1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 23 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia
Silver	Alain Mimoun  France
Bronze	Väinö Koskela  Finland

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Emil Zátopek	Czechoslovakia	29:12.0	CR
02 !	Alain Mimoun	France	30:21.0
03 !	Väinö Koskela	Finland	30:30.8
4	Frank Aaron	United Kingdom	30:31.6	NR
5	Nikifor Popov	Soviet Union	30:34.4
6	Martin Stokken	Norway	30:44.8
7	Marcel Vandewattyne	Belgium	30:48.6
8	Osman Coşgül	Turkey	30:50.0
9	John Doms	Belgium	31:04.2
10	Đorđe Stefanović	Yugoslavia	31:20.0
11	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	31:29.2
12	Ernest Petitjean	France	32:04.4
13	Bertil Albertsson	Sweden	DNF
14	José Coll	Spain	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References