2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 July. Mo Farah won the gold medal.[1]

Medalists

Gold Mo Farah
Great Britain (GBR)
Silver Chris Thompson
Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze Daniele Meucci
Italy (ITA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
European record  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) 26:52.30 Brussels, Belgium 3 September 1999
Championship record  Martti Vainio (FIN) 27:30.99 Prague, Czechoslovakia 29 August 1978
World Leading  Chris Solinsky (USA) 26:59.60 Palo Alto, CA, United States 1 May 2010
European Leading  Mo Farah (GBR) 27:28.86 Marseille, France 5 June 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 July 201021:05Final

Results

Final

Mo Farah won his first major title at the championships.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Mo Farah Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)28:24.99
Chris Thompson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)28:27.33
Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA)28:27.33
4Ayad Lamdassem Spain (ESP)28:34.89
5Carles Castillejo Spain (ESP)28:49.69
6Christian Belz Switzerland (SUI)28:54.01
7Andrea Lalli Italy (ITA)29:05.20
8Youssef El Kalay Portugal (POR)29:07.61
9Christian Glatting Germany (GER)29:09.84
10Abdellatif Meftah France (FRA)29:14.74
11Marcin Chabowski Poland (POL)29:15.65
12Jan Fitschen Germany (GER)29:16.59
13Jussi Utriainen Finland (FIN)29:16.87
14Sondre Nordstad Moen Norway (NOR)29:19.63
15Filmon Ghirmai Germany (GER)29:28.31
16Stsiapan Rahautsou Belarus (BLR)29:40.19
17Matti Räsänen Finland (FIN)29:45.95
18Pavel Shapovalov Russia (RUS)29:50.02
19José Rocha Portugal (POR)29:50.41
20Moges Tesseme Israel (ISR)29:50.78
21Marius Ionescu Romania (ROM)30:21.76
22Kemal Koyuncu Turkey (TUR)30:28.83
Manuel Ángel Penas Spain (ESP)DNF
Monder Rizki Belgium (BEL)DNF
Michael Schmid Austria (AUT)DNF
Rui Pedro Silva Portugal (POR)DNF

References

  1. "Brit Farah wins 10,000m gold". BBC Sport. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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