Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 10,000 metres
# Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Men's 10,000 metres

The Men's 10,000m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 21 at 17:00.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Javier Peña Colombia | Daniel Chaves da Silva Brazil | Gilberto Silvestre Lopes Brazil |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games :

| World record | Kenenisa Bekele | Ethiopia | 26:17.53 | Brussels, Belgium | 26 August 2005 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Leading | Solonei da Silva | Brazil | 29:39.72 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26 February 2010 |
| South American record | Marilson dos Santos | Brazil | 27:28.12 | Neerpelt, Belgium | 2 June 2007 |
| South American U23 record | Rolando Vera | Ecuador | 28:20.24 | Roma, Italy | 29 August 1987 |

## Results

Results were published.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Javier Peña | Colombia | 30:04.78 |
| | Daniel Chaves da Silva | Brazil | 31:03.27 |
| | Gilberto Silvestre Lopes | Brazil | 31:22.33 |
| 4 | Carlos Aníbal Contreras | Ecuador | 32:59.42 |
| 5 | Wily Canchanya | Perú | 33:26.68 |
| – | Víctor Aravena | Chile | DNF |

Intermediate times:

| 1000m | 2:57.00 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| - | - | - |
| 2000m | 5:53.30 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 3000m | 8:47.66 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 4000m | 11:45.12 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 5000m | 14:45.76 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 6000m | 17:46.67 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 7000m | 20:50.96 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 8000m | 23:55.39 | Javier Peña (COL) |
| 9000m | 27:02.39 | Javier Peña (COL) |
