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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