| Final 18:05 | time | | | 1. Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak |  POL | 28:56.0 | CR NR | | 2. Yevgeniy Zhukov |  URS | 28:58.6 | | | 3. Nikolay Pudov | URS | 29:02.2 | | | 4. Stanley Eldon |  GBR | 29:02.8 | NR | | 5. Stanisław Ożóg | POL | 29:03.2 | | | 6. John Merriman | GBR | 29:03.8 | | | 7. Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 29:30.6 | | | 8. Antonio Amorós |  ESP | 29:31.4 | NR | | 9. Drago Štritof |  YUG | 29:34.8 | NR | | 10.Thyge Thøgersen |  DEN | 29:51.8 | | | 11.Tor Torgersen |  NOR | 29:53.2 | | | 12.Xaver Höger |  FRG | 29:55.8 | | | 13.Gerhard Hönicke |  DDR | 29:57.8 | | | 14.Øistein Saksvik | NOR | 29:59.8 | | | 15.Albert Messitt |  IRL | 30:00.0 | NR | | 16.Constantin Grecescu |  ROU | 30:00.2 | | | 17.Hein Cuje |  NED | 30:09.0 | | | 18.Maurice Chiclet | FRA | 30:39.0 | | | 19.Marcel Vandewattyne |  BEL | 30:45.4 | | | 20.Stig Jönsson |  SWE | 31:08.2 | | | -. Boris Jönsson | SWE | DNF | | | -. József Kovács |  HUN | DNF | |
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| History Men 10000m | | World and European Record: Vladimir Kuts (URS) 28:30.4 | | Championship Record: Zatopek (TCH) 28:58.0 - 1954 |  |
| Intermediates | | 1,000: 2:48.0 | | 2,000: 5:33.8 | | 3,000: 8:21.0 | | 4,000: 11:15.0 | | 5,000: 14:14.0 | | 6,000: 17:14.8 | | 7,000: 20:13.0 | | 8,000: 23:12.0 | | 9,000: 26:16.0 |
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