| Final | time | | 1. Vladimir Kuts |  URS | 28:45.6 | | 2. Jozsef Kovacs |  HUN | 28:52.4 | | 3. Allan Lawrence |  AUS | 28:53.6 | | 4. Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak |  POL | 29:05.0 | | 5. Kenneth Norris |  GBR | 29:21.6 | | 6. Ivan Chernyavskiy | URS | 29:31.6 | | 7. David. Power | AUS | 29.49:6 | | 8. Gordon Pirie | GBR | 30.00:6 | | 9. Herbert Schade |  GER | 30.00.6 | | 10.Frank Sando | GBR | 30.00:6 | | 11.Pavel Kantorek |  TCH | 30.00:6 | | 12.Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 30.18:0 | | 13.Walter Konrad | GER | | 14.Frans Herman |  BEL | | 15.Thyge Togersen |  DEN | | 16.Pyotr Bolotnikov | URS | | 17.Klaus Porbadnik | GER | | 18.Gordon Mckenzie |  USA | | 19.Rune Ahlund |  SWE | | 20.Dave Stephens | AUS | | 21.Richard Hart | USA | | 22.Ilmari Taipale |  FIN | | 23.Douglas Kyle |  CAN | | -. Max Truex | USA | | -. Naw Myitung |  BMA |
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| | | Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000. | | 25 competitors from -- nations. |
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