| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Chelimo |  KEN | 27:07.91 | 27:07.91 | 
| 2 | Stéphane Franke |  GER | 28:20.00 | |
| 3 | Nozomi Saho |  JPN | ||
| 4 | Boay Akonay |  TAN | 29:28.46 | |
| 5 | Gérman Silva |  MEX | 27:46.52 | 28:03.64 | 
| 6 | Fackson Nkandu |  ZAM | ||
| 7 | Moses Tanui |  KEN | 27:38.74 | |
| 8 | Francesco Panetta |  ITA | 27:24.16 | |
| 9 | Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 27:30.17 | 27:30.17 | 
| 10 | Zoltán Káldy |  HUN | 28:01.88 | |
| 11 | John Mwathiwa |  MAW | 29:21.09 | 29:21.09 | 
| 12 | José Regalo |  POR | ||
| 13 | Steve Plasencia |  USA | 28:11.38 | |
| 14 | Mohamed Moosa Ahmed |  PLE | ||
| 15 | Domingos Castro |  POR | 27:34.53 | 27:34.53 | 
| 16 | José Carlos Adán |  ESP | 27:59.49 | 27:59.49 | 
| 17 | Antonio Fabián Silio |  ARG | ||
| 18 | Steve Moneghetti |  AUS | 27:47.69 | 28:03.65 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1993 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Quintanilla |  MEX | 27:51.41 | 27:51.41 | 
| 2 | Jun Hiratsuka |  JPN | 30:26.79 | |
| 3 | Dan Nelson |  USA | ||
| 4 | Murusamy Ramachandran |  MAS | ||
| 5 | Tendai Chimusasa |  ZIM | 27:57.84 | 27:57.84 | 
| 6 | William Sigei |  KEN | 27:16.81 | 27:16.81 | 
| 7 | Aloÿs Nizigama |  BDI | 28:03.03 | |
| 8 | Martin Pitayo |  MEX | ||
| 9 | Mathias Ntawulikura |  RWA | 27:47.59 | 27:47.59 | 
| 10 | Todd Williams |  USA | 27:40.37 | 27:40.37 | 
| 11 | LuÃs Jesús |  POR | ||
| 12 | Salvatore Antibo |  ITA | 27:16.50 | |
| 13 | Rolando Vera |  ECU | 28:12.76 | 28:12.76 | 
| 14 | Thein Win Gopal |  MYA | 29:37.4 | 29:37.4 | 
| 15 | Fita Bayisa |  ETH | 27:14.26 | 27:26.90 | 
| 16 | Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 27:47.33 | 27:47.33 | 
| 17 | Oleg Strizhakov |  RUS | 28:16.15 | |
| 18 | Tadashi Fukushima |  JPN |