Athletics — 10,000 metres, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 850
Total countries 119

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1912 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 13
1920 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 35 17
1924 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 32 15
1928 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 12
1932 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 16 11
1936 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 30 18
1948 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 27 15
1952 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 33 21
1956 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 25 15
1960 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 33 20
1964 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 23
1968 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 37 23
1972 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 52 34
1976 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 41 26
1980 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 40 26
1984 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 45 33
1988 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 52 35
1992 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 56 38
1996 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 46 29
2000 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 34 19
2004 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 24 14
2008 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 38 20
2012 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 29 18
2016 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 34 16
2020 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 25 15
2024 10,000 metres, Men Olympic 25 14

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1912 Hannes KolehmainenFIN Lewis TewanimaUSA Albin StenroosFIN
1920 Paavo NurmiFIN Joseph GuillemotFRA James WilsonGBR
1924 Ville RitolaFIN Edvin WideSWE Eero BergFIN
1928 Paavo NurmiFIN Ville RitolaFIN Edvin WideSWE
1932 Janusz KusocińskiPOL Volmari Iso-HolloFIN Lasse VirtanenFIN
1936 Ilmari SalminenFIN Arvo AskolaFIN Volmari Iso-HolloFIN
1948 Emil ZátopekTCH Alain MimounFRA Bertil AlbertssonSWE
1952 Emil ZátopekTCH Alain MimounFRA Aleksandr AnufriyevURS
1956 Vladimir KutsURS József KovácsHUN Al LawrenceAUS
1960 Pyotr BolotnikovURS Hans GrodotzkiGER Dave PowerAUS
1964 Billy MillsUSA Mohamad GammoudiTUN Ron ClarkeAUS
1968 Naftali TemuKEN Mamo WoldeETH Mohamad GammoudiTUN
1972 Lasse VirénFIN Miel PuttemansBEL Miruts YifterETH
1976 Lasse VirénFIN Carlos LopesPOR Brendan FosterGBR
1980 Miruts YifterETH Kaarlo MaaninkaFIN Mohamed KedirETH
1984 Alberto CovaITA Mike McLeodGBR Mike MusyokiKEN
1988 Brahim BoutayebMAR Salvatore AntiboITA Kipkemboi KimeliKEN
1992 Khalid SkahMAR Richard ChelimoKEN Addis AbebeETH
1996 Haile GebrselassieETH Paul TergatKEN Salah HissouMAR
2000 Haile GebrselassieETH Paul TergatKEN Assefa MezgebuETH
2004 Kenenisa BekeleETH Sileshi SihineETH Zersenay TadeseERI
2008 Kenenisa BekeleETH Sileshi SihineETH Micah KogoKEN
2012 Mo FarahGBR Galen RuppUSA Tariku BekeleETH
2016 Mo FarahGBR Paul TanuiKEN Tamirat TolaETH
2020 Selemon BaregaETH Joshua CheptegeiUGA Jacob KiplimoUGA
2024 Joshua CheptegeiUGA Berihu AregawiETH Grant FisherUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Finland FIN 7 4 4 15
Ethiopia ETH 6 4 6 16
Great Britain GBR 2 1 2 5
Morocco MAR 2 0 1 3
Soviet Union URS 2 0 1 3
Czechoslovakia TCH 2 0 0 2
Kenya KEN 1 4 3 8
United States USA 1 2 1 4
Uganda UGA 1 1 1 3
Italy ITA 1 1 0 2
Poland POL 1 0 0 1
France FRA 0 3 0 3
Sweden SWE 0 1 2 3
Tunisia TUN 0 1 1 2
Belgium BEL 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
Portugal POR 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 3 3
Eritrea ERI 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Haile Gebrselassie ETH 2 0 0 2
Paavo Nurmi FIN 2 0 0 2
Lasse Virén FIN 2 0 0 2
Emil Zátopek CZE
TCH
2 0 0 2
Kenenisa Bekele ETH 2 0 0 2
Mo Farah GBR 2 0 0 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Samir Moussaoui 16 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Bernardo Manuel DNS See all
Argentina ARG 1936 Summer Olympics Juan Carlos Zabala 6 See all
Australasia ANZ 1912 Summer Olympics George Hill AC h3 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Al Lawrence 3 Bronze See all
1960 Summer Olympics Dave Power 3 Bronze
1964 Summer Olympics Ron Clarke 3 Bronze
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Rudolf Wöber 15 See all
Bahrain BRN 2016 Summer Olympics Abraham Cheroben 10 See all
Belgium BEL 1972 Summer Olympics Miel Puttemans 2 Silver See all
