2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on 8 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Mo Farah (GBR) | 26:46.57 | Eugene, United States | 3 June 2011 |
| Championship record | Martti Vainio (FIN) | 27:30.99 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 29 August 1978 |
| World Leading | Mo Farah (GBR) | 26:53.71 | Eugene, United States | 27 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Mo Farah (GBR) | 26:53.71 | Eugene, United States | 27 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 8 July 2016 | 20:45 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Polat Kemboi Arikan | Turkey | 28:18.52 | |
| | Ali Kaya | Turkey | 28:21.42 | |
| | Antonio Abadía | Spain | 28:26.07 | |
| 4 | Dmytro Lashyn | Ukraine | 28:27.90 | PB |
| 5 | Dewi Griffiths | Great Britain | 28:28.55 | PB |
| 6 | Juan Antonio Pérez | Spain | 28:37.42 | |
| 7 | Daniel Mateo | Spain | 28:43.03 | PB |
| 8 | Soufiane Bouchikhi | Belgium | 29:03.74 | |
| 9 | Ahmed El Mazoury | Italy | 29:29.36 | |
| | Aimeru Alemya | Israel | DNF | |
| | Girmaw Amare | Israel | DQ | |
| | Andy Vernon | Great Britain | DNS | |
