| Final 22:35 | time | | 1. Kenenisa Bekele |  ETH | 27:05.10 | | 2. Sileshi Sihine | ETH | 27:09.39 | | 3. Zersenay Tadesse |  ERI | 27:22.57 | | 4. Boniface Kiprop |  UGA | 27:25.48 | | 5. Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 27:27.70 | | 6. John Cheruiyot Korir |  KEN | 27:41.91 | | 7. Moses Mosop | KEN | 27:46.61 | | 8. Ismaďl Sghyr |  FRA | 27:57.09 | | 9. José Manuel Martínez |  ESP | 27:57.61 | | 10.Fabiano Joseph Naasi |  TAN | 28:01.94 | | 11.Wilson Kipkemei Busienei | UGA | 28:10.75 | | 12.Daniel Browne |  USA | 28:14.53 | | 13.Charles Kamathi | KEN | 28:17.08 | | 14.Kamiel Maase |  NED | 28:23.39 | | 15.Abdihakem Abdirahman | USA | 28:26.26 | | 16.Yonas Kifle | ERI | 28:29.87 | | 17.Dieudonné Disi |  RWA | 28:43.19 | | 18.Mohammed Amyn |  MAR | 28:55.96 | | 19.Ryuji Ono |  JPN | 29:06.50 | | 20.Teodoro Vega |  MEX | 29:06.55 | | 21.David Galván | MEX | 29:38.05 | | -. Dathan Ritzenhein | USA | DNF | | -. John Yuda Msuri | TAN | DNF | | -. John Henwood |  NZL | DNF |
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| Interm. | Athlete | time | | 1000m | Dieudonne Disi | RWA | 2:50.85 | | 2000m | Dieudonne Disi | RWA | 5:45.16 | | 3000m | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 8:33.98 | | 4000m | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | 11:15.87 | | 5000m | Sileshi Sihine | ETH | 13:50.87 | | 6000m | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | 16:34.51 | | 7000m | Sileshi Sihine | ETH | 19:11.92 | | 8000m | Boniface Kiprop | UGA | 21:57.18 | | 9000m | Sileshi Sihine | ETH | 24:37.19 |
| | | Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium, Marousi. Capp.: 72,000. | | Quota: -- competitors from -- nations. |
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