| Final 19:15 | time | | | 1. Emil Zátopek |  TCH | 28:58.0 | CR | | 2. Kovács József |  HUN | 29:25.8 | | | 3. Frank Sando |  GBR | 29:27.6 | | | 4. Herbert Schade |  FRG | 29:32.8 | | | 5. Franjo Mihalić |  YUG | 29:59.6 | | | 6. Peter Driver | GBR | 30:03.6 | | | 7. Saksvik Øistein |  NOR | 30:04.4 | | | 8. Aleksandr Anufriyev |  URS | 30:19.4 | | | 9. Thomas Nilsson |  SWE | 30:22.4 | | | 10.Dimitar Vachkov |  BUL | 30:25.2 | NR | | 11.Emil Schudel |  SUI | 30:26.4 | NR | | 12.Grigoriy Basalayev | URS | 30:29.4 | | | 13.Stanisław Ożóg |  POL | 30:37.2 | | | 14.Hannu Posti |  FIN | 30:39.4 | | | 15.Thyge Thøgersen |  DEN | 30:53.4 | | | 16.Julio Silva |  POR | 30:59.0 | NR | | 17.Rudolf Morgenthaler | SUI | 31:10.4 | | | 18.Jiří Šantrůček | TCH | 31:11.2 | | | 19.Lucien Theys |  BEL | 31:26.6 | | | 20.Mustafa Özcan |  TUR | 31:42.4 | | | 21.Antonio Amorós |  ESP | 31:50.8 | | | -. Juhász Béla | HUN | DNF | | | -. Jan Miecznikowski | POL | DNF | | | -. Marcel Vandewattyne | BEL | DNS | |
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| History Men 10000m | | European Record: Zatopek (TCH) 28:54.2 | | Championship Record: Zatopek (TCH) 29:12 |
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