The men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 30 June.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Polat Kemboi Arıkan Turkey
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| Silver | Daniele Meucci Italy
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| Bronze | Yevgeniy Rybakov Russia
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Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
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26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| European record |  Mo Farah (GBR)
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26:46.57 | Eugene, United States | 3 June 2011 |
| Championship record |  Martti Vainio (FIN)
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27:30.99 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 29 August 1978 |
| World Leading |  Wilson Kiprop (KEN)
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27:01.98 | Eugene, United States | 1 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Daniele Meucci (ITA)
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27:32.86 | Stanford, United States | 29 April 2012 |
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2012 | 21:00 | Final |
Results edit
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Turkey |
28:22.27 | |
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Daniele Meucci | Italy |
28:22.73 | |
 |
Yevgeniy Rybakov | Russia |
28:22.95 | SB |
| 4 | Bashir Abdi |  Belgium |
28:23.72 | |
| 5 | Carles Castillejo |  Spain |
28:24.51 | |
| 6 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain |
28:26.46 | |
| 7 | Khalid Choukoud |  Netherlands |
28:26.82 | PB |
| 8 | Rui Pedro Silva |  Portugal |
28:31.16 | SB |
| 9 | Keith Gerrard | Great Britain |
28:57.97 | |
| 10 | Manuel Ángel Penas | Spain |
29:02.01 | |
| 11 | Koen Naert | Belgium |
29:02.08 | |
| 12 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy |
29:02.53 | |
| 13 | Abdi Nageeye | Netherlands |
29:05.12 | |
| 14 | Adil Bouafif |  Sweden |
29:07.31 | |
| 15 | Mark Kenneally |  Ireland |
29:10.55 | |
| 16 | Mats Lunders | Belgium |
29:16.46 | |
| 17 | Denis Mayaud |  France |
29:16.83 | |
| 18 | Tasama Moogas |  Israel |
29:22.03 | |
| 19 | Ronald Schröer | Netherlands |
29:31.06 | |
| 20 | Roman Romanenko |  Ukraine |
29:32.57 | |
| 21 | David Rooney | Ireland |
29:57.82 | SB |
| 22 | Jarkko Järvenpää | Finland |
30:59.63 | |
| Mustafa Mohamed | Sweden |
DNF | ||
| Mykola Labovskyy | Ukraine |
DNF | ||
| Yousef El Kalai | Portugal |
DNF | ||
| José Rocha | Portugal |
DNF | Doping |