1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
# 1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.

## Medalists

| Gold | Manfred Kuschmann East Germany |
| - | - |
| Silver | Tony Simmons Great Britain |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Cindolo Italy |

## Results

### Final

2 September

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Manfred Kuschmann | East Germany | 28:25.75 |
| | Tony Simmons | Great Britain | 28:25.79 |
| | Giuseppe Cindolo | Italy | 28:27.05 |
| 4 | Bronisław Malinowski | Poland | 28:27.95 |
| 5 | Nikolay Puklakov | Soviet Union | 28:29.14 |
| 6 | Knut Børø | Norway | 28:29.19 |
| 7 | Lasse Virén | Finland | 28:29.23 |
| 8 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 28:36.00 |
| 9 | Dave Black | Great Britain | 28:36.6 |
| 10 | Bernie Ford | Great Britain | 28:37.4 |
| 11 | Karel Lismont | Belgium | 28:41.2 |
| 12 | Pierre Liardet | France | 28:42.8 |
| 13 | Stanislav Hoffman | Czechoslovakia | 28:44.4 |
| 14 | Ilie Floroiu | Romania | 28:51.8 |
| 15 | Henryk Nogala | Poland | 29:04.8 |
| 16 | Peter Suchán | Czechoslovakia | 29:06.0 |
| 17 | Arne Risa | Norway | 29:07.4 |
| 18 | Petar Svet | Yugoslavia | 29:08.4 |
| 19 | Pekka Päivärinta | Finland | 29:21.6 |
| 20 | Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 29:23.2 |
| 21 | Karl-Heinz Leiteritz | East Germany | 29:32.6 |
| 22 | Jos Hermens | Netherlands | 29:41.0 |
| 23 | Edward Łęgowski | Poland | 29:45.6 |
| 24 | Mihaíl Koúsis | Greece | 29:49.6 |
| | Valentin Zotov | Soviet Union | DNF |
| | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | DNF |
| | Franco Fava | Italy | DNF |
| | Marc Smet | Belgium | DNF |
| | Detlef Uhlemann | West Germany | DNF |
| | Carlos Lopes | Portugal | DNF |
| | Per Halle | Norway | DNF |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (3)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (3)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
