| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2008 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Hasan Mahbood |  BRN | 27:24.46 | 27:24.46 | 
| 2 | Jorge Torres |  USA | 27:42.91 | 27:46.33 | 
| 3 | Carles Castillejo |  ESP | 27:39.79 | 27:39.79 | 
| 4 | Essa Ismail Rashed |  QAT | 27:20.97 | 27:37.68 | 
| 5 | Juan Carlos Romero |  MEX | 27:47.46 | 27:47.46 | 
| 6 | Dickson Marwa |  TAN | 27:38.58 | |
| 7 | Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 26:22.75 | 26:51.20 | 
| 8 | Micah Kipkemboi Kogo |  KEN | 26:35.63 | 28:08.92 | 
| 9 | Kidane Tadasse |  ERI | 27:06.16 | 27:06.16 | 
| 10 | Moses Ndiema Masai |  KEN | 26:49.20 | 28:02.03 | 
| 11 | Günther Weidlinger |  AUT | 27:36.46 | 27:36.46 | 
| 12 | Abdi ABDIRAHMAN |  USA | 27:16.99 | 27:16.99 | 
| 13 | Felix Kikwai Kibore |  QAT | 27:35.12 | 27:35.12 | 
| 14 | Juan Carlos de la Ossa |  ESP | 27:27.80 | 27:28.31 | 
| 15 | Kenenisa BEKELE |  ETH | 26:17.53 | 26:25.97 | 
| 16 | Rui Pedro Silva |  POR | 28:05.78 | 28:05.78 | 
| 17 | Takayuki Matsumiya |  JPN | 27:41.75 | 27:41.75 | 
| 18 | Cutbert Nyasango |  ZIM | 27:57.34 | |
| 19 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah |  QAT | 26:38.76 | 27:35.67 | 
| 20 | Sergey Ivanov |  RUS | 27:53.12 | 27:53.12 | 
| 21 | Mohamed El Hachimi |  MAR | 27:34.29 | 27:34.29 | 
| 22 | Kensuke Takezawa |  JPN | 27:45.59 | |
| 23 | Samwel Shauri |  TAN | 27:49.35 | 27:49.35 | 
| 24 | Galen RUPP |  USA | 27:33.48 | 27:43.11 | 
| 25 | Teklemariam Medhin |  ERI | 27:46.50 | 27:46.50 | 
| 26 | Khoudir Aggoune |  ALG | 27:58.03 | 27:58.03 | 
| 27 | Martin Irungu Mathathi |  KEN | 27:08.42 | 28:03.95 | 
| 28 | Dieudonné Disi |  RWA | 27:22.28 | |
| 29 | Zersenay Tadese |  ERI | 26:37.25 | |
| 30 | Sileshi Sihine |  ETH | 26:39.69 | 26:50.53 | 
| 31 | Fabiano Joseph |  TAN | 27:19.72 | 27:19.72 | 
| 32 | Boniface Toroitich Kiprop |  UGA | 26:39.77 | 27:19.26 | 
| 33 | David Galván |  MEX | 27:33.96 | |
| 34 | Alejandro Suárez |  MEX | 27:43.92 | 28:06.43 | 
| 35 | Eric Gillis |  CAN | 28:07.19 | 28:07.19 | 
| 36 | Surendra Kumar Singh |  IND | 28:02.89 | 28:02.89 | 
| 37 | Abdellah Falil |  MAR | 27:40.58 | 27:40.58 | 
| 38 | Ayad LAMDASSEM |  ESP | 27:45.58 | 27:45.58 | 
| 39 | Mert Girmalegesse |  TUR | 27:47.75 | 27:47.75 |