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. The winning margin was 1.59 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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Records

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

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

Results

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
File:Med 1.png	Template:FlagIOCathlete	27:42.69
File:Med 2.png	Template:FlagIOCathlete	27:44.28
File:Med 3.png	Template:FlagIOCathlete	27:44.64
4.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	27:46.47
5.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	27:50.46
6.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:05.53
7.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:10.91
8.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:13.72
9.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:15.08
10.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:16.25
11.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:22.54
12.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:40.78
13.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:46.22
14.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:50.08
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF

Qualifying Heats

• Held on Thursday 24 July 1980

Heat 1

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:16.38
2.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:30.96
3.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:32.08
4.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:45.72
5.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:45.2
6.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:47.6
7.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	30:00.1
8.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	30:23.5
9.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	31:21.9
10.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	34:01.5
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNS

Heat 2

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:41.68
2.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:49.96
3.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:55.15
4.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:12.1
5.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:12.8
6.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:12.9
7.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:21.3
8.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:53.6
9.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:53.6
10.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	30:53.8
11.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	31:18.4
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNS
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNS

Heat 3

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:55.26
2.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:57.27
3.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:58.70
4.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	28:59.81
5.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:03.1
6.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:05.0
7.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:19.8
8.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:25.7
9.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:32.4
10.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	29:45.8
11.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	30:33.4
12.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	30:38.8
13.	Template:FlagIOCathlete	31:19.8
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF
—	Template:FlagIOCathlete	DNF

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic Games 10000 metres (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 10000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic Games 10000 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 10000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 10000 metres (Rome)

External links

• Results