Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres
Final

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

Lasse Virén	Finland	27:38.35	WR

Emiel Puttemans	Belgium	27:39.35

Miruts Yifter	Ethiopia	27:40.96

4	Mariano Haro	Spain	27:48.14

5	Frank Shorter	United States	27:51.32

6	Dave Bedford	Great Britain	28:05.44

7	Dane Korica	Yugoslavia	28:15.18

8	Abdel Kader Zaddem	Tunisia	28:18.17

9	Josef Jánský	Czechoslovakia	28:23.59

10	Juan Martínez	Mexico	28:44.08

11	Pavlo Andreiev	Soviet Union	28:46.27

12	Javier Álvarez	Spain	28:56.38

13	Paul Mose	Kenya	29:02.87

14	Willy Polleunis	Belgium	29:10.15

15	Mohammed Gammoudi	Tunisia	DNF

Sentence(s)

Lasse Virén won the gold medal, beating runner-up Puttemans and setting a world record time of 27:38.35.

final_sentence: Lasse Virén won the gold medal, beating runner-up Puttemans and setting a world record time of 27:38.35.