| Final 20:35 | time | | 1. Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 27:24.58 | | 2. Paul Tergat |  KEN | 27:25.62 | | 3. Salah Hissou |  MAR | 27:28.67 | | 4. Paul Koech | KEN | 27:30.39 | | 5. Assefa Mezgebu | ETH | 27:32.48 | | 6. Domingos Castro |  POR | 27:36.52 | | 7. Habte Jifar | ETH | 28:00.29 | | 8. Julio Rey |  ESP | 28:07.06 | | 9. Stefano Baldini |  ITA | 28:11.97 | | 10.Darren Wilson |  AUS | 28:20.16 | | 11.Kamiel Maase |  NED | 28:23.20 | | 12.Dominic Kirui | KEN | 28:28.13 | | 13.Abderrahim Zitouna | MAR | 28:29.09 | | 14.Hendrick Ramaala |  RSA | 28:33.48 | | 15.Tendai Chimusasa |  ZIM | 28:55.29 | | 16.Carsten Eich |  GER | 28:59.34 | | 17.Said Berioui | MAR | 29:22.05 | | 18.Jose Ramos | POR | 29:49.00 | | -. Toshinari Takaoka |  JPN | DNS | | -. Mohammed Mourhit |  BEL | DNS |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 32 | 03.08 |
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| Heat 1 22:25 | time | | 1. Domingos Castro | POR | 28:07.04 | | 2. Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | 28:12.02 | | 3. Said Berioui | MAR | 28:12.33 | | 4. Carsten Eich | GER | 28:12.46 | | 5. Paul Koech | KEN | 28:13.24 | | 6. Assefa Mezgebu | ETH | 28:13.95 | | 7. Paul Tergat | KEN | 28:13.98 | | 8. Salah Hissou | MAR | 28:15.09 | | 9. Jose Ramos | POR | 28:20.06 | | 10.Carlos De La Torre | ESP | 28:20.50 | | 11.Toshiyuki Hayata | JPN | 28:27.97 | | 12.Dan Middleman |  USA | 28:56.76 | | 13.Marco Condori |  BOL | 29:51.24 | | 14.Agustin Moran |  PAN | 30:12.32 |
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| Heat 1 23:00 | time | | 1. Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 27:55.36 | | 2. Habte Jifar | ETH | 27:55.71 | | 3. Dominic Kirui | KEN | 27:56.62 | | 4. Abderrahim Zitouna | MAR | 27:57.11 | | 5. Darren Wilson | AUS | 27:57.54 | | 6. Kamiel Maase | NED | 27:57.78 | | 7. Julio Rey | ESP | 28:03.36 | | 8. Hendrick Ramaala | RSA | 28:05.70 | | 9. Toshinari Takaoka | JPN | 28:07.36 | | 10. Stefano Baldini | ITA | 28:07.81 | | 11. Tendai Chimusasa | ZIM | 28:14.03 | | 12.Mohamed Ezzher |  FRA | 28:47.48 | | 13.Joao N'Tyamba |  ANO | 29:38.92 | | 14.Bradley Barquist | USA | 29:43.01 | | 15.Margarito Zamora |  MEX | 29:52.03 | | 16.Panagiotis Charamis |  GRE | 30:08.60 | | 17.Georges Richmond |  TAH | 31:48.17 | | -. Carlos Patricio | POR | DNF | | -. Zoltan Kaldy |  HUN | DNF |
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