<page_title> Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres </page_title> <section_title> Final </section_title> <table> <cell> Lasse Virén <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> 27:38.35 <col_header> Time </col_header> </cell> <cell> WR <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> <cell> Emiel Puttemans <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> </table>
Lasse Virén won the gold medal, beating runner-up Puttemans and setting a world record time of 27:38.35.