Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 10000 metres

The official results of the Men's 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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in Montreal

Montreal

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. The final was held on Monday July 26, 1976 after the qualifying heats were run on Friday July 23, 1976.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	27:30.8	David Bedford David Bedford (athlete) David Colin Bedford is an English former long distance runner, a colourful character whose career spanned the early 1970s. He is now race director of the London Marathon, and a representative for UK Athletics on the IAAF Road Running Committee.Bedford held the world record at 10,000m, improving it...	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... (GBR Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... )	July 13, 1973
Olympic Record	27:38.35	Lasse Virén Lasse Virén Lasse Artturi Virén is a former Finnish long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics...	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... (FRG West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... )	September 3, 1972

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		27:40.38
		27:45.17
		27:54.92
4.		27:56.26
5.		27:59.93
6.		28:00.28
7.		28:02.80
8.		28:17.78
9.		28:24.07
10.		28:25.04
11.		28:26.48
12.		28:29.91
13.		28:38.08
14.		29:17.74
—		DNF
—		DNF

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		28:04.53
2.		28:10.52
3.		28:11.66
4.		28:16.07
5.		28:16.43
6.		28:17.26
7.		28:17.45
8.		28:26.60
9.		28:48.87
10.		29:02.97
11.		30:26.57
12.		33:33.35
13.		42:00.11

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		28:22.07
2.		28:22.19
3.		28:23.07
4.		28:23.40
5.		28:24.80
6.		28:30.22
7.		28:43.63
8.		28:48.72
9.		28:55.49
10.		29:28.17
11.		30:05.19
12.		30:07.84
13.		DNF
14.		DNF

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		28:01.82
2.		28:12.24
3.		28:14.95
4.		28:15.52
5.		28:17.52
6.		28:29.28
7.		28:36.21
8.		28:44.17
9.		28:56.92
10.		29:26.96
11.		29:40.76
12.		31:03.43
13.		31:44.27
14.		32:26.96

Medalists

Records

Final

Qualifying Heats

See also