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10,000 metres, Men

Date	3 – 6 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	45 from 33 countries

The world record had been set in July 1984 by Portugal’s Fernando Mamede, but he fared poorly in major competition. The favorite was Italy’s Alberto Cova, who had won the 1983 World Championships and the 1982 European Championships. At both races, second place was taken by the GDR’s Werner Schildhauer but he was not in Los Angeles because of the Soviet-led boycott. At 5K, Britain’s Nick Rose took the lead and only Cova and Martti Vainio (FIN), the 1978 European Champion, could stay in touch. Vainio then opened up the pace, dropping Rose and he and Cova battled to the finish. With 200 metres to go, Cova unleashed his finishing sprint and won by almost 25 metres, running that 200 in 27.7. Five days later, Vainio was disqualified for testosterone use. Cova later admitted to blood doping, but that was not a banned practice in that era.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	498	Alberto Cova	ITA	28:26.10 (1 h2)	27:47.54 (1)	Gold
2	380	Mike McLeod	GBR	28:24.92 (5 h1)	28:06.22 (2)	Silver
3	590	Mike Musyoki	KEN	28:24.24 (3 h1)	28:06.46 (3)	Bronze
4	490	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28:22.57 (2 h1)	28:06.50 (4)
5	315	Christoph Herle	FRG	28:30.28 (4 h2)	28:08.21 (5)
6	575	Sosthenes Bitok	KEN	28:12.17 (1 h3)	28:09.01 (6)
7	558	Yutaka Kanai	JPN	28:14.67 (2 h3)	28:27.06 (7)
8	375	Steve Jones	GBR	28:15.22 (4 h3)	28:28.08 (8)
9	471	John Treacy	IRL	28:18.13 (5 h3)	28:28.68 (9)
10	778	Ahmed Musa Jouda	SUD	28:20.36 (7 h3)	28:29.43 (10)
11	967	Zephaniah Ncube	ZIM	28:28.53 (2 h2)	28:31.61 (11)
12	392	Nick Rose	GBR	28:31.13 (5 h2)	28:31.73 (12)
13	821	Zakariah Barie	TAN	28:15.18 (3 h3)	28:32.28 (13)
14	594	Joseph Nzau	KEN	28:28.71 (3 h2)	28:32.57 (14)
15	933	Pat Porter	USA	28:19.94 (6 h3)	28:34.59 (15)
16	564	Masanari Shintaku	JPN	28:24.30 (4 h1)	28:55.54 (16)
AC r2/2	724	Fernando Mamede	POR	28:21.87 (1 h1)	– (DNF)
6 h1 r1/2	637	José Gómez	MEX	28:28.50 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r1/2	827	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	28:42.92 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r1/2	158	Omar Aguilar	CHI	28:29.06 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	236	Antonio Prieto	ESP	28:57.78 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r1/2	145	Paul Williams	CAN	28:36.15 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	641	Martín Pitayo	MEX	28:59.19 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r1/2	945	Craig Virgin	USA	28:37.58 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	895	Paul Cummings	USA	29:09.82 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	514	Francesco Panetta	ITA	29:00.78 (8 h3)	–
10 h1 r1/2	106	José João da Silva	BRA	29:10.52 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	478	Arie Gamliel	ISR	29:31.32 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	200	Marios Kassianidis	CYP	29:06.08 (9 h3)	–
11 h1 r1/2	208	Luis Tipán	ECU	30:07.49 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	776	Mohiddin Mohamed Kulmiye	SOM	29:37.93 (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	191	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	29:07.19 (10 h3)	–
12 h1 r1/2	825	Ibrahim Juma	TAN	30:29.50 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	626	Matthews Kambale	MAW	30:47.73 (12 h2)	–
12 h3 r1/2	20	Julio Gómez	ARG	29:58.06 (11 h3)	–
13 h1 r1/2	554	Basil Kilani	JOR	30:43.54 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	195	Orlando Mora	CRC	30:49.43 (13 h2)	–
13 h3 r1/2	611	Frans Ntaole	LES	30:18.71 (12 h3)	–
14 h2 r1/2	674	Tau John Tokwepota	PNG	31:29.14 (14 h2)	–
14 h3 r1/2	759	Albert Marie	SEY	32:04.11 (13 h3)	–
AC h1 r1/2	977	Ruddy Cornielle	DOM	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h1 r1/2	713	Ramón López	PAR	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h2 r1/2	953	Ali Al-Ghadi	YAR	– (DNF h2)	–
AC h3 r1/2	861	Necdet Ayaz	TUR	– (DNF h3)	–
DQ	271	Martti Vainio	FIN	[28:19.25] (DQ h3)	[27:51.10] (DQ)		1

