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

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
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
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Medalists

Gold	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia
Silver	József Kovács Hungary
Bronze	Frank Sando Great Britain

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	28:58.0	CR
	József Kovács	Hungary	29:25.8
	Frank Sando	Great Britain	29:27.6
4	Herbert Schade	West Germany	29:32.8
5	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	29:59.6
6	Peter Driver	Great Britain	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
	Béla Juhász	Hungary	DNF
	Jan Miecznikowski	Poland	DNF

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

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