| Event: | Men's 10,000 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The men's 10,000 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 2 September 1974.
| Gold | Manfred Kuschmann | |
| Silver | Tony Simmons | |
| Bronze | Giuseppe Cindolo |
2 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 28:25.75 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 28:25.79 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 28:27.05 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:27.95 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 28:29.14 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:29.19 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:29.23 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:36.00 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | | 28:36.6 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 28:37.4 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:41.2 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:42.8 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 28:44.4 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 28:51.8 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 29:04.8 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 29:06.0 | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | | 29:07.4 | |||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 29:08.4 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | | 29:21.6 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 29:23.2 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left | 29:32.6 | ||||
| 22 | align=left | align=left | 29:41.0 | ||||
| 23 | align=left | align=left | | 29:45.6 | |||
| 24 | align=left | align=left | 29:49.6 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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