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| 2 | Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres - Final |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | - | Lasse Virén | Finland | 27:38.35 | WR |
| 5 | - | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 27:39.35 | - |
| 6 | - | Miruts Yifter | Ethiopia | 27:40.96 | - |
| 7 | 4 | Mariano Haro | Spain | 27:48.14 | - |
| 8 | 5 | Frank Shorter | United States | 27:51.32 | - |
| 9 | 6 | Dave Bedford | Great Britain | 28:05.44 | - |
| 10 | 7 | Dane Korica | Yugoslavia | 28:15.18 | - |
| 11 | 8 | Abdel Kader Zaddem | Tunisia | 28:18.17 | - |
| 12 | 9 | Josef Jánský | Czechoslovakia | 28:23.59 | - |
| 13 | 10 | Juan Martínez | Mexico | 28:44.08 | - |
| 14 | 11 | Pavlo Andreiev | Soviet Union | 28:46.27 | - |
| 15 | 12 | Javier Álvarez | Spain | 28:56.38 | - |
| 16 | 13 | Paul Mose | Kenya | 29:02.87 | - |
| 17 | 14 | Willy Polleunis | Belgium | 29:10.15 | - |
| 18 | 15 | Mohammed Gammoudi | Tunisia | DNF | - |

Question: Who were the first and second place winners of the Men's 10,000 meter race, and how fast was the first place winner?
Answer: Lasse Virén won the gold medal, beating runner-up Puttemans and setting a world record time of 27:38.35.