Heat 1 | time | | 1. Frans Herman | BEL | 14:42.8 | Q | 2. Fred Green | GBR | 14:42.8 | Q | 3. Vladimir Okorokov | URS | 14:43.0 | Q | 4. Garay Sándor | HUN | 14:43.6 | Q | 5. Saksvik Øistein | NOR | 14:44.0 | Q | 6. Władysław Płonka | POL | 14:47.0 | | 7. Osman Coşgül | TUR | 14:51.0 | | 8. Rudolf Morgenthaler | SUI | 14:54.8 | | 9. Dimitar Vachkov | BUL | 14:59.4 | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Vladimir Kuts | URS | 14:18.8 | Q | 2. Herbert Schade | FRG | 14:23.8 | Q | 3. Lucien Hanswijck | BEL | 14:29.2 | Q | 4. Urho Julin | FIN | 14:36.2 | Q | 5. Emil Zátopek | TCH | 14:36.2 | Q | 6. Pierre Page | SUI | 14:37.4 | NR | 7. Karl Lundh | SWE | 14:42.4 | | 8. Antonio Amorós | ESP | 15:28.6 | | -. Henri Laethier | FRA | DNF | | -. Cahit Önel | TUR | DNF | |
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