1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 10,000 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 29 August 1978.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Martti Vainio  Finland
Silver	Venanzio Ortis  Italy
Bronze	Aleksandras Antipovas  Soviet Union

Results[]

Final[]

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Martti Vainio	Finland	27:30.99	NR CR
	Venanzio Ortis	Italy	27:31.48
	Aleksandras Antipovas	Soviet Union	27:31.50	NR
4	Brendan Foster	Great Britain	27:32.65
5	Dave Black	Great Britain	27:36.27
6	Gerard Tebroke	Netherlands	27:36.64	NR
7	Ilie Floroiu	Romania	27:40.06	NR
8	Enn Sellik	Soviet Union	27:40.61
9	Knut Kvalheim	Norway	27:41.26
10		Poland	27:53.61	NR
11	John Treacy	Ireland	28:17.0
12	Léon Schots	Belgium	28:19.6
13		Romania	28:29.4
14	Mike McLeod	Great Britain	28:38.0
15	Øyvind Dahl	Norway	28:43.2
16		Belgium	28:43.5
17		Poland	28:44.2
18	Karel Lismont	Belgium	28:49.2
19	Waldemar Cierpinski	East Germany	28:58.9
20		Czechoslovakia	29:56.3
	Pierre Levisse	France	DNF
	Detlef Uhlemann	West Germany	DNF
	Jos Hermens	Netherlands	DNF
	Paul Copu	Romania	DNF

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References[]