The men's 10,000 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 18 July.
| Gold | Selim Bayrak | |
| Silver | Andrea Lalli | |
| Bronze | Dmytro Lashyn |
18 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 29:47.15 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 29:49.80 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 30:08.44 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 30:30.46 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 30:37.77 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 30:47.10 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 31:00.73 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 31:03.94 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 31:13.26 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | | 31:33.63 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 31:37.87 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | | 32:08.19 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | 32:20.99 | ||||
| 14 | align=left | align=left |  | 32:37.03 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left | | 32:40.29 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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