| Final 18:00 | time | | 1. Emil Zatopek |  TCH | 29:17.0 | | 2. Alain Mimoun |  FRA | 29:32.8 | | 3. Aleksandr Anufrijev |  URS | 29:48.2 | | 4. Hannu Posti |  FIN | 29:51.4 | | 5. Frank Sando |  GBR | 29:51.8 | | 6. Walter Nystrom |  SWE | 29:54.8 | | 7. Gordon Pirie | GBR | 30:04.2 | | 8. Fred Norris | GBR | 30:09.8 | | 9. Ivan Pozidajev | URS | 30:13.4 | | 10.Martin Stokken |  NOR | 30:22.2 | | 11.Nikifor Popov | URS | 30:24.2 | | 12.Bertil Albertsson | SWE | 30:34.6 | | 13.Bertil Karlsson | SWE | 30:35.8 | | 14.Bela Juhász |  HUN | 30:39.6 | | 15.Osman Cosgül |  TUR | 30:42.4 | | 16.Vaino Koskela | FIN | 30:43.0 | | 17.Abdallah Ben Said | FRA | 30:53.0 | | 18.Franjo Mihalic |  JUG | 30:53.2 | | 19.Hugo Niskanen | FIN | 30:59.6 | | 20.Curtis Stone |  USA | 31:02.6 | | 21.Frred Wilt | USA | 31:04.0 | | 22.Marcel van de Wattyne |  BEL | 31:15.8 | | 23.Raul Inostroza |  CHI | 31:28.6 | | 24.Thyge Thogersen |  DEN | 31:47.8 | | 25.Ben Labidi | FRA | 31:52.2 | | 26.Kristjan Johansson |  ISL | 32:00.0 | | 27.Helmuth Perz |  AUT | 32:13.2 | | 28.William Keith |  SAF | 32:32.4 | | 29.Alphonse van den Rydt | BEL | 33:13.4 | | 30.Abdul Rashid |  PAK | 33:50.4 | | 31.Luis Velasquez |  GUA | 35:34.0 | | 32.Ly Tran Van |  VIE | 37:33.0 | | -. Les Perry |  AUS | DNF |
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| | Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | | 33 competitors from -- nations. |
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