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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 15, 1964
Date Finished: October 15, 1964
Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Gaston Roelants |
| Silver: | Maurice Herriott |
| Bronze: | Ivan Bieliaiev |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel de Oliveira | 23 | Portugal | POR | 8:40.8 | QU |
| 2 | Ivan Bieliaiev | 29 | Soviet Union | URS | 8:42.0 | QU |
| 3 | Ben Assou El-Ghazi | Morocco | MAR | 8:42.8 | QU | |
| 4 | Vic Zwolak | 25 | United States | USA | 8:43.6 | |
| 5 | Zenji Okuzawa | 26 | Japan | JPN | 8:50.0 | |
| 6 | Slavko Špan | 26 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 8:57.6 | |
| 7 | József Mácsár | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 9:08.8 | |
| 8 | Dieter Hartmann | 26 | Germany | GER | 9:09.2 | |
| 9 | Jean Toffey Ekonian | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 9:47.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maurice Herriott | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:33.0 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Lars-Erik Gustafsson | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 8:34.2 | QU |
| 3 | George Young | 27 | United States | USA | 8:34.2 | QU |
| 4 | Guy Texereau | 29 | France | FRