2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 27 July. Mo Farah won the gold medal.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mo Farah Great Britain (GBR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Chris Thompson Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Daniele Meucci Italy (ITA) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) | 26:52.30 | Brussels, Belgium | 3 September 1999 |
| Championship record | Martti Vainio (FIN) | 27:30.99 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 29 August 1978 |
| World Leading | Chris Solinsky (USA) | 26:59.60 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 1 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Mo Farah (GBR) | 27:28.86 | Marseille, France | 5 June 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 27 July 2010 | 21:05 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mo Farah | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:24.99 |
| | Chris Thompson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 28:27.33 |
| | Daniele Meucci | Italy (ITA) | 28:27.33 |
| 4 | Ayad Lamdassem | Spain (ESP) | 28:34.89 |
| 5 | Carles Castillejo | Spain (ESP) | 28:49.69 |
| 6 | Christian Belz | Switzerland (SUI) | 28:54.01 |
| 7 | Andrea Lalli | Italy (ITA) | 29:05.20 |
| 8 | Youssef El Kalay | Portugal (POR) | 29:07.61 |
| 9 | Christian Glatting | Germany (GER) | 29:09.84 |
| 10 | Abdellatif Meftah | France (FRA) | 29:14.74 |
| 11 | Marcin Chabowski | Poland (POL) | 29:15.65 |
| 12 | Jan Fitschen | Germany (GER) | 29:16.59 |
| 13 | Jussi Utriainen | Finland (FIN) | 29:16.87 |
| 14 | Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway (NOR) | 29:19.63 |
| 15 | Filmon Ghirmai | Germany (GER) | 29:28.31 |
| 16 | Stsiapan Rahautsou | Belarus (BLR) | 29:40.19 |
| 17 | Matti Räsänen | Finland (FIN) | 29:45.95 |
| 18 | Pavel Shapovalov | Russia (RUS) | 29:50.02 |
| 19 | José Rocha | Portugal (POR) | 29:50.41 |
| 20 | Moges Tesseme | Israel (ISR) | 29:50.78 |
| 21 | Marius Ionescu | Romania (ROM) | 30:21.76 |
| 22 | Kemal Koyuncu | Turkey (TUR) | 30:28.83 |
| | Manuel Ángel Penas | Spain (ESP) | DNF |
| | Monder Rizki | Belgium (BEL) | DNF |
| | Michael Schmid | Austria (AUT) | DNF |
| | Rui Pedro Silva | Portugal (POR) | DNF |
