| Final 15:10 | | time | | | 1. Sydney Wooderson |  Great Britain | 14:08.6 | CR NR | | 2. Wim Slijkhuis |  Netherlands | 14:14.0 | NR | | 3. Evert Nyberg |  Sweden | 14:23.2 | | | 4. Viljo Heino |  Finland | 14:24.4 | | | 5. Emil Zátopek |  Czechia | 14:25.8 | NR | | 6. Gaston Reiff |  Belgium | 14:45.8 | | | 7. Rikard Greenfort |  Denmark | 14:46.0 | | | 8. Raphaël Pujazon |  France | 14:46.8 | | | 9. René Breistroffer | France | 14:50.4 | | | 10.Aage Poulsen | Denmark | 14:53.6 | | | 11.Charles Heirendt |  Luxembourg | 15:00.6 | NR | | 12.Marcel Vandewattyne | Belgium | 15:08.0 | | | 13.András Pataki |  Hungary | 15:33.6 | | | 14.Leon Aasbø |  Norway | 15:33.8 | | | 15.Napoleon Dzwonkowski |  Poland | DNF | | | 16.Helge Perälä | Finland | DNF | | | 17.Durkfeldt Åke | Sweden | DNF | | | 18.Arnt Rohme | Norway | DNF | |
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| History Men 5000m. Venue: Bislett Stadion. | | World and European Record: Haegg, Sweden 13:58.2 | | Season Best: Reiff, Belgium 14:26.2 |
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