Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Men's 10,000 metres
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	July 20 (final)
Competitors:	33
Nations:	21
Win Value:	29:17.0
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Emil Zátopek
Goldnoc:	TCH
Silver:	Alain Mimoun
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Aleksandr Anufriyev
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place July 20. The final was won by Emil Zátopek of Czechoslovakia.^[1] The winning margin was 15.8 seconds.

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
			29:17.0	OR
			29:32.8
			29:48.2
4			29:51.4
5			29:51.8
6			29:54.8
7			30:04.2
8			30:09.8
9			30:13.4
10			30:22.2
11			30:24.2
12			30:34.6
13			30:35.8
14			30:39.6
15			30:42.4
16			30:43.0
17			30:53.0
18			30:53.2
19			30:59.6
20			31:02.6
21			31:04.0
22			31:15.8
23			31:28.6
24			31:47.8
25			31:52.2
26			32:00.0
27			32:13.2
28			32:32.4
29			33:13.4
30			33:50.4
31			35:34.0
32			37:33.0
				DNF

Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Games: Men's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172915/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/mens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.