| Venue: Empire Stadium, London. |
| Final | time | | t.a. | Y | | 1. Emil Zátopek |  TCH | 29:59.6 | OR | 29:59.8 | 25 | | 2. Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 30:47.4 | | | 27 | | 3. Bertil Albertsson |  SWE | 30:53.6 | | | 26 | | 4. Martin Stokken |  NOR | 30:58.6 | | | 25 | | 5. Severt Dennolf | SWE | 31:05.0 | | | 28 | | 6. Abdullah Ben Saïd | FRA | 31:07.8 | | | 23 | | 7. Stan Cox |  GBR | 31:08.0 | | | 30 | | 8. Jim Peters | GBR | 31:16.0 | | | 29 | | 9. Salomon Könönen |  FIN | no time | | | 32 | | 10.Eddie O'Toole |  USA | no time | | | 27 | | 11.Fred Wilt | USA | no time | | | 27 | | -. Ricardo Bralo |  ARG | | | | 31 | | -. Eusebio Guiñez | ARG | | | | 41 | | -. Jakob Kjersem | NOR | | | | 22 | | -. Jef Lataster |  NED | | | | 25 | | -. Luo Wenao |  CHN | | | | | | -. Steve McCooke | GBR | | | | 29 | | -. Constantino Miranda |  ESP | | | | 23 | | -. Harry Nelson |  NZL | | | | 25 | | -. André Paris | FRA | | | | 22 | | -. Manny Ramjohn |  TTO | | | | 31 | | -. Gregorio Rojo | ESP | | | | 28 | | -. Paddy Fahey |  IRL | DNF | | | 24 | | -. Viljo Heino | FIN | DNF | | | 34 | | -. Evert Heinström | FIN | DNF | | | 35 | | -. Robert Everaert |  BEL | DNF | | | 24 | | -. Herman Goffberg | USA | DNF | | | 27 |
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