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10,000 meters

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 10,000m race from 1912 to the present.

Year  Time Record
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen, FIN 31:20.8 
1920 Paavo Nurmi, FIN 31:45.8  
1924 Ville Ritola, FIN 30:23.2 WR
1928 Paavo Nurmi, FIN 30:18.8OR
1932 Janusz Kusocinski, POL 30:11.4OR
1936 Ilmari Salminen, FIN 30:15.4 
1948 Emil Zátopek, CZE 29:59.6 OR
1952 Emil Zátopek, CZE 29:17.0 OR
1956 Vladimir Kuts, USSR 28:45.6 OR
1960 Pyotr Bolotnikov, USSR 28:32.2OR
1964 Billy Mills, USA 28:24.4 OR
1968 Naftali Temu, KEN 29:27.4  
1972 Lasse Viren, FIN 27:38.4 WR
1976 Lasse Viren, FIN 27:40.38  
1980 Miruts Yifter, ETH 27:42.7  
1984 Alberto Cova, ITA 27:47.54  
1988 Brahim Boutaib, MOR 27:21.46 OR
1992 Khalid Skah, MOR 27:46.70  
1996Haile Gebrselassie, ETH27:07.34OR
2000Haile Gebrselassie, ETH27:18.20 
2004 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH27:05.10OR
2008 Kenenisa Bekele, ETH 27:01.17 OR
2012 Mo Farah, GBR 27:30.42  

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