1982 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Men's 10,000 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 6 September 1982.^[1]

Gold	Alberto Cova  Italy
Silver	Werner Schildhauer  East Germany
Bronze	Martti Vainio  Finland

6 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alberto Cova	Italy	27:41.03
	Werner Schildhauer	East Germany	27:41.21
	Martti Vainio	Finland	27:42.51
4	Carlos Lopes	Portugal	27:47.95
5	Julian Goater	United Kingdom	28:10.98
6	Salvatore Antibo	Italy	28:21.07
7	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	28:22.94
8	Charles Spedding	United Kingdom	28:25.91
9	Thierry Watrice	France	28:39.44
10	Alex Hagelsteens	Belgium	28:40.90
11	Hans Segerfeldt	Sweden	28:42.83
12	Mats Erixon	Sweden	28:45.82
13	Keld Johnsen	Denmark	29:08.32
14	Antonio Prieto	Spain	29:09.29
15	Toomas Turb	Soviet Union	29:15.75
16	Roy Andersen	Norway	29:32.01
17	John Woods	Ireland	29:39.88
18	Marios Kasianidis	Greece	29:45.09

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• 1978 Men's European Championships 10,000 metres (Prague)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 10,000 metres (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 10,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 10,000 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 10,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 10,000 metres (Rome)

• Results