Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 10000 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held on 31 August and 3 September. This event featured a qualifying round for the first time since the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The favorites in the event included Belgium’s Emiel Puttemans Great Britain’s Dave Bedford and Finland’s Lasse Virén.The men’s 10000 metres final was notable for Lasse Virén’s world record performance.