Round One (3 August 1984)

Top five in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (18:45)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	724	Fernando Mamede	POR	28:21.87	Q
2	490	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28:22.57	Q
3	590	Mike Musyoki	KEN	28:24.24	Q
4	564	Masanari Shintaku	JPN	28:24.30	Q	2
5	380	Mike McLeod	GBR	28:24.92	Q
6	637	José Gómez	MEX	28:28.50
7	158	Omar Aguilar	CHI	28:29.06
8	145	Paul Williams	CAN	28:36.15
9	945	Craig Virgin	USA	28:37.58
10	106	José João da Silva	BRA	29:10.52
11	208	Luis Tipán	ECU	30:07.49
12	825	Ibrahim Juma	TAN	30:29.50
13	554	Basil Kilani	JOR	30:43.54
DNF	713	Ramón López	PAR	–
DNF	977	Ruddy Cornielle	DOM	–

Heat Two (19:30)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	498	Alberto Cova	ITA	28:26.10	Q
2	967	Zephaniah Ncube	ZIM	28:28.53	Q
3	594	Joseph Nzau	KEN	28:28.71	Q
4	315	Christoph Herle	FRG	28:30.28	Q
5	392	Nick Rose	GBR	28:31.13	Q
6	827	Gidamis Shahanga	TAN	28:42.92
7	236	Antonio Prieto	ESP	28:57.78
8	641	Martín Pitayo	MEX	28:59.19
9	895	Paul Cummings	USA	29:09.82
10	478	Arie Gamliel	ISR	29:31.32
11	776	Mohiddin Mohamed Kulmiye	SOM	29:37.93
12	626	Matthews Kambale	MAW	30:47.73
13	195	Orlando Mora	CRC	30:49.43
14	674	Tau John Tokwepota	PNG	31:29.14
DNF	953	Ali Al-Ghadi	YAR	–

Heat Three (20:15)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	575	Sosthenes Bitok	KEN	28:12.17	Q
2	558	Yutaka Kanai	JPN	28:14.67	Q
3	821	Zakariah Barie	TAN	28:15.18	Q
4	375	Steve Jones	GBR	28:15.22	Q
5	471	John Treacy	IRL	28:18.13	Q
6	933	Pat Porter	USA	28:19.94	q
7	778	Ahmed Musa Jouda	SUD	28:20.36	q
8	514	Francesco Panetta	ITA	29:00.78
9	200	Marios Kassianidis	CYP	29:06.08
10	191	Domingo Tibaduiza	COL	29:07.19
11	20	Julio Gómez	ARG	29:58.06
12	611	Frans Ntaole	LES	30:18.71
13	759	Albert Marie	SEY	32:04.11
DNF	861	Necdet Ayaz	TUR	–
DQ	271	Martti Vainio	FIN	[28:19.25]	q DQ	3

Final (6 August 1984 — 19:30)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	498	Alberto Cova	ITA	27:47.54
2	380	Mike McLeod	GBR	28:06.22
3	590	Mike Musyoki	KEN	28:06.46
4	490	Salvatore Antibo	ITA	28:06.50
5	315	Christoph Herle	FRG	28:08.21
6	575	Sosthenes Bitok	KEN	28:09.01
7	558	Yutaka Kanai	JPN	28:27.06
8	375	Steve Jones	GBR	28:28.08
9	471	John Treacy	IRL	28:28.68
10	778	Ahmed Musa Jouda	SUD	28:29.43
11	967	Zephaniah Ncube	ZIM	28:31.61
12	392	Nick Rose	GBR	28:31.73
13	821	Zakariah Barie	TAN	28:32.28
14	594	Joseph Nzau	KEN	28:32.57
15	933	Pat Porter	USA	28:34.59
16	564	Masanari Shintaku	JPN	28:55.54	4
DNF	724	Fernando Mamede	POR	–
DQ	271	Martti Vainio	FIN	[27:51.10]	5

Splits

1000 m	2:53.0	Zakariah Barie
2000 m	5:48.5	Salvatore Antibo
3000 m	8:40.4	Mike Musyoki
4000 m	11:33.4	Alberto Cova
5000 m	14:19.9	John Treacy
6000 m	17:00.3	Martti Vainio
7000 m	19:41.1	Martti Vainio
8000 m	22:25.0	Martti Vainio
9000 m	25:11.3	Alberto Cova