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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