| Final | time |  | 1. Mly. Brahim Boutaib |  MAR | 27:21.46 |  | 2. Salvatore Antibo |  ITA | 27:23.55 |  | 3. Kipkemboi Kimeli |  KEN | 27:25.16 |  | 4. Jean-Louis Prianon |  FRA | 27:36.43 |  | 5. Arturo Barrios |  MEX | 27:39.32 |  | 6. Hansjoerg Kunze |  GDR | 27:39.35 |  | 7. Paul Arpin |  FRA | 27:39.36 |  | 8. Moses Tanui |  KEN | 27:47.23 |  | 9. Marti Ten Kate |  HOL | 27:50.30 |  | 10.Antonio Prieto |  ESP | 27:52.78 |  | 11.Mauricio Gonzalez |  MEX | 27:59.90 |  | 12.Evgueni Ignatov |  BUL | 28:09.32 |  | 13.Antonio Pinto |  POR | 28:09.53 |  | 14.Kozo Akutsu |  JPN | 28:09.70 |  | 15.Rolando Vera |  ECU | 28:17.64 |  | 16.John Halvorsen |  NOR | 28:29.21 |  | 17.Shuichi Yoneshige |  JPN | 29:04.44 |  | 18.Bruce Bickford |  USA | 29:09.74 |  | -. Boniface Merande |  KEN | DNF |  | -. Eamonn Martin |  GBR | DNF |   
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|   |  | Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul. Capp.: 69,950. |  | -- competitors from -- nations. |   
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| Heat 1 | time |  | 1. Kipkemboi Kimeli |  KEN | 28:00.39 |  | 2. Jean-Louis Prianon |  FRA | 28:08.38 |  | 3. Arturo Barrios |  MEX | 28:08.63 |  | 4. Salvatore Antibo |  ITA | 28:09.35 |  | 5. Evgueni Ignatov |  BUL | 28:15.63 |  | 6. Antonio Pinto |  POR | 28:15.63 |  | 7. Bruce Bickford |  USA | 28:16.16 |  | 8. Kozo Akutsu |  JPN | 28:16.43 |  | 9. Rolando Vera |  ECU | 28:17.88 |  | 10.Boniface Merande |  KEN | 28:21.84 |  | 11.John Halvorsen |  NOR | 28:22.25 |  | 12.Marti Ten Kate |  HOL | 28:23.23 |  | 13.Steve Binns |  GBR | 28:52.88 |  | 14.Pedro Ortiz |  COL | 29:08.25 |  | 15.Boay Akonay |  TAN | 29:19.06 |  | 16.Ahmed Ebrahim Warsama |  QAT | 29:37.99 |  | 17.A. H. Edward Nabunone |  INA | 29:55.23 |  | 18.Policarpio Calizaya |  BOL | 30:35.01 |  | 19.Ismael Yaya |  CHA | 30:47.29 |  | 20.Charles Naveko |  MAW | 31:23.53 |  | 21.Abdulkarim Dawod |  YAR | 32:33.04 |  | -. Jose Manuel Albentosa |  ESP | DNF |   
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| Heat 2 | time |  | 1. Mly. Brahim Boutaib |  MAR | 28:17.61 |  | 2. Moses Tanui |  KEN | 28:20.98 |  | 3. Hansjoerg Kunze |  GDR | 28:22.09 |  | 4. Antonio Prieto |  ESP | 28:22.52 |  | 5. Eamonn Martin |  GBR | 28:25.46 |  | 6. Paul Arpin |  FRA | 28:25.56 |  | 7. Shuichi Yoneshige |  JPN | 28:26.04 |  | 8. Mauricio Gonzalez |  MEX | 28:36.66 |  | 9. Ezequiel Canario |  POR | 28:43.02 |  | 10.Alberto Cova |  ITA | 28:43.84 |  | 11.Pat Porter |  USA | 28:45.04 |  | 12.Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 29:01.13 |  | 13.Musa Ahmed Joda |  SUD | 29:03.87 |  | 14.Marcos Barreto |  MEX | 29:18.14 |  | 15.Paul Mccloy |  CAN | 29:34.07 |  | 16.Sang-Keun Lee |  KOR | 29:37.14 |  | 17.Stanley Mandebele |  ZIM | 29:50.99 |  | 18.Talan Omar Abdillahi |  DJI | 30:08.53 |  | 19.Haribahadur Rokaya |  NEP | 30:48.16 |  | 20.A Aaron Dupnai |  NGU | 32:50.63 |  | 21.Bineshwar Prasad |  FIJ | 33:30.43 |  | 22.John Maeke |  SOL | 35:16.93 |  | -. Kamana Koji |  ZAI | DNF |  | -. Tsukasa Endo |  JPN | DNF |  | -. Steve Plasencia |  USA | DNF |  | -. Martin Vrabel |  TCH | DNF |   
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