Olympedia – 10,000 metres, Men

10,000 metres, Men

Date	8 September 1960 — 17:15
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	33 from 20 countries
Format	Final only.

Date

8 September 1960 — 17:15

Status

Olympic

Location

Stadio Olimpico, Roma

Participants

33 from 20 countries

Format

Final only.

There was no heavy favorite in 1960 in this event, although the 1958 European Champion, Poland’s Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak was likely a slight favorite, but he was by now more a steeplechaser and would win gold in that event in Roma. The 1958 Commonwealth Games champion, Dave Power of Australia, set the early pace. Only Soviets Pyotr Bolotnikov and Aleksey Desyatchikov and the GDR’s Hans Grodotzki could stay with him. Bolotnikov took a big lead on the penultimate lap and was never caught, winning by almost five seconds. Though it was his first major title, he would win the 1962 Europeans and set a world record in the event in October 1960 and broke that in 1962.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	–	Pyotr Bolotnikov	URS	28:32.2	28:32.18	Gold	OR
2	–	Hans Grodotzki	GER	28:37.0	28:37.22	Silver
3	–	Dave Power	AUS	28:38.2	28:37.65	Bronze
4	–	Aleksey Desyatchikov	URS	28:39.6	28:39.72
5	–	Murray Halberg	NZL	28:48.5	28:49.11
6	–	Max Truex	USA	28:50.2	28:50.34
7	–	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	POL	28:52.4	28:52.75
8	–	John Merriman	GBR	28:52.6	28:52.89
9	–	Martin Hyman	GBR	29:04.8	29:05.11
10	–	Gordon Pirie	GBR	29:15.2	29:15.49
11	–	Sándor Iharos	HUN	29:15.8	29:16.07
12	–	Gerhard Hönicke	GER	29:20.4	29:20.14
13	–	Robert Bogey	FRA	29:22.4	29:22.53
14	–	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	MAR	29:34.4	29:32.00			1
15	–	József Kovács	HUN	29:42.2	29:34.71			2
16	–	Yevgeny Zhukov	URS	29:50.2	29:42.20			3
17	–	Xaver Höger	GER	29:58.0	29:50.20			4
18	–	Stanisław Ożóg	POL	30:01.0	29:58.00			5
19	–	Arere Anentia	KEN	30:03.0	30:01.00			6
20	–	Constantin Grecescu	ROU	30:04.8	30:03.00			7
21	–	Simo Saloranta	FIN	30:12.4	30:04.80			8
22	–	Hamoud Ameur	FRA	30:25.4	30:12.40			9
23	–	Hamida Addèche	FRA	30:27.2	30:25.40			10
24	–	Doug Kyle	CAN	30:31.6	30:27.20			11
25	–	Carlos Pérez	ESP	30:35.8	30:31.60			12
26	–	Barry Magee	NZL	30:39.4	30:35.80			13
27	–	Franco Antonelli	ITA	30:47.4	30:39.40			14
28	–	Cyprian Tseriwa	ZIM	30:47.8	30:47.80
29	–	Fevzi Pakel	TUR	32:06.2	32:06.20
DNF	–	Kazimierz Zimny	POL	–	–
DNF	–	Gabrou Merawi	ETH	–	–
DNF	–	Jaroslav Bohatý	TCH	–	–
DNF	–	Al Lawrence	AUS	–	–
DNS	173	Kulwant Arora	IND	–	–
DNS	331	Ioannis Glezos	GRE	–	–
DNS	392	Song Sam	KOR	–	–
DNS	393	José Aceituno	CHI	–	–
DNS	240	Hedwig Leenaert	BEL	–	–
DNS	170	George De Peana	GUY	–	–
DNS	375	Katsuo Nishida	JPN	–	–
DNS	36	Myitung Naw	MYA	–	–
DNS	20	Linus Diaz	SRI	–	–
DNS	151	Miroslav Jurek	TCH	–	–
DNS	35	Nguyễn Văn Lý	VNM	–	–

Pos

Athlete

NOC

Time (H)

Time (A)

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Pyotr Bolotnikov

URS