European Athletics Championships 1982 / 10,000 m men
| 13th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 10,000-meter run |
| city |
 Athens
|
| Stadion | Athens Olympic Stadium |
| Attendees | 18 athletes from 14 countries |
| Competition phase | September 6th |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Alberto Cova ( ITA )
 |
 silver |
Werner Schildhauer ( GDR )
 |
 bronze |
Martti Vainio ( FIN )
 |
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The men's 10,000-meter run at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held on September 6, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .
The European champion was the Italian Alberto Cova . He won ahead of GDR runner Werner Schildhauer , who five days later also came second over 5000 meters . Bronze went to the Finnish defending champion Martti Vainio .
Existing records
| World record | 27: 22.5 min |
 Henry Rono
|
Vienna , Austria | June 11, 1978 |
| European record | 27: 22.95 min |
 Fernando Mamede
|
Paris , France | July 9, 1982 |
| Championship record | 27: 30.99 min |
Martti Vainio
|
EM Prague , Czechoslovakia | August 29, 1978 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
execution
As usual on the longest track distance, there was no preliminary round, all eighteen participants started in a joint final.
final
September 6, 1982
| space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Cova |
Italy
|
27: 41.03 SB |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer |
GDR
|
27: 41.21 |
| 3 | Martti Vainio |
Finland
|
27: 42.51 SB |
| 4th | Carlos Lopes |
Portugal
|
27: 47.95 |
| 5 | Julian Goater |
 Great Britain
|
28: 10.98 |
| 6th | Salvatore Antibo |
Italy
|
28: 21.07 SB |
| 7th | Steve Jones |
Great Britain
|
28: 22.94 SB |
| 8th | Charlie Spedding |
Great Britain
|
28: 25.91 SB |
| 9 | Thierry Watrice |
 France
|
28: 39.44 SB |
| 10 | Alex Hagelsteens |
 Belgium
|
28: 40.90 |
| 11 | Hans Segerfeldt |
 Sweden
|
28: 42.83 |
| 12 | Mats Erixon |
Sweden
|
28: 45.82 |
| 13 | Keld Johnsen |
 Denmark
|
29: 08.32 |
| 14th | Antonio Prieto |
 Spain
|
29: 09.29 SB |
| 15th | Toomas Turb |
 Soviet Union
|
29: 15.75 |
| 16 | Roy Andersen |
 Norway
|
29: 32.01 SB |
| 17th | John Woods |
 Ireland
|
29: 39.88 SB |
| 18th | Marios Kassianidis |
Greece
|
29: 45.09 SB |
Silver medalist Werner Schildhauer also won silver over 5000 meters five days later - at the 1983 World Championships he was second in 5000 and 10,000 meters
The 1976 Olympic runner-up, Carlos Lopes, finished fourth - his greatest triumph was then his Olympic victory in the marathon in 1984
Steve Jones (here running a marathon) came in seventh place
Alex Hagelsteens (on the photo at a half marathon) came in tenth
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Athens 1982 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 18, 2019
- Men 10000m European Championship 1982 Athens on todor66.com, accessed August 18, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 18, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 10000m European Championship 1982 Athens, p. 437 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 18, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1982, 10,000 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 18, 2019
- 13th European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on August 18, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000m men , accessed August 18, 2019
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 10000 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on August 18, 2019