| Event: | Men's 10,000 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 August 1971.
| Gold | Juha Väätäinen | |
| Silver | Jürgen Haase | |
| Bronze | Rashid Sharafetdinov |
10 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 27:52.78 | CR NR | |||
| align=left | align=left | 27:53.35 | NR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 27:56.26 | NR | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 27:58.38 | NR | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 27:59.33 | NR | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:04.33 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 28:14.65 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 28:17.98 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 28:20.91 | NR | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:21.65 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 28:22.88 | NR | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 28:23.11 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 28:24.01 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:24.41 | NR | ||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | 28:26.67 | ||||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:31.17 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | | 28:33.12 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 28:41.09 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | 28:43.08 | NR | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | | 28:46.08 | |||
| 21 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:52.60 | NR | ||
| 22 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:55.73 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | | 29:01.68 | |||
| 24 | align=left | align=left | 29:02.53 | ||||
| 25 | align=left | align=left |  | 29:03.93 | |||
| 26 | align=left | align=left | | 29:07.49 | |||
| 27 | align=left | align=left |  | 29:13.65 | |||
| 28 | align=left | align=left | 29:25.41 | ||||
| 29 | align=left | align=left | | 29:32.25 | |||
| 30 | align=left | align=left | 29:33.71 | ||||
| 31 | align=left | align=left | 29:48.08 | ||||
| 32 | align=left | align=left | 29:59.29 | ||||
| 33 | align=left | align=left | 30:05.64 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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