| | | Final 18:35 | time |  | 1. Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 27:12.95 |  | 2. Khalid Skah |  MAR | 27:14.53 |  | 3. Paul Tergat |  KEN | 27:14.70 |  | 4. Salah Hissou |  MAR | 27:19.30 |  | 5. Josephat Machuka |  KEN | 27:23.72 |  | 6. Joseph Kimani |  KEN | 27:30.02 |  | 7. Stephane Franke |  GER | 27:48.88 |  | 8. Paulo Guerra |  POR | 27:52.55 |  | 9. Todd Williams |  USA | 27:52.87 |  | 10.Toshiyuki Hayata |  JPN | 27:53.12 |  | 11.Domingos Castro |  POR | 27:53.42 |  | 12.Yasuyuki Watanabe |  JPN | 27:53.82 |  | 13.German Silva |  MEX | 27:55.34 |  | 14.Assefa Mezgebu |  ETH | 27:56.06 |  | 15.Mathias Ntawulikura |  RWA | 27:57.92 |  | 16.Alejandro Gomez |  ESP | 27:59.38 |  | 17.Hendrick Ramaala |  RSA | 28:00.08 |  | 18.Stefano Baldini |  ITA | 28:08.39 |  | 19.Antonio Pinto |  POR | 28:26.42 |  | -. Abel Anton |  ESP | DNF | 
 | | Round | H | Athl. | date |  | Heats | 2 | 41 | 05.08 | 
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 | | Heat 1 18:40 | time |  | 1. Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 28:10.66 |  | 2. Paul Tergat |  KEN | 28:10.78 |  | 3. Antonio Pinto |  POR | 28:11.47 |  | 4. Paulo Guerra |  POR | 28:11.94 |  | 5. Assefa Mezgebu |  ETH | 28:11.96 |  | 6. Khalid Skah |  MAR | 28:11.99 |  | 7. Toshiyuki Hayata |  JPN | 28:12.77 |  | 8. Todd Williams |  USA | 28:13.83 |  | 9. Paul Evans |  GBR | 28:14.76 |  | 10.Stephan Freigang |  GER | 28:17.04 |  | 11.Martin Pitayo |  MEX | 28:24.20 |  | 12.Rolando Vera |  ECU | 28:33.10 |  | 13.Andrew Panga |  TAN | 28:44.44 |  | 14.Kenji Takao |  JPN | 28:47.01 |  | 15.Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 28:51.37 |  | 16.Jeff Schiebler |  CAN | 29:12.20 |  | 17.Arnold Machler |  SUI | 29:33.77 |  | 18.Charles Mulinga |  ZAM | 30:06.49 |  | 19.Adermaz Ismael Ould |  MTN | 33:04.49 |  | -. Robbie Johnston |  NZL | DNF |  | -. Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani |  KSA | DNF | 
 |  | | Heat 2 19:25 | time |  | 1. Josephat Machuka |  KEN | 27:29.07 |  | 2. Joseph Kimani |  KEN | 27:35.20 |  | 3. Salah Hissou |  MAR | 27:47.20 |  | 4. Mathias Ntawulikura |  RWA | 27:47.93 |  | 5. Domingos Castro |  POR | 27:48.19 |  | 6. Yasuyuki Watanabe |  JPN | 27:48.55 |  | 7. German Silva |  MEX | 27:49.07 |  | 8. Stefano Baldini |  ITA | 27:50.27 |  | 9. Stephane Franke |  GER | 27:50.93 |  | 10.Abel Anton |  ESP | 27:51.37 |  | 11.Alejandro Gomez |  ESP | 27:51.64 |  | 12.Hendrick Ramaala |  RSA | 27:54.59 |  | 13.Chris Fox |  USA | 28:32.67 |  | 14.Jorge Marquez |  MEX | 28:53.02 |  | 15.Miroslav Vanko |  SVK | 28:53.69 |  | 16.Tom Ansberry |  USA | 29:01.43 |  | 17.Noel Berkeley |  IRL | 29:16.69 |  | -. Aloys Nizigama |  BUR | DNF |  | -. AntonioFabian Silio |  ARG | DNF |  | -. Fita Bayissa |  ETH | DNS | 
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