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Date: 31 July 1948 / 2 August 1948
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Gaston Reiff | BEL | 14:17.6 |
| 2 | Emil Zatopek | TCH | 14:17.8 |
| 3 | Willem Slijkhuis | NED | 14:26.8 |
| 4 | Erik Ahlden | SWE | 14:28.6 |
| 5 | Bertil Albertsson | SWE | 14:39.0 |
| 6 | Curtis Stone | USA | 14:39.4 |
| 7 | Vaino Koskela | FIN | |
| 8 | Vaino Makela | FIN | |
| 9 | Marcel Van de Wattyne | BEL | |
| 10 | Evert Nyberg | SWE | |
| 10 | Helge Perala | FIN | |
| 12 | Martin Stokken | NOR | |
| Heats | |||
| 13 | Jerald Thompson | USA | 15:08.4 |
| 14 | Maurice Pouzieux | FRA | 15:09.8 |
| 15 | Alain Mimoun | FRA | 15:11.2 |
| 16 | Gregorio Rojo | ESP | 15:19.0 |
| 17 | Jacques Vernier | FRA | 15:29.8 |
| 18 | Harold Nelson | NZL | 15:34.4 |
| 19 | Jef Lataster | NED | |
| 19 | William Lucas | GBR | |
| 19 | Alexander Olney | GBR | |
| 22 | Clifford Salmond | CAN | |
| 22 | Luo Wenggao | CHN | |
| 22 | Martin Alarcon | MEX | |
| 25 | John Braughton | GBR | |
| 25 | Vasilios Mavrapostolos | GRE | |
| 25 | Ernst Gunther | SUI | |
| 28 | Mannie Ramjohn | TTO | |
| 28 | Shim Bok-Suk | KOR | |
| Did not finish | |||
| Aage Poulsen | DEN | ||
| John Barry | IRL | ||
| Mustafa Ozcan | TUR | ||
| Clarence Robison | USA | ||