The men's 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 on 27 July.

Medalists

Gold	Mo Farah Great Britain Great Britain at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nation was represented by 72 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain....  (GBR)
Silver	Chris Thompson Great Britain Great Britain at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nation was represented by 72 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain....  (GBR)
Bronze	Daniele Meucci Daniele Meucci Daniele Meucci is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running.... Italy Italy at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Italy will be represented by 73 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. It is the third most important team selection, after those of Munich 2002 and Göteborg 2006. The standard-bearer will be Antonietta Di Martino.- Participants :-Results:- References :*...  (ITA)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		26:17.53	Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	26 August 2005
European record		26:52.30	Brussels, Belgium	3 September 1999
Championship record		27:30.99	Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... , Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...	29 August 1978
World Leading		26:59.60	Palo Alto, CA California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1 May 2010
European Leading		27:28.86	Marseille Marseille Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	5 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 July 2010	21:05	Final

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	21	Mo Farah		28:24.99
	1	Chris Thompson		28:27.33
	17	Daniele Meucci Daniele Meucci Daniele Meucci is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running....		28:27.33
	15	Ayad Lamdassem Ayad Lamdassem Ayad Lamdassem is a Moroccan-born long distance runner who competes for Spain internationally.He first arrived in Spain in 2002 as part of the Moroccan contingent for the World University Cross Country Championships, which was being held in Santiago de Compostela that year...		28:34.89
	7	Carles Castillejo Carles Castillejo Carles Castillejo is an Spanish long distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		28:49.69
	6	Christian Belz Christian Belz Christian Belz is a Swiss long-distance runner. He was initially a steeplechaser and represented Switzerland in the event at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999 and 2001 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics. He broke the national record with a run of 8:22.24 in June 2001...		28:54.01
	26	Andrea Lalli Andrea Lalli Andrea Lalli is an Italian long distance runner.He started his career with medals at the European Cross Country Championships, taking the junior individual and team titles at the 2006 edition and then winning the under-23 title in 2008...		29:05.20
	22	Youssef El Kalay Youssef El Kalay Youssef El Kalay is a Moroccan-born long distance runner who competes for Portugal.El Kalai became a naturalised citizen of Portugal in 2009 and began to compete for his adopted country from 2010. At the Almond Blossom Cross Country in March 2010, he came second behind Kenyan Mark Bett and won the...		29:07.61
	3	Christian Glatting Christian Glatting Christian Glatting is a German long distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		29:09.84
10	2	Abdellatif Meftah Abdellatif Meftah Abdellatif Meftah is a French long distance runner.He ran for Morocco at the Pan Arab Games and won a gold medal in the half marathon for his home nation. Transferring his nationality, Meftah represented France at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finished in 40th place...		29:14.74
11	13	Marcin Chabowski		29:15.65
12	16	Jan Fitschen Jan Fitschen Jan Fitschen is a German long-distance runner, competing for TV Wattenscheid 01.At the 1999 Under 23 European Championships he finished fifth over the 5 000 m...		29:16.59
13	11	Jussi Utriainen		29:16.87
14	9	Sondre Nordstad Moen		29:19.63
15	10	Filmon Ghirmai Filmon Ghirmai Firmon Ghirmai is a German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		29:28.31
16	8	Stsiapan Rahautsou		29:40.19
17	14	Matti Räsänen		29:45.95
18	4	Pavel Shapovalov		29:50.02
19	23	José Rocha		29:50.41
20	24	Moges Tesseme		29:50.78
21	5	Marius Ionescu		30:21.76
22	20	Kemal Koyuncu Kemal Koyuncu Kemal Koyuncu is a Turkish middle and long-distance runner. He is a member of Fenerbahçe Athletics club in Istanbul.-Achievements:...		30:28.83

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Monder Rizki

Monder Rizki is a Belgian long-distance runner.At the 2006 European Athletics Championships Rizki finished eleventh in the 5000 metres and seventeenth in the 10,000 metres.-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:42.84 min...

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Rui Pedro Silva

Rui Pedro Silva is a Portuguese athlete specialized in middle and long distance running.- Reference :...

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