| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Cova | 
                                         
                                        ITA
                                     | 
                                    28:01.04 | 
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer | 
                                         
                                        GDR
                                     | 
                                    28:01.18 | 
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze | 
                                         
                                        GDR
                                     | 
                                    28:01.26 | 
| 4 | Martti Vainio | 
                                         
                                        FIN
                                     | 
                                    28:01.37 | 
| 5 | Gidamis Shahanga | 
                                         
                                        TAN
                                     | 
                                    28:01.93 | 
| 6 | Carlos Lopes | 
                                         
                                        POR
                                     | 
                                    28:06.78 | 
| 7 | Nick Rose | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    28:07.53 | 
| 8 | Christoph Herle | 
                                         
                                        FRG
                                     | 
                                    28:09.05 | 
| 9 | Mohamed Kedir | 
                                         
                                        ETH
                                     | 
                                    28:09.92 | 
| 10 | Bekele Debele | 
                                         
                                        ETH
                                     | 
                                    28:11.13 | 
| 11 | António Prieto | 
                                         
                                        ESP
                                     | 
                                    28:11.57 | 
| 12 | Steve Jones | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    28:15.03 | 
| 13 | Mark Nenow | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    28:17.28 | 
| 14 | Fernando Mamede | 
                                         
                                        POR
                                     | 
                                    28:18.39 | 
| 15 | Bill McChesney | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    28:34.46 | 
| 16 | José Gomez | 
                                         
                                        MEX
                                     | 
                                    28:42.61 | 
| 17 | Alberto Salazar | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    28:48.42 | 
| Henrik Jørgensen | 
                                         
                                        DEN
                                     | 
                                    DNS |