Bohemia BOH 1912 Summer Olympics Vladimír Penc AC h1 r1/2 See all
Bolivia BOL 1988 Summer Olympics Policarpio Calizaya 18 h1 r1/2 See all
Botswana BOT 1980 Summer Olympics Golekane Mosweu 12 h3 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 1932 Summer Olympics Adalberto Cardoso 13 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Evgeni Ignatov 12 See all
Burundi BDI 1996 Summer Olympics Aloÿs Nizigama 4 See all
Cameroon CMR 1972 Summer Olympics Esaie Fongang 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1912 Summer Olympics Joe Keeper 4 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Moh Ahmed 4
Chad CHA 1988 Summer Olympics Ismael Yaya 19 h1 r1/2 See all
Chile CHI 1912 Summer Olympics Alfonso Sánchez 6 h2 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 1968 Summer Olympics Álvaro Mejía 10 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Rafael Pérez 30 See all
Cyprus CYP 1984 Summer Olympics Marios Kassianidis 10 h3 r1/2 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1948 Summer Olympics Emil Zátopek 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Emil Zátopek 1 Gold
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1988 Summer Olympics Kamana Koji AC h2 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1936 Summer Olympics Harry Siefert 10 See all
Djibouti DJI 1988 Summer Olympics Talal Omar Abdillahi 18 h2 r1/2 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Ruddy Cornielle AC h1 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Jörg Peter 6 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Hansjörg Kunze 6
Ecuador ECU 1988 Summer Olympics Rolando Vera 15 See all
Egypt EGY 1972 Summer Olympics Abdel Hamid Khamis 15 h2 r1/2 See all
Eritrea ERI 2004 Summer Olympics Zersenay Tadese 3 Bronze See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Jüri Lossman AC h1 r1/2 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1992 Summer Olympics Isaac Simelane 20 h2 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Miruts Yifter 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Haile Gebrselassie 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Haile Gebrselassie 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Kenenisa Bekele 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Selemon Barega 1 Gold
Fiji FIJ 1988 Summer Olympics Binesh Prasad 21 h2 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1912 Summer Olympics Hannes Kolehmainen 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Paavo Nurmi 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Ville Ritola 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Paavo Nurmi 1 Gold
1936 Summer Olympics Ilmari Salminen 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Lasse Virén 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Lasse Virén 1 Gold
France FRA 1920 Summer Olympics Joseph Guillemot 2 Silver See all
1948 Summer Olympics Alain Mimoun 2 Silver
1952 Summer Olympics Alain Mimoun 2 Silver
Germany GER 1960 Summer Olympics Hans Grodotzki 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 2012 Summer Olympics Mo Farah 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Mo Farah 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1920 Summer Olympics Alexandros Kranis 7 h3 r1/2 See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Luis Velásquez 31 See all
Guyana GUY 1960 Summer Olympics George De Peana DNS See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Olmeus Charles 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Honduras HON 1968 Summer Olympics Rodolfo Erazo DNF See all
Hungary HUN 1956 Summer Olympics József Kovács 2 Silver See all
Iceland ISL 1952 Summer Olympics Kristján Jóhannsson 26 See all
India IND 1976 Summer Olympics Hari Chand 8 h2 r1/2 See all
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Edward Nabunome 17 h1 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics John Treacy 9 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1976 Summer Olympics Hossein Rabbi 13 h3 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1984 Summer Olympics Arie Gamliel 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Alberto Cova 1 Gold See all
Japan JPN 1936 Summer Olympics Kohei Murakoso 4 See all
Jordan JOR 1984 Summer Olympics Basil Kilani 13 h1 r1/2 See all
Kenya KEN 1968 Summer Olympics Naftali Temu 1 Gold See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2012 Summer Olympics Moukheld Al-Outaibi 17 See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Artūrs Motmillers 10 See all
Lesotho LES 1980 Summer Olympics Michael Thabana 10 h1 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1952 Summer Olympics Paul Frieden DNS See all
