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

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.^[1]

Men's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 8, 1960
Winning time	28:32.18 OR
Medalists
Pyotr Bolotnikov  Soviet Union Hans Grodotzki  United Team of Germany Dave Power  Australia
← 1956 1964 →

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	Yevgeny 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	Canada	30:27.20
25	Carlos Pérez	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
-	Gebru Merawi	Ethiopia		DNF
-	Jaroslav Bohatý	Czechoslovakia		DNF
-	Allan Lawrence	Australia		DNF

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