| Final 16:40 | time |  | 1. Emil Zatopek |  TCH | 14:06.6 |  | 2. Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 14:07.4 |  | 3. Herbert Schade |  GER | 14:08.6 |  | 4. Gordon Pirie |  GBR | 14:18.0 |  | 5. Chris Chataway |  GBR | 14:18.0 |  | 6. Leslie Perry |  AUS | 14:23.6 |  | 7. Erno Beres |  HUN | 14:24.8 |  | 8. Ake Andersson |  SWE | 14:26.0 |  | 9. Bertil Albertsson |  SWE | 14:27.8 |  | 10.Aleksandr Anufrijev |  URS | 14:31.4 |  | 11.Alan Parker |  GBR | 14:37.0 |  | 12.Ilmari Taipale |  FIN | 14:40.0 |  | 13.Eero Tuomaala |  FIN | 14:54.2 |  | 14.Lucien Theys |  BEL | 14:59.0 |  | -. Gaston Reiff |  BEL | DNF |   
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| Heat 1 | time |  | 1. Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 14:19.0 |  | 2. Ilmari Taipale |  FIN | 14:22.8 |  | 3. Gaston Reiff |  BEL | 14:23.8 |  | 4. Ake Andersson |  SWE | 14:25.0 |  | 5. Gorodn Pirie |  GBR | 14:26.2 |  | 6. Nikifor Popov |  URS | 14:28.6 |  | 7. Charles Capozzoli |  USA | 14:39.0 |  | 8. August Sutter |  SUI | 14:45.2 |  | 9. Ostein Saksvik |  NOR | 14:55.4 |  | 10.John Landy |  AUS | 14:56.4 |  | 11.Helmuth Perz |  AUT | 14:57.2 |  | 12.Osamu Inoue |  JPN | 14:59.0 |  | 13.Stevan Pavlovic |  JUG | 14:59.2 |  | 14.Jozsef Kovacs |  HUN | 17.09.2 |   
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| Heat 2 | time |  | 1. Herbert Schade |  GER | 14:15.4 |  | 2. Alan Parker |  GBR | 14.18.2 |  | 3. Erno Béres |  HUN | 14:19.6 |  | 4. Lucien Theys |  BEL | 14:22.2 |  | 5. Eero Tuomaala |  FIN | 14:26.8 |  | 6. Ivan Semenov |  URS | 14:28.8 |  | 7. Alojzy Graj |  POL | 14:30.0 |  | 8. Osman Cosgül |  TUR | 14:36.2 |  | 9. Bertil Karlsson |  SWE | 14:45.8 |  | 10.Pierre Page |  SUI | 14:57.0 |  | 11.Ali Baghbanbachi |  IRN | 15:03.0 |  | 12.Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim |  FRA | 15:10.2 |  | 13.Wes Santee |  USA | 15:10.4 |  | 14.Zdravko Ceraj |  JUG | 15:17.8 |  | -. Richard Ferguson |  CAN | DNF |   
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| Heat 3 | time |  | 1. Aleksandr Anufrijev |  URS | 14:23.6 |  | 2. Bertil Albertsson |  SWE | 14:26.0 |  | 3. Emil Zátopek |  TCH | 14:26.0 |  | 4. Les Perry |  AUS | 14:27.0 |  | 5. Christopher Chataway |  GBR | 14:27.8 |  | 6. Ib Planck |  DEN | 14:31.6 |  | 7. Martin Stokken |  NOR | 14:39.0 |  | 8. Curtis Stone |  USA | 14:42.8 |  | 9. Jean-Joseph Schlegel |  FRA | 14:45.6 |  | 10.Kurt Roetzer |  AUT | 14:49.4 |  | 11.Vaino Koskela |  FIN | 14:50.8 |  | 12.Velimir Ilic |  JUG | 14:51.6 |  | 13.Paul Frieden |  LUX | 15:23.2 |  | 14.Kristjan Jóhansson |  ISL | 15:23.8 |  | 15.Alphonse van den Rydt |  BEL | 15:51.2 |  | -. George Hoskins |  NZL | DNF |   
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