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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Miruts Yifter
 Ethiopia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kaarlo Maaninka
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mohamed Kedir
 Ethiopia
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Medalists edit

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

Records edit

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 edit

Final edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit