European Championships 10,000 meters

Dates/Venues (19 meetings)

Men	Women	Venue
08 Aug 2006	07 Aug 2006	Goteborg SWE
07 Aug 2002	06 Aug 2002	Munich GER
18 Aug 1998	19 Aug 1998	Budapest HUN
07 Aug 1994	13 Aug 1994	Helsinki FIN
27 Aug 1990	31 Aug 1990	Split CRO
26 Aug 1986	30 Aug 1986	Stuttgart GER
06 Sep1982		Athens GRE
29 Aug 1978		Prague CZE
02 Sep 1974		Rome ITA
10 Aug 1971		Helsinki FIN
16 Sep 1969		Athens GRE
30 Aug 1966		Budapest HUN
12 Sep1962		Belgrade YUG
19 Aug 1958		Stockholm SWE
25 Aug 1954		Bern SUI
23 Aug 1950		Brussels BEL
22 Aug 1946		Oslo NOR
05 Sep 1938		Paris FRA
09 Sep 1934		Turin ITA

Medalists

2006

G	28:10.94	Jan Fitschen (GER)	30:31.42	Inga Abitova (RUS)
S	28:12.06	Jose Manuel Martinez (ESP)	30:32.36	Susanne Wigene (NOR)
B	28:13.73	Juan Carlos delaOssa (ESP)	30:32.72	Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS)

2002

G	27:47.65	Jose Manuel Martinez (ESP)	30:01.09	Paula Radcliffe (ENG)
S	27:47.87	Dieter Baumann (GER)	30:47.59	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
B	27:48:29	Jose Rios (ESP)	31:04.00	Lyudmila Biktasheva (RUS)

1998

G	27:48.62	Antonio Pinto (POR)	31:29.33	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
S	27:56.75	Dieter Baumann (GER)	31:32.42	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
B	27:59.90	Stephane Franke (GER)	31:32.64	Lidia Simon (ROM)

1994

G	28:06.03	Abel Anton (ESP)	31:08.75	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
S	28:06.63	Vincent Rousseau (BEL)	31:32.82	Maria Conceiçao Ferreira (POR)
B	28:07.95	Stephane Franke (GER)	31:35.96	Daria Nauer (SUI)

1990

G	27:41.27	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	31:46.83	Elena Romanova (RUS)
S	28:04.04	Are Nakkim (NOR)	31:47.70	Kathrin Wessel (GER)
B	28:04.46	Stefano Mei (ITA)	31:51.68	Annette Sergent (FRA)

1986

G	27:56.79	Stefano Mei (ITA)	30:23.25	Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
S	27:57.93	Alberto Cova (ITA)	30:57.21	Olga Bondarenko (RUS)
B	28:00.25	Salvatore Antibo (ITA)	31:19.76	Ulrike Bruns (GER)

1982

G	27:41.03	Alberto Cova (ITA)
S	27:41.21	Werner Schildhauer (GER)
B	27:42.51	Martti Vainio (FIN)

1978

G	27:30.99	Martti Vainio (FIN)
S	27:31.48	Venanzio Ortis (ITA)
B	27:31.50	Aleksandras Antipovas (LTU)

1974

G	28:25.8	Manfred Kuschmann (GER)
S	28:25.8	Anthony Simmons (ENG)
B	28:27.2	Giuseppe Cindolo (ITA)

1971

G	27:52.78	Juha Vaatainen (FIN)
S	27:53.36	Jürgen Haase (GER)
B	27:56.25	Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)

1969

G	28:41.6	Jürgen Haase (GER)
S	28:43.2	Mike Tagg (ENG)
B	28:45.8	Nikolay Sviridov (RUS)

1966

G	28:26.0	Jürgen Haase (GER)
S	28:27.0	Lajos Mecser (HUN)
B	28:32.2	Leonid Mikitenko (RUS)

1962

G	28:54.0	Piotr Bolotnikov (RUS)
S	29:01.6	Friedrich Janke (GER)
B	29:02.0	Roy Fowler (ENG)

1958

G	28:56.0	Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak (POL)
S	28:58.6	Yevgeniy Zhukov (RUS)
B	29:02.2	Nikolay Pudov (RUS)

1954

G	28:58.0	Emil Zatopek (CZE)
S	29:25.8	Jozsef Kovacs (HUN)
B	29:27.6	Frank Sando (ENG)

1950

G	29:12.0	Emil Zatopek (CZE)
S	30:21.0	Alain Mimoun (FRA)
B	30:30.8	Väinö Koskela (FIN)

1946

G	29:52.0	Viljo Heino (FIN)
S	30:31.4	Helge Perala (FIN)
B	30:35.2	Andras Csaplar (HUN)

1938

G	30:52.4	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)
S	30:53.2	Giuseppe Beviacqua (ITA)
B	30:57.8	Max Syring (GER)

1934

G	31:02.6	Ilmari Salminen (FIN)
S	31:03.2	Arvo Askola (FIN)
B	31:27.4	Henry Nielsen (DEN)

Medal Count by Country

Men
       G   S   B   Score
GER    4   5   3     38
FIN    5   2   2     33
ITA    3   3   3     27
ESP    2   1   1     15
RUS    1   1   4     12
CZE    2   0   0     10
GBR    0   2   2      8
HUN    0   2   1      7
POL    1   0   0      5
POR    1   0   0      5
BEL    0   1   0      3
FRA    0   1   0      3
NOR    0   1   0      3
DEN    0   0   1      1
LTU    0   0   1      1

Women
       G   S   B   Score
RUS    2   1   2     13
POR    1   2   0     11
IRL    1   1   0      8
NOR    1   1   0      8
GBR    1   0   0      5
GER    0   1   1      4
FRA    0   0   1      1
ROM    0   0   1      1
SUI    0   0   1      1

scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men 
13  Jürgen Haase (GER)          G (1966) G (1969) S (1971)
10  Ilmari Salminen (FIN)       G (1934) G (1938)
10  Emil Zatopek (CZE)          G (1950) G (1954)
 8  Alberto Cova (ITA)          G (1982) S (1986)
 8  Jose Manuel Martinez (ESP)  G (2002) S (2006)
 6  Dieter Baumann (GER)        S (1998) S (2002)
 6  Martii Vainio (FIN)         G (1978) B (1982)
 6  Stefano Mei (ITA)           G (1986) B (1990)
 6  Salvatore Antibo (ITA)      B (1986) G (1990)
 2  Stephane Franke (GER)       B (1994) B (1998)

Women 
 8  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)      G (1994) S (1998)
 8  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)      G (1998) S (2002)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
No prize money has been awarded in these championships according to available information.

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2006    +0.1    -4.1
2002    -1.4    -3.2
1998    +1.3    +1.1
1994    -0.7    -2.1
1990    -0.2    -0.5
1986    -0.6    -3.7
1982    +1.6
1978    -1.2
1974    +1.5
1971    -1.0
1969    +0.0
1966    -0.4
1962    +0.2
1958    -1.3

Competitive Level (1990-date)

Year     Men   Women
2006     581     859
2002     718     921
1998     758     966
1994     812     912

Quality Performances

Men
<27:40       6
<28:00      29
<28:20      79
<28:40     137
<29:00     186
<29:20     226

Women
<30:30       2
<31:00      11
<31:30      17
<32:00      46
<32:30      76
<33:00     103
<33:30     125
<34:00     127
<34:30     131

Last Updated on 10 Aug 2006

Contributor: Paul Michiels