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

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]

Men's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Lenin Stadium
DatesJuly 24-27
Competitors43 from 27 nations
Winning time27:42.69
Medalists
Miruts Yifter
 Ethiopia
Kaarlo Maaninka
 Finland
Mohamed Kedir
 Ethiopia
Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

See also

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Games: Men's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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