| | | 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 | 
 | | 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 | 
 |  | | 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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