Spain |
DNF | ||
| Jan Pešava |  Czech Republic |
DNF |