| Final 10:44 | time | gap | L | Reac | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 1. Robert Finke |   United States | 14:39.65 |   | 5 | 0.75 | 3:54.334. | 7:51.274. | 11:47.533. |  | 2. Mykhailo Romanchuk |   Ukraine | 14:40.66 | 1.01s | 4 | 0.70 | 3:54.183. | 7:51.072. | 11:47.342. |  | 3. Florian Wellbrock |   Germany | 14:40.91 | 1.26s | 3 | 0.70 | 3:53.451. | 7:50.741. | 11:46.921. |  | 4. Gregorio Paltrinieri |   Italy | 14:45.01 | 5.36s | 6 | 0.80 | 3:53.882. | 7:51.784. | 11:48.554. |  | 5. Daniel Jervis |   Great Britain | 14:55.48 | 15.83s | 2 | 0.64 | 3:54.755. | 7:54.165. | 11:55.585. |  | 6. Kirill Martynychev |   ROC | 14:55.85 | 16.20s | 8 | 0.69 | 3:56.507. | 7:57.407. | 11:57.796. |  | 7. Felix Auboeck |   Austria | 15:03.47 | 23.82s | 1 | 0.77 | 3:55.476. | 7:56.196. | 12:01.007. |  | 8. Serhii Frolov |   Ukraine | 15:04.26 | 24.61s | 7 | 0.76 | 3:57.508. | 7:57.938. | 12:01.088. |   
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| Final Ranking |  | 1. Robert Finke |  USA  |  | 2. Mykhailo Romanchuk |  UKR  |  | 3. Florian Wellbrock |  GER  |   
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| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | pts | 400m | 800m | 1200m | age |  | 1. Mykhailo Romanchuk |   Ukraine | 14:45.99 |   | 5 | 950 | 3:55.74 | 7:52.26 | 11:49.26 | 24 |  | 2. Bobby Finke |   United States | 14:47.20 | +1.21s | 3 | 946 | 3:54.70 | 7:52.13 | 11:49.21 | 21 |  | 4. Gregorio Paltrinieri |   Italy | 14:49.17 | +3.18s | 4 | 940 | 3:55.75 | 7:53.45 | 11:50.64 | 26 |  | 10.Jack Alan Mcloughlin |   Australia | 14:56.98 | +10.99s | 7 | 915 | 3:56.82 | 7:57.78 | 12:00.23 | 26 |  | 11.Lukas Martens |   Germany | 14:59.45 | +13.46s | 2 | 908 | 3:56.59 | 7:58.62 | 12:02.03 | 19 |  | 13.Guilherme Costa |   Brazil | 15:01.18 | +15.19s | 1 | 902 | 3:55.88 | 7:58.69 | 12:01.47 | 22 |  | 19.Aleksandr Egorov |   ROC | 15:06.55 | +20.56s | 8 | 886 | 3:58.19 | 7:59.20 | 12:03.42 | 19 |  | 26.Alexander Norgaard |   Denmark | 15:28.70 | +42.71s | 6 | 825 | 3:56.53 | 8:04.25 | 12:18.01 | 21 |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | pts | 400m | 800m | 1200m | age |  | 3. Florian Wellbrock |   Germany | 14:48.53 | +2.54s | 4 | 942 | 3:53.69 | 7:51.22 | 11:49.82 | 23 |  | 5. Daniel Jervis |   Great Britain | 14:50.22 | +4.23s | 3 | 936 | 3:52.67 | 7:52.68 | 11:52.55 | 25 |  | 6. Sergii Frolov |   Ukraine | 14:51.83 | +5.84s | 7 | 931 | 3:56.51 | 7:55.12 | 11:54.04 | 29 |  | 9. Domenico Acerenza |   Italy | 14:53.84 | +7.85s | 2 | 925 | 3:57.99 | 7:55.86 | 11:54.46 | 26 |  | 12.Huy Hoang Nguyen |   Vietnam | 15:00.24 | +14.25s | 8 | 905 | 3:56.94 | 7:56.43 | 11:58.96 | 21 |  | 14.Anton Ipsen |   Denmark | 15:01.58 | +15.59s | 1 | 901 | 3:58.90 | 7:59.57 | 12:01.36 | 26 |  | 21.Henrik Christiansen |   Norway | 15:11.14 | +25.15s | 5 | 873 | 3:54.58 | 7:53.66 | 12:02.30 | 24 |  | 23.Jan Micka |   Czechia | 15:17.71 | +31.72s | 6 | 855 | 3:57.69 | 8:02.42 | 12:10.91 | 26 |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | pts | 400m | 800m | 1200m | age |  | 7. Felix Auboeck |   Austria | 14:51.88 | +5.89s | 8 | 931 | 3:57.31 | 7:56.20 | 11:55.41 | 24 |  | 8. Kirill Martynychev |   ROC | 14:52.66 | +6.67s | 3 | 929 | 3:56.06 | 7:54.43 | 11:54.66 | 19 |  | 15.Gergely Gyurta |   Hungary | 15:01.85 | +15.86s | 5 | 900 | 3:57.62 | 7:59.62 | 12:00.91 | 29 |  | 16.Thomas Neill |   Australia | 15:04.65 | +18.66s | 4 | 892 | 3:57.84 | 8:00.45 | 12:05.68 | 19 |  | 17.Michael Brinegar |   United States | 15:04.67 | +18.68s | 6 | 892 | 3:57.37 | 8:00.36 | 12:05.29 | 21 |  | 18.Victor Johansson |   Sweden | 15:05.53 | +19.54s | 7 | 889 | 3:57.74 | 8:00.73 | 12:05.71 | 22 |  | 22.Akos Kalmar |   Hungary | 15:17.02 | +31.03s | 2 | 856 | 3:57.53 | 8:01.30 | 12:08.66 | 21 |  | 24.Long Cheng |   China | 15:18.71 | +32.72s | 1 | 852 | 4:01.87 | 8:07.49 | 12:15.45 | 21 |   
| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | pts | 400m | 800m | 1200m | age |  | 20.Daniel Wiffen |   Ireland | 15:07.69 | +21.70s | 5 | 883 | 4:02.31 | 8:03.99 | 12:06.66 | 20 |  | 25.Marcelo Acosta |   El Salvador | 15:27.37 | +41.38s | 3 | 828 | 4:03.90 | 8:12.29 | 12:23.35 | 25 |  | 27.Aflah Fadlan Prawira |   Indonesia | 15:29.94 | +43.95s | 4 | 821 | 4:03.55 | 8:12.64 | 12:25.07 | 23 |  | 28.Theo Druenne |   Monaco | 16:17.20 | +1:31.21 | 2 | 708 | 4:15.89 | 8:37.83 | 13:01.28 | 16 |  | -. Marwan Elkamash |   Egypt | DNS |   | 6 | - |   |   |   | 27 |   
| Final Ranking | Heats | Final |  | 1. Robert Finke |   United States | 14:47.202. | 14:39.651. |  | 2. Mykhailo Romanchuk |   Ukraine | 14:45.991. | 14:40.662. |  | 3. Florian Wellbrock |   Germany | 14:48.533. | 14:40.913. |  | 4. Gregorio Paltrinieri |   Italy | 14:49.174. | 14:45.014. |  | 5. Daniel Jervis |   Great Britain | 14:50.225. | 14:55.485. |  | 6. Kirill Martynychev |   ROC | 14:52.668. | 14:55.856. |  | 7. Felix Auboeck |   Austria | 14:51.887. | 15:03.477. |  | 8. Serhii Frolov |   Ukraine | 14:51.836. | 15:04.268. |  |  eliminated in Heats |  | 9. Domenico Acerenza |   Italy | 14:53.84 |   |   |  | 10.Jack McLoughlin |   Australia | 14:56.98 |   |   |  | 11.Lukas Martens |   Germany | 14:59.45 |   |   |  | 12.Huy Hoang Nguyen |   Vietnam | 15:00.24 |   |   |  | 13.Guilherme Costa |   Brazil | 15:01.18 |   |   |  | 14.Anton Ipsen |   Denmark | 15:01.58 |   |   |  | 15.Gergely Gyurta |   Hungary | 15:01.85 |   |   |  | 16.Thomas Neill |   Australia | 15:04.65 |   |   |  | 17.Michael Brinegar |   United States | 15:04.67 |   |   |  | 18.Victor Johansson |   Sweden | 15:05.53 |   |   |  | 19.Aleksandr Egorov |   ROC | 15:06.55 |   |   |  | 20.Daniel Wiffen |   Ireland | 15:07.69 |   |   |  | 21.Henrik Christiansen |   Norway | 15:11.14 |   |   |  | 22.Akos Kalmar |   Hungary | 15:17.02 |   |   |  | 23.Jan Micka |   Czechia | 15:17.71 |   |   |  | 24.Long Cheng |   China | 15:18.71 |   |   |  | 25.Marcelo Acosta |   El Salvador | 15:27.37 |   |   |  | 26.Alexander Norgaard |   Denmark | 15:28.70 |   |   |  | 27.Aflah Prawira |   Indonesia | 15:29.94 |   |   |  | 28.Theo Druenne |   Monaco | 16:17.20 |   |   |  | 29.Marwan Aly Elkamash |   Egypt | DNS |   |   |   
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