Olympic Games 10,000 meters- 1972
Men's Final (03 Sep 1972)
  1  27:38.35   Lasse Viren (FIN)                 22 Jul 1949 
  2  27:39.58   Emile Puttemans (BEL)             08 Oct 1947 
  3  27:40.96   Miruts Yifter (ETH)               15 May 1944 
  4  27:48.14   Mariano Haro (ESP)                27 May 1940 
  5  27:51.32   Frank Shorter (USA)               31 Oct 1947 
  6  28:05.44   Dave Bedford (ENG)                30 Dec 1949 
  7  28:15.18   Danijel Korica (YUG)              10 Jun 1945 
  8  28:18.17   Abdelkader Zaddam (TUN)           29 Nov 1944 
  9  28:23.59   Josef Jansky (CZE)                24 Nov 1940 
 10  28:44.08   Juan Martinez (MEX)               01 Jan 1947 
 11  28:46.27   Pavel Andreyev (UKR)              01 Jan 1944 
 12  28:56.38   Javier Alvarez (ESP)              18 Dec 1943 
 13  29:02.87   Paul Mose (KEN)                   17 Jul 1949 
 14  29:10.15   Willy Polleunis (BEL)             27 Dec 1947 
       dnf      Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)            11 Feb 1938 

Men's Semi-Final #1  (31 Aug 1972)
  1  27:53.28   Emile Puttemans (BEL)             08 Oct 1947 Q
  2  27:53.64   Dave Bedford (ENG)                30 Dec 1949 Q
  3  28:08.58   Javier Alvarez (ESP)              18 Dec 1943 Q
  4  28:14.70   Abdelkader Zaddam (TUN)           29 Nov 1944 Q
  5  28:23.15   Josef Jansky (CZE)                24 Nov 1940 Q
  6  28:35.84   Anatoliy Bodrankov (BLR)          02 Apr 1941 
  7  28:36.08   Noel Tijou (FRA)                  12 Dec 1941 
  8  28:36.4    Werner Dössegger (SUI)            18 Feb 1938 
  9  28:45.4    Mamo Wolde (ETH)                  12 Jun 1932 
 10  29:24.8    Akio Usami (JPN)                  31 May 1943 
 11  29:35.0    Jeff Galloway (USA)               12 Jul 1945 
 12  30:19.6    Naftali Temu (KEN)                20 Apr 1945
 13  31:32.6    Esaie Fongang (CMR)               28 Aug 1943
 14  31:59.2    Pehind Suppiah (SIN)              10 Aug 1949
 15  32:31.8    Crispin Quispe (BOL)              13 May 1946  
 16  33:03.4    Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA)            05 Aug 1945
       dnf      Usaia Sotutu (FIJ)                20 Sep 1948 
       dnf      Günther Mielke (GER)              30 Nov 1942 

Men's Semi-Final #2  (31 Aug 1972)
  1  27:54.69   Mohamed Gammoudi (TUN)            11 Feb 1938 Q
  2  27:55.89   Mariano Haro (ESP)                27 May 1940 Q
  3  27:58.23   Frank Shorter (CO/USA)            31 Oct 1947 Q
  4  28:04.41   Lasse Viren (FIN)                 22 Jul 1949 Q
  5  28:18.74   Paul Mose (KEN)                   17 Jul 1949 Q
  6  28:24.64   Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)        10 Jul 1943 
  7  28:28.02   Wohib Masresha (ETH)              19 Apr 1946 
  8  28:35.8    Pedro Miranda (MEX)               02 Jan 1948 
  9  28:41.8    Karel Lismont (BEL)               08 Mar 1949 
 10  28:45.8    Neil Cusack (IRL)                 30 Dec 1951 
 11  28:46.8    David John Holt (ENG)             18 May 1944 
 12  29:29.0    Keisuke Sawaki (JPN)              08 Dec 1943 
 13  29:36.6    Juan Rafael Angel Perez (CRC)     03 Jul 1946
 14  30:08.4    Julio Quevedo Elias (GUA)         17 Oct 1939
 15  30:19.2    Abdelhamid Khamis (EGY)           05 Aug 1944 
 16  30:20.2    Lucien Rosa (SRI)                 11 Feb 1944 
       dnf      Richard Mabuza (SWZ)              03 Mar 1946 

Men's Semi-Final #3  (31 Aug 1972)
  1  28:18.11   Miruts Yifter (ETH)               15 May 1944 Q
  2  28:19.71   Willy Polleunis (BEL)             27 Dec 1947 Q
  3  28:20.97   Pavel Andreyev (UKR)              01 Jan 1944 Q
  4  28:22.24   Danijel Korica (YUG)              10 Jun 1945 Q
  5  28:23.14   Juan Martinez (MEX)               01 Jan 1947 Q
  6  28:31.33   Lachie Stewart (SCO)              22 Jun 1943 
  7  28:31.74   Arne Risa (NOR)                   05 May 1944 
  8   28:34.2   Jon Peter Anderson (USA)          12 Oct 1949 
  9   28:53.6   Carlos Lopes (POR)                18 Feb 1947 
 10   29:05.8   Albrecht Moser (SUI)              28 Jan 1945 
 11   29:13.0   Richard Juma (KEN)                19 Jul 1945 
 12   29:24.0   Domingo Tibaduiza (COL)           22 Nov 1950 
 13   29:32.8   Shag Musa Medani (SUD)            17 Oct 1948
 14   29:37.8   Manfred Letzerich (GER)           15 Aug 1942
 15   29:51.8   Hikmet Sen (TUR)                  15 Jul 1944 
        dnf     Anilus Joseph (HAI)               20 Jan 1945
        dnf     Gavin Thorley (NZL)               11 Jun 1947 

Q => qualified on place

Last Updated on 14 May 2002

Contributor: Tomas Magnusson