European Athletics Championships 1971 / 10,000 m men
| 10th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 10,000-meter run |
| city |
 Helsinki
|
| Stadion | Olympic Stadium |
| Attendees | 35 athletes from 18 countries |
| Competition phase | August 10 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Juha Väätäinen ( FIN )
|
 silver |
Jürgen Haase ( GDR )
 |
 bronze |
Raschid Sharafetdinov ( URS )
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The 10,000-meter race of the men at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was on August 10, 1971 at the Olympic Stadium of Helsinki held.
The Finn Juha Väätäinen won his first European Championship title, who also won the 5000 meter run four days later . Second place went to the two-time European champion from 1966 and 1969, Jürgen Haase from the GDR. Bronze went to the Soviet Vice European Champion of 1969 over 5000 meters Raschid Sharafetdinov.
Note on the times
At these European Championships, the times were officially given, as was customary in the past, in values rounded to tenths of a second. However, it is based on the electronic measurements, the exact hundredths of which are known and listed in the results lists of the sources. When it comes to the distances from the middle distances upwards, the differences to the values officially rounded to tenths of a second do not often play the decisive role as they do on the sprint courses . Therefore, only the exact times are listed in the following summary of results.
Records
Existing records
| World record | 27: 39.4 min |
 Ron Clarke
|
Oslo , Norway | July 14, 1965 |
| European record | 27: 47.0 min |
 David Bedford
|
Portsmouth UK | July 10, 1971 |
| European championship record | 28: 26.0 min |
Jürgen Haase
|
EM Budapest , Hungary | August 30, 1966 |
Record improvement
European champion Juha Väätäinen improved the existing EM record in the final on August 10th by - rounded - 33.2 seconds to 27: 52.78 minutes.
Due to the very high pace set by the European record holder David Bedford from the start, ten new national records were set in this race in addition to many personal bests.
execution
As usual on the longest track distance, there was no preliminary round, all 35 participants started in a joint final.
final
August 10, 1971, 8:45 p.m.
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Egbert Nijstadt - eliminated over 5000 meters in the preliminary run - was 31st in this final
Carlos Lopes - 1976 Olympic runner-up over 10,000 meters and 1984 Olympic marathon champion - finished 33rd
The vice European champion from 1969 in the marathon and Olympic champion from 1964 over 3000 meter obstacle Gaston Roelants did not finish in this race
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1971 from european-athletics.org, accessed June 21, 2019
- Men 10,000m European Championship 1971 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed June 21, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1971 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed June 21, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 10,000m European Championship 1971 Helsinki, p. 413 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on June 21, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1971, 10,000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on June 21, 2019
- 10th European Athletics Championships 1971 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on June 21, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000m men , accessed June 21, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 10000 m Men , p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on June 21, 2019 (Spanish / English)