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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 17, 1964
Date Finished: October 17, 1964
| Gold: | Gaston Roelants |
| Silver: | Maurice Herriott |
| Bronze: | Ivan Bieliaiev |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaston Roelants | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 8:30.8 | OR |
| 2 | Maurice Herriott | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:32.4 | |
| 3 | Ivan Bieliaiev | 29 | Soviet Union | URS | 8:33.8 | |
| 4 | Manuel de Oliveira | 23 | Portugal | POR | 8:36.2 | |
| 5 | George Young | 27 | United States | USA | 8:38.2 | |
| 6 | Guy Texereau | 29 | France | FRA | 8:38.6 | |
| 7 | Adolfas Aleksejūnas | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 8:39.0 | |
| 8 | Lars-Erik Gustafsson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 8:41.8 | |
| 9 | Ben Assou El-Ghazi | Morocco | MAR | 8:43.6 | ||
| 10 | Ernie Pomfret | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:43.8 |