| Final | time | age | | 1. Mohamed Gammoudi |  TUN | 14.05.0 | | 2. Heizakieh Keino |  KEN | 14.05.2 | | 3. Naftali Temu | KEN | 14.06.4 | | 4. Juan Martinez |  MEX | 14.10.8 | | 5. Ron Clarke |  AUS | 14.12.4 | | 6. Wohib Masresha |  ETH | 14.17.6 | | 7. Nikolay Sviridov |  URS | 14.18.4 | | 8. Fikru Deguefu | ETH | 14.19.0 | | 9. Jean Wadoux |  FRA | 14:20.8 | | 10.Rex Maddaford |  NZL | 14:39.8 | | 11.Robert Finlay |  CAN | 14:45.0 | | 12.Emile Putemans |  BEL | 14:59.6 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Hezakieh Keino | KEN | 14:28.4 | | 2. Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 14:29.0 | | 3. Mamo Wolde |  ETI | 14:29.8 | | 4. Robert Finlay | CAN | 14:31.8 | | 5. Emile Puttemans | BEL | 14:34.6 | | 6. Bernd Diessner |  GDR | 14:41.0 | | 7. Rashid Sharafetdinov | URS | 14:44.4 | | 8. Richard Taylor |  GBR | 14:46.6 | | 9. Keisuke Sawaki |  JPN | 15:00.8 | | 10.Gyorgy Kiss |  HUN | 15:13.0 | | 11.Louis Scott |  USA | 15:13.6 | | 12.Esau Ade Nji |  CMR | 15:46.2 | | 13.Mboa Gabriel |  AFC | 17:33.0 | | 14.Juan Valladares |  HON | 18:21.6 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Nabiba Temu | KEN | 14:20.4 | | 2. Ronald Clarke | AUS | 14:20.8 | | 3. Wohib Masresha | ETH | 14:27.0 | | 4. Jack Bacheler | USA | 14:31.0 | | 5. Nickolay Sviridov | URS | 14:38.8 | | 6. Ahmed Zairi | TUN | 14:54.0 | | 7. John Blinston | GBR | 15:06.2 | | 8. Werner Schneiter |  SUI | 15:08.2 | | 9. Musa Mustapha |  UGA | 15:10.2 | | 10.Edward Stawiarz |  POL | 15:13.8 | | 11.Werner Gierke |  FRG | 15:20.8 | | 12.Juan Perez |  CRC | 15:41.4 | | 13.Benjamn Silva-Netto |  PHI | 17:10.2 | | 14.Clovis Morales | HON | 18:40.2 |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Jean Wadoux | FRA | 14:19.8 | | 2. Juan Martinez | MEX | 14:20.0 | | 3. Harold Norpoth | FRG | 14:20.6 | | 4. Rex Maddaford | NZL | 14:20.8 | | 5. Fikru Deguefu | ETH | 14:21.6 | | 6. Robert Day | USA | 14:23.2 | | 7. Leonid Mikitenko | URS | 14:44.0 | | 8. Allan Rushmer | GBR | 15:05.2 | | 9. Julio Quevedo |  GUA | 15:23.0 |
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