Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 8
Medalists
Pyotr Bolotnikov  Soviet Union Hans Grodotzki  United Team of Germany Dave Power  Australia

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 10,000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 8. The event was held in a final only format.

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pyotr Bolotnikov	Soviet Union	28:32.18	OR
	Hans Grodotzki	United Team of Germany	28:37.22
	Dave Power	Australia	28:37.65
4	Aleksey Desyatchikov	Soviet Union	28:39.72
5	Murray Halberg	New Zealand	28:49.11
6	Max Truex	United States	28:50.34
7	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak	Poland	28:52.75
8	John Merriman	Great Britain	28:52.89
9	Martin Hyman	Great Britain	29:05.11
10	Gordon Pirie	Great Britain	29:15.49
11	Sándor Iharos	Hungary	29:16.07
12	Gerhard Hönicke	United Team of Germany	29:20.14
13	Robert Bogey	France	29:22.53
14	Rhadi Ben Abdesselam	Morocco	29:32.00
15	József Kovács II	Hungary	29:34.71
16	Yevgeni Zhukov	Soviet Union	29:42.20
17	Xaver Höger	United Team of Germany	29:50.20
18	Stanisław Ożóg	Poland	29:58.00
19	Arere Anentia	Kenya	30:01.00
20	Constantin Grecescu	Romania	30:03.00
21	Simo Saloranta	Finland	30:04.80
22	Hamoud Ameur	France	30:12.40
23	Hamida Addèche	France	30:25.40
24	Doug Kyle	23x15px Canada	30:27.20
25	Carlos Pérez	23x15px Spain	30:31.60
26	Barry Magee	New Zealand	30:35.80
27	Franco Antonelli	Italy	30:39.40
28	Cyprian Tseriwa	Rhodesia	30:47.80
29	Fevzi Pakel	Turkey	32:06.50
-	Kazimierz Zimny	Poland		DNF
-	Gabrou Merawi	23x15px Ethiopia		DNF
-	Jaroslav Bohatý	Czechoslovakia		DNF
-	Allan Lawrence	Australia		DNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics results: Men's 10000 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-08.