Heat 1 | time | | 1. Emil Zátopek | CZE | 14:56.0 | Q | 2. Väinö Mäkelä | FIN | 14:56.2 | Q | 3. Lucien Theijs | BEL | 15:03.0 | Q | 4. Jacques Vernier | FRA | 15:03.6 | Q | 5. Stevan Pavlović | YUG | 15:06.2 | Q | 6. Bertil Karlsson | SWE | 15:07.2 | Q | 7. Vasilios Mavrapostolos | GRE | 15:08.4 | NR | 8. Kurt Rotzer | AUT | 15:08.4 | NR | 9. Aage Poulsen | DEN | 19:99.9 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Hannu Posti | FIN | 14:47.2 | Q | 2. Alec Olney | GBR | 14:55.6 | Q | 3. Božidar Đurašković | YUG | 15:00.6 | Q | 4. Bertil Albertsson | SWE | 15:09.0 | Q | 5. Gaston Reiff | BEL | 15:10.0 | Q | 6. Alain Mimoun | FRA | 15:11.0 | Q | 7. August Sutter | SUI | 15:13.0 | |
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