1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia
Silver	József Kovács  Hungary
Bronze	Frank Sando  United Kingdom

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	28:58.0	CR
02 !	József Kovács	Hungary	29:25.8
03 !	Frank Sando	United Kingdom	29:27.6
4	Herbert Schade	West Germany	29:32.8
5	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	29:59.6
6	Peter Driver	United Kingdom	30:03.6
7	Øistein Saksvik	Norway	30:04.4
8	Aleksandr Anufriyev	Soviet Union	30:19.4
9	Thomas Nilsson	Sweden	30:22.4
10	Dimitar Vachkov	Bulgaria	30:25.2	NR
11	Emil Schudel	Switzerland	30:26.4	NR
12	Grigoriy Basalayev	Soviet Union	30:29.4
13	Stanisław Ożóg	Poland	30:37.2
14	Hannu Posti	Finland	30:39.4
15	Thyge Thøgersen	Denmark	30:53.4
16	Julio Silva	Portugal	30:59.0	NR
17	Rudolf Morgenthaler	Switzerland	31:10.4
18	Jiří Šantrůček	Czechoslovakia	31:11.2
19	Lucien Theys	Belgium	31:26.6
20	Mustafa Özcan	Turkey	31:42.4
21	Antonio Amorós	Spain	31:50.8
22	Béla Juhász	Hungary	DNF
23	Jan Miecznikowski	Poland	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References