2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 July. Mo Farah won the gold medal.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold   Mo Farah
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver   Chris Thompson
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze   Daniele Meucci
Italy (ITA)

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record   Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
European record   Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 26:52.30 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 1999
Championship record   Martti Vainio (FIN) 27:30.99 Prague, Czechoslovakia 29 August 1978
World Leading   Chris Solinsky (USA) 26:59.60 Palo Alto, CA, United States 1 May 2010
European Leading   Mo Farah (GBR) 27:28.86 Marseille, France 5 June 2010

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
27 July 2010 21:05 Final

Results edit

Final edit

 
Mo Farah won his first major title at the championships.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mo Farah   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 28:24.99
  Chris Thompson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 28:27.33
  Daniele Meucci   Italy (ITA) 28:27.33
4 Ayad Lamdassem   Spain (ESP) 28:34.89
5 Carles Castillejo   Spain (ESP) 28:49.69  
6 Christian Belz   Switzerland (SUI) 28:54.01  
7 Andrea Lalli   Italy (ITA) 29:05.20
8 Youssef El Kalay   Portugal (POR) 29:07.61
9 Christian Glatting   Germany (GER) 29:09.84
10 Abdellatif Meftah   France (FRA) 29:14.74
11 Marcin Chabowski   Poland (POL) 29:15.65
12 Jan Fitschen   Germany (GER) 29:16.59
13 Jussi Utriainen   Finland (FIN) 29:16.87
14 Sondre Nordstad Moen   Norway (NOR) 29:19.63
15 Filmon Ghirmai   Germany (GER) 29:28.31
16 Stsiapan Rahautsou   Belarus (BLR) 29:40.19
17 Matti Räsänen   Finland (FIN) 29:45.95
18 Pavel Shapovalov   Russia (RUS) 29:50.02
19 José Rocha   Portugal (POR) 29:50.41
20 Moges Tesseme   Israel (ISR) 29:50.78
21 Marius Ionescu   Romania (ROM) 30:21.76
22 Kemal Koyuncu   Turkey (TUR) 30:28.83
Manuel Ángel Penas   Spain (ESP) DNF
Monder Rizki   Belgium (BEL) DNF
Michael Schmid   Austria (AUT) DNF
Rui Pedro Silva   Portugal (POR) DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Brit Farah wins 10,000m gold". BBC Sport. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2013.