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Jules Randrianarivelo 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Malawi MAW 1984 Summer Olympics Matthews Kambale 12 h2 r1/2 See all
Mauritania MTN 1992 Summer Olympics Sid'Ahmed Ould Mohamedou AC h1 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Juan Martínez 4 See all
Monaco MON 1928 Summer Olympics Robert Masino DNS See all
Morocco MAR 1988 Summer Olympics Brahim Boutayeb 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Khalid Skah 1 Gold
Mozambique MOZ 1980 Summer Olympics Dias Alface AC h3 r1/2 See all
Myanmar MYA 1956 Summer Olympics Myitung Naw DNF See all
Nepal NEP 1980 Summer Olympics Nara Bahadur Dahal 13 h3 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1988 Summer Olympics Marti ten Kate 9 See all
New Zealand NZL 1932 Summer Olympics Billy Savidan 4 See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Abdul Karim Daoud 21 h1 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Martin Stokken 4 See all
Pakistan PAK 1952 Summer Olympics Abdul Rashid 30 See all
Palestine PLE 1996 Summer Olympics Majed Abu Maraheel 21 h1 r1/2 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1976 Summer Olympics Tau John Tokwepota 14 h3 r1/2 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Tau John Tokwepota 14 h2 r1/2
1988 Summer Olympics Aaron Dupnai 20 h2 r1/2
Paraguay PAR 1984 Summer Olympics Ramón López AC h1 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1948 Summer Olympics Luo Wenao TNK See all
Peru PER 2016 Summer Olympics Luis Ostos 21 See all
Philippines PHI 1968 Summer Olympics Benjamin Silva-Netto 31 See all
Poland POL 1932 Summer Olympics Janusz Kusociński 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 1976 Summer Olympics Carlos Lopes 2 Silver See all
Qatar QAT 2008 Summer Olympics Ahmad Hassan Abdullah 8 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Lee Sang-Geun 16 h2 r1/2 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Cyprian Tseriwa 28 See all
Romania ROU 1976 Summer Olympics Ilie Floroiu 5 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Sergey Ivanov 30 See all
Rwanda RWA 1996 Summer Olympics Mathias Ntawulikura 8 See all
Serbia SRB 1912 Summer Olympics Dragutin Tomašević DNS See all
Seychelles SEY 1984 Summer Olympics Albert Marie 14 h3 r1/2 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1968 Summer Olympics Alifu Massaquoi DNF See all
Singapore SGP 1972 Summer Olympics P. C. Suppiah 14 h1 r1/2 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Róbert Štefko 14 h1 r1/2 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1988 Summer Olympics John Maeke 22 h2 r1/2 See all
Somalia SOM 1984 Summer Olympics Mohiddin Mohamed Kulmiye 11 h2 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2024 Summer Olympics Adriaan Wildschutt 10 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1952 Summer Olympics Trần Văn Lý 32 See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Vladimir Kuts 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Pyotr Bolotnikov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1972 Summer Olympics Mariano Haro 4 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1964 Summer Olympics Ranatunge Karunananda 29 See all
Sudan SUD 1984 Summer Olympics Ahmed Musa Jouda 10 See all
Sweden SWE 1924 Summer Olympics Edvin Wide 2 Silver See all
Switzerland SUI 1920 Summer Olympics Oscar Garin 9 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Akel Hamdan 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Thailand THA 2020 Summer Olympics Kieran Tuntivate 21 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1948 Summer Olympics Manny Ramjohn TNK See all
Tunisia TUN 1964 Summer Olympics Mohamad Gammoudi 2 Silver See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Polat Arıkan 9 See all
Uganda UGA 2024 Summer Olympics Joshua Cheptegei 1 Gold See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Mykola Labovskyi 26 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Oleg Strizhakov 12 h1 r1/2 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2008 Summer Olympics Fabiano Naasi 9 See all
United States USA 1964 Summer Olympics Billy Mills 1 Gold See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1992 Summer Olympics Marlon Williams 27 h2 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Christoph Herle 5 See all
Yemen YEM 1992 Summer Olympics Khalid Al-Estashi 26 h2 r1/2 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Dane Korica 7 See all
Zambia ZAM 1980 Summer Olympics Damiano Musonda 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1984 Summer Olympics Zephaniah Ncube 11 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2024 Summer Olympics Jamal Abdelmaji 18 See all