| Final 18:00 | | time | | | 1. Jürgen Haase |  GDR | 28:26.0 | | | 2. Lajos Mecser |  HUN | 28:27.0 | | | 3. Leonid Mikitenko |  URS | 28:32.2 | | | 4. Manfred Letzerich |  FRG | 28:36.8 | | | 5. Allan Rushmer |  GBR | 28:37.8 | | | 6. Bruce Tulloh | GBR | 28:50.4 | | | 7. Janos Szerenyi | HUN | 28:52.2 | | | 8. Gaston Roelants |  BEL | 28:59.6 | | | 9. Jim Alder | GBR | 28:59.8 | | | 10.Gennadiy Khlistovs | URS | 29:00.6 | | | 11.Franc Červan |  YUG | 29:00.8 | NR | | 12.Lutz Philipp | FRG | 29:07.8 | | | 13.Jozsef Suto | HUN | 29:24.8 | | | 14.Peter Kubicki | FRG | 29:26.0 | | | 15.Bengt Nåjde |  SWE | 29:28.8 | | | 16.Gert Eisenberg | GDR | 29:29.8 | | | 17.Nicolae Mustafa |  ROU | 29:40.0 | | | 18.Kazimierz Zimny |  POL | 29:51.2 | | | 19.Josef Tomáš |  TCH | 29:56.0 | | | 20.Şükrü Saban |  TUR | 30:30.8 | | | -. Mikko Ala-Leppilampi |  FIN | DNF | | | -. Andrei Barabaş | ROU | DNF | | | -. Henri Clerckx | BEL | DNF | |
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| History Men 10000m. | | -- Competitors from -- Nations. | | Venue: Nepstadion. |
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