Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Men's 10,000 metres; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Lenin Stadium
Dates	July 24-27
Competitors	43 from 27 nations
Winning time	27:42.69
Medalists
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These are the official results of the men's 10,000 metres event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday July 27, 1980.^[1] The winning margin was 1.59 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Miruts Yifter Ethiopia	Kaarlo Maaninka Finland	Mohamed Kedir Ethiopia

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics.

World Record	27:22.4	Henry Rono	Vienna (AUT)	June 11, 1978
Olympic Record	27:38.35	Lasse Virén	Munich (FRG)	September 3, 1972

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	27:42.69
	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	27:44.28
	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)	27:44.64
4.	Tolossa Kotu (ETH)	27:46.47
5.	Lasse Virén (FIN)	27:50.46
6.	Jörg Peter (GDR)	28:05.53
7.	Werner Schildhauer (GDR)	28:10.91
8.	Enn Sellik (URS)	28:13.72
9.	Bill Scott (AUS)	28:15.08
10.	Ilie Floroiu (ROU)	28:16.25
11.	Brendan Foster (GBR)	28:22.54
12.	Mike McLeod (GBR)	28:40.78
13.	Martti Vainio (FIN)	28:46.22
14.	Gerard Tebroke (NED)	28:50.08
—	Antonio Prieto (ESP)	DNF

Qualifying Heats

Held on Thursday 24 July 1980

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mohamed Kedir (ETH)	28:16.38
2.	Kaarlo Maaninka (FIN)	28:30.96
3.	Werner Schildhauer (GDR)	28:32.08
4.	Lasse Virén (FIN)	28:45.72
5.	Stephen Austin (AUS)	29:45.2
6.	Alex Hagelsteens (BEL)	29:47.6
7.	Geoff Smith (GBR)	30:00.1
8.	Abdelmadjid Mada (ALG)	30:23.5
9.	Akel Hamdan (SYR)	31:21.9
10.	Motlalepula Thabana (LES)	34:01.5
—	John Treacy (IRL)	DNF
—	Zakariah Barie (TAN)	DNF
—	Aleksandras Antipovas (URS)	DNF
—	Bernardo Manuel (ANG)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Miruts Yifter (ETH)	28:41.68
2.	Jörg Peter (GDR)	28:49.96
3.	Brendan Foster (GBR)	28:55.15
4.	Enn Sellik (URS)	29:12.1
5.	Antonio Prieto (ESP)	29:12.8
6.	Rachid Habchaoui (ALG)	29:12.9
7.	Enrique Aquino (MEX)	29:21.3
8.	José Gómez (MEX)	29:53.6
9.	Damiano Musonda (ZAM)	29:53.6
10.	Kenias Tembo (ZIM)	30:53.8
11.	Jules Randrianari (MAD)	31:18.4
—	Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)	DNF
—	Gerard Barrett (AUS)	DNS
—	Suleiman Nyambui (TAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Tolossa Kotu (ETH)	28:55.26
2.	Mike McLeod (GBR)	28:57.27
3.	Bill Scott (AUS)	28:58.70
4.	Martti Vainio (FIN)	28:59.81
5.	Ilie Floroiu (ROU)	29:03.1
6.	Gerard Tebroke (NED)	29:05.0
7.	Jiri Sikora (TCH)	29:19.8
8.	Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)	29:25.7
9.	Volodymyr Shesterov (URS)	29:32.4
10.	Hari Chand (IND)	29:45.8
11.	Leodigard Martin (TAN)	30:33.4
12.	Golekane Mosveu (BOT)	30:38.8
13.	Nara Bahadur Dahal (NEP)	31:19.8
—	Dias Alface (MOZ)	DNF
—	Markus Ryffel (SUI)	DNF