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.
Medalists Gold Juha Väätäinen Silver Jürgen Haase Bronze Rashid Sharafetdinov
Results Final 10 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Juha Väätäinen 27:52.78 CR NR Jürgen Haase 27:53.35 NR Rashid Sharafetdinov 27:56.26 NR 4 Danijel Korica 27:58.38 NR 5 Mariano Haro 27:59.33 NR 6 Dave Bedford 28:04.33 7 Mike Tagg 28:14.65 8 Seppo Tuominen 28:17.98 9 Manfred Letzerich 28:20.91 NR 10 Noël Tijou 28:21.65 11 Werner Dossegger 28:22.88 NR 12 Lucien Rault 28:23.11 13 Jack Lane 28:24.01 14 Arne Risa 28:24.41 NR 15 Joachim Krebs 28:26.67 16 Karel Lismont 28:31.17 17 Lasse Virén 28:33.12 18 Nikolay Sviridov 28:41.09 19 Josef Jánský 28:43.08 NR 20 René Jourdan 28:46.08 21 Donald Walsh 28:52.60 NR 22 Edward Mleczko 28:55.73 23 Henryk Piotrowski 29:01.68 24 Eckhard Lesse 29:02.53 25 Janos Szerenyi 29:03.93 26 Lajos Mecser 29:07.49 27 Giuseppe Cindolo 29:13.65 28 Jens Wollenberg 29:25.41 29 Per Halle 29:32.25 30 Josef Wirth 29:33.71 31 Egbert Nijstadt 29:48.08 32 Dieter Brand 29:59.29 33 Carlos Lopes 30:05.64 Gaston Roelants DNF Nedo Farčić DNF
Participation According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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