| Final 17:00 | time |  | 1. Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 27:46.02 |  | 2. Moses Tanui |  KEN | 27:46.54 |  | 3. Richard Chelimo |  KEN | 28:06.02 |  | 4. Stephane Franke |  GER | 28:10.69 |  | 5. Aloys Nizigama |  BUR | 28:13.43 |  | 6. Francesco Panetta |  ITA | 28:27.05 |  | 7. Todd Williams |  USA | 28:30.49 |  | 8. Antonio Fabian Silio |  ARG | 28:36.88 |  | 9. German Silva |  MEX | 28:39.47 |  | 10.William Sigei |  KEN | 28:54.39 |  | 11.Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 29:04.10 |  | 12.Salvatore Antibo |  ITA | 29:10.83 |  | 13.Boay Akonay |  TAN | 29:15.13 |  | 14.Armando Quintanilla |  MEX | 29:32.34 |  | 15.Tadashi Fukushima |  JPN | 29:46.70 |  | 16.Jose Carlos Adan |  ESP | 30:04.34 |  | 17.Dan Nelson |  USA | 30:41.72 |  | -. Rolando Vera |  ECU | DNF |  | -. Fita Bayissa |  ETH | DNF |  | -. Oleg Strizhakov |  RUS | DNF |   
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| Round | H | Athl. | date |  | Heats | 2 | 36 | 20.08 |   
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| Heat 1 18.45h | time |  | 1. Antonio Fabian Silio |  ARG | 28:16.62 |  | 2. Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 28:17.95 |  | 3. Moses Tanui |  KEN | 28:18.56 |  | 4. Richard Chelimo |  KEN | 28:18.70 |  | 5. Boay Akonay |  TAN | 28:18.97 |  | 6. Stephane Franke |  GER | 28:19.11 |  | 7. Francesco Panetta |  ITA | 28:20.49 |  | 8. German Silva |  MEX | 28:22.16 |  | 9. Jose Carlos Adan |  ESP | 28:23.08 |  | 10.Steve Plasencia |  USA | 28:40.69 |  | 11.Fackson Nkandu |  ZAM | 29:03.67 |  | 12.Steve Moneghetti |  AUS | 29:21.18 |  | 13.Domingos Castro |  POR | 29:35.47 |  | 14.Nozomi Saho |  JPN | 29:36.40 |  | 15.John Mwathiwa |  MAW | 29:45.55 |  | -. Zoltan Kaldy |  HUN | DNF |  | -. Jose Regalo |  POR | DNF |  | -. Ahmed Mohamed Moosa |  PAL | DNF |   
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| Heat 2 19.20h | time |  | 1. Salvatore Antibo |  ITA | 28:27.48 |  | 2. Fita Bayissa |  ETH | 28:28.32 |  | 3. William Sigei |  KEN | 28:28.33 |  | 4. Todd Williams |  USA | 28:28.62 |  | 5. Dan Nelson |  USA | 28:28.76 |  | 6. Aloys Nizigama |  BUR | 28:29.18 |  | 7. Tadashi Fukushima |  JPN | 28:29.49 |  | 8. Oleg Strizhakov |  RUS | 28:29.84 |  | 9. Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 28:31.48 |  | 10.Armando Quintanilla |  MEX | 28:34.57 |  | 11.Rolando Vera |  ECU | 28:35.45 |  | 12.Martin Pitayo |  MEX | 28:54.23 |  | 13.Tendai Chimusasa |  ZIM | 28:57.68 |  | 14.Luis Jesus |  POR | 29:12.00 |  | 15.Jun Hiratsuka |  JPN | 29:12.22 |  | 16.Murusamy Ramachandran |  MAS | 29:38.97 |  | 17.Thein Win Gopal |  MYA | 29:56.61 |  | -. Mathias Ntawulikura |  RWA | DNS |   
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