European Athletics Championships 2014 / 10,000 m men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	10,000 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	13 August
Medalist Mohamed Farah ( GBR )   Andrew Vernon ( GBR )   Ali Kaya ( TUR )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 10,000-meter race of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on 13 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

In this competition, the British runners recorded a double victory. European champion was the dominant long-distance runner of those years Mohamed Farah . He was the double European champion in 2010 ( 5000 / 10,000 meters ), double Olympic champion in 2012 (5000 / 10,000 meters), world champion in 2011 over 5000 meters and double world champion in 2013 (5000 / 10,000 meters). Four days later, Mo Farah also won the 5000 meter run here. Silver went to Andrew Vernon . Vernon also won a second medal with bronze over 5000 meters. Third place went to the Turk Ali Kaya .

Existing records

World record	26: 17.53 min	Kenenisa Bekele	Brussels , Belgium	August 3, 2005
European record	26: 46.47 min	Mo Farah	Eugene , USA	June 3, 2011
Championship record	27: 30.99 min	Martti Vainio	EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	August 29, 1978

The European Championship record, which has existed since 1978 , was not even remotely achieved at these European championships.

doping

In this competition two athletes were found violating the doping regulations. The results you achieved here were subsequently canceled.

• The Turk Mehmet Akkoyun , who had given up the race, was found to have deviations in his biological passport . All of his results from August 11, 2014 onwards have been deleted. He received a four-year ban until February 7, 2021.
• The Swede Adil Bouafif , who did not finish the race, tested positive for illegal substances. All his results from August 12, 2014 onwards were revoked. He was given a two-year ban until September 22, 2016.

execution

As usual on the longest track, there was no preliminary round, all 24 participants started in a joint final.

final

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  A top group of seven runners is approaching the goal

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  Finish: Mo Farah wins ahead of Andrew Vernon (left) and Ali Kaya

August 13, 2014, 7:51 pm

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)
1	Mohamed Farah	Great Britain	28: 08.11
2	Andrew Vernon	Great Britain	28: 08.66
3	Ali Kaya	Turkey	28: 08.72
4th	Polat Kemboi Arıkan	Turkey	28:11.11
5	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	28: 13.61
6th	Daniele Meucci	Italy	28: 19.79
7th	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	28: 25.03
8th	Stefano La Rosa	Italy	28: 49.99
9	Sondre Nordstad Moen	Norway	28: 50.53
10	Yevgeny Rybakov	Russia	28: 53.48
11	Koen Naert	Belgium	29: 04.87
12	Ricardo Ribas	Portugal	29: 09.47
13	Mats Lunders	Belgium	29: 12.86
14th	Marius Øyre Vedvik	Norway	29: 42.10
15th	Abdi Hakin Ulad	Denmark	29: 50.67
16	Mikael Ekvall	Sweden	30: 04.93
17th	Haimro Alame	Israel	30: 04.95
18th	Girmaw Amare	Israel	30: 53.87
DNF	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine
	Yassine Mandour	France
	Manuel Ángel Penas	Spain
	Tom Wiggers	Netherlands
DOP	Mehmet Akkoyun	Turkey
	Adil Bouafif	Sweden

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  First title for Mo Farah at these European championships

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  Silver medalist Andrew Vernon

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  Bronze medalist Ali Kaya

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  Defending champion Polat Kemboi Arıkan here in fourth place

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  Bashir Abdi reached number five

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  Daniele Meucci came in sixth place

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  Obstacle specialist Bouabdellah Tahri - third in the 2006 European Championship and third in the 2009 World Championship - finished seventh

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  Stefano La Rosa - here at the head of a chasing group during the race - finished eighth

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  The ninth placed Sondre Nordstad Moen

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  Yevgeny Rybakov - tenth place

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  Koen Naert (right) - eleventh place
  Mats Lunders - thirteenth place

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  Koen Naert (right) - eleventh place
  Ricardo Ribas (center) - twelfth place
  Marius Øyre Vedvik - fourteenth place

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  Serhij Lebid - race not finished

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  Tom Wiggers - Race not finished

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  Doping sinner Adil Bouafif

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Men 10000m European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 800 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on February 3, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 3, 2020

Video

• Mo Farah wins 10000m European Champ Zurich 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on February 3, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000 m men , accessed February 3, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 10000 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 14 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 3, 2020
3. ↑ Global List Of Ineligible Persons at athleticsintegrity.org (English), (PDF, 458 kB), accessed on February 3, 2020
4. ↑ IAAF publishes details of 12 new doping sanctions on sportsintegrityinitiative.com, accessed on February 3, 2020