European Athletics Championships 1978 / 10,000 m men
12th European Athletics Championships | |
---|---|
discipline | Men's 10,000-meter run |
city |
Prague , Czechoslovakia today Czech Republic![]() ![]() |
Stadion | Evžena Rošického Stadium |
Attendees | 24 athletes from 14 countries |
Competition phase | 29th August |
Medalist | |
![]() |
Martti Vainio ( FIN )
![]() |
![]() |
Venanzio Ortis ( ITA )
![]() |
![]() |
Aleksandras Antipovas ( URS )
![]() |
The 10,000-meter race of the men at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was on August 29, 1978 at Stadium Evžena Rošického of Prague held.
The Finn Martti Vainio won . Second place went to Italian Venanzio Ortis , four days later European champion over 5000 meters . Bronze went to Aleksandras Antipovas from the USSR.
Records
Existing records
World record | 27: 22.5 min |
![]() |
Vienna , Austria | June 11, 1978 |
European record | 27: 30.8 min |
![]() |
London , UK | July 13, 1973 |
![]() |
23 Jun 1978 | |||
Championship record | 27: 52.78 min |
![]() |
EM Helsinki , Finland | August 10, 1971 |
Record improvement
European champion Martti Vainio improved the existing EM record by 21.79 seconds to 27: 30.99 minutes.
execution
As usual on the longest track, there was no preliminary round, all 24 participants started in a joint final.
final
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Atletiekinterland_Nederland%2C_Duitsland_B%2C_Belgie_op_Papendal_Jos_Hermens_%28rechts%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-3806.jpg/220px-Atletiekinterland_Nederland%2C_Duitsland_B%2C_Belgie_op_Papendal_Jos_Hermens_%28rechts%29%2C_Bestanddeelnr_927-3806.jpg)
Leon Schots (left) - eleventh over 5000 meters - came in twelfth place
August 29, 1978
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Martti Vainio |
![]() |
27: 30.99 CR / NR |
2 | Venanzio Ortis |
![]() |
27: 31.48 PB |
3 | Aleksandras Antipovas |
![]() |
27: 31.50 NO |
4th | Brendan Foster |
![]() |
27: 32.65 |
5 | Dave Black |
![]() |
27: 36.27 PB |
6th | Gerard Tebroke |
![]() |
27: 36.64 PB |
7th | Ilie Floroiu |
![]() |
27: 40.06 NO |
8th | Enn Sellik |
![]() |
27: 40.61 |
9 | Knut Kvalheim |
![]() |
27: 41.26 PB |
10 | Jerzy Kowol |
![]() |
27: 53.61 NO |
11 | John Treacy |
![]() |
28: 17.0 |
12 | Leon Schots |
![]() |
28: 19.6 SB |
13 | Catalin Andreica |
![]() |
28: 29.4 |
14th | Mike McLeod |
![]() |
28: 38.0 SB |
15th | Øyvind Dahl |
![]() |
28: 43.2 |
16 | Frank Grillaert |
![]() |
28: 43.5 |
17th | Ryszard Kopijasz |
![]() |
28: 44.2 |
18th | Karel Lismont |
![]() |
28: 49.2 SB |
19th | Waldemar Cierpinski |
![]() |
28: 58.9 SB |
20th | Karel Gaba |
![]() |
29: 56.3 |
DNF | Pierre Levisse |
![]() |
|
Detlef Uhlemann |
![]() |
||
Jos Hermens |
![]() |
||
Paul Copu |
![]() |
The 1976 Olympic champion Waldemar Cierpinski had to be content with nineteenth place here - in 1980 he won Olympic gold for the second time
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Prague 1978 from european-athletics.org, accessed July 29, 2019
- Men 10000m European Championship 1978 Prague on todor66.com, accessed July 29, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1978 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed July 29, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 10000m European Championship 1978 Praha, p. 429 (PDF, 13,363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on July 29, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1978, 10,000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
- 12th European Athletics Championships 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia from ifosta.de, accessed on July 29, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000m men , accessed July 29, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 10000 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on July 29, 2019