Final | time | 1. Mly. Brahim Boutaib | MAR | 27:21.46 | 2. Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 27:23.55 | 3. Kipkemboi Kimeli | KEN | 27:25.16 | 4. Jean-Louis Prianon | FRA | 27:36.43 | 5. Arturo Barrios | MEX | 27:39.32 | 6. Hansjoerg Kunze | GDR | 27:39.35 | 7. Paul Arpin | FRA | 27:39.36 | 8. Moses Tanui | KEN | 27:47.23 | 9. Marti Ten Kate | HOL | 27:50.30 | 10.Antonio Prieto | ESP | 27:52.78 | 11.Mauricio Gonzalez | MEX | 27:59.90 | 12.Evgueni Ignatov | BUL | 28:09.32 | 13.Antonio Pinto | POR | 28:09.53 | 14.Kozo Akutsu | JPN | 28:09.70 | 15.Rolando Vera | ECU | 28:17.64 | 16.John Halvorsen | NOR | 28:29.21 | 17.Shuichi Yoneshige | JPN | 29:04.44 | 18.Bruce Bickford | USA | 29:09.74 | -. Boniface Merande | KEN | DNF | -. Eamonn Martin | GBR | DNF |
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| Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul. Capp.: 69,950. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Kipkemboi Kimeli | KEN | 28:00.39 | 2. Jean-Louis Prianon | FRA | 28:08.38 | 3. Arturo Barrios | MEX | 28:08.63 | 4. Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 28:09.35 | 5. Evgueni Ignatov | BUL | 28:15.63 | 6. Antonio Pinto | POR | 28:15.63 | 7. Bruce Bickford | USA | 28:16.16 | 8. Kozo Akutsu | JPN | 28:16.43 | 9. Rolando Vera | ECU | 28:17.88 | 10.Boniface Merande | KEN | 28:21.84 | 11.John Halvorsen | NOR | 28:22.25 | 12.Marti Ten Kate | HOL | 28:23.23 | 13.Steve Binns | GBR | 28:52.88 | 14.Pedro Ortiz | COL | 29:08.25 | 15.Boay Akonay | TAN | 29:19.06 | 16.Ahmed Ebrahim Warsama | QAT | 29:37.99 | 17.A. H. Edward Nabunone | INA | 29:55.23 | 18.Policarpio Calizaya | BOL | 30:35.01 | 19.Ismael Yaya | CHA | 30:47.29 | 20.Charles Naveko | MAW | 31:23.53 | 21.Abdulkarim Dawod | YAR | 32:33.04 | -. Jose Manuel Albentosa | ESP | DNF |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Mly. Brahim Boutaib | MAR | 28:17.61 | 2. Moses Tanui | KEN | 28:20.98 | 3. Hansjoerg Kunze | GDR | 28:22.09 | 4. Antonio Prieto | ESP | 28:22.52 | 5. Eamonn Martin | GBR | 28:25.46 | 6. Paul Arpin | FRA | 28:25.56 | 7. Shuichi Yoneshige | JPN | 28:26.04 | 8. Mauricio Gonzalez | MEX | 28:36.66 | 9. Ezequiel Canario | POR | 28:43.02 | 10.Alberto Cova | ITA | 28:43.84 | 11.Pat Porter | USA | 28:45.04 | 12.Antonio Serrano | ESP | 29:01.13 | 13.Musa Ahmed Joda | SUD | 29:03.87 | 14.Marcos Barreto | MEX | 29:18.14 | 15.Paul Mccloy | CAN | 29:34.07 | 16.Sang-Keun Lee | KOR | 29:37.14 | 17.Stanley Mandebele | ZIM | 29:50.99 | 18.Talan Omar Abdillahi | DJI | 30:08.53 | 19.Haribahadur Rokaya | NEP | 30:48.16 | 20.A Aaron Dupnai | NGU | 32:50.63 | 21.Bineshwar Prasad | FIJ | 33:30.43 | 22.John Maeke | SOL | 35:16.93 | -. Kamana Koji | ZAI | DNF | -. Tsukasa Endo | JPN | DNF | -. Steve Plasencia | USA | DNF | -. Martin Vrabel | TCH | DNF |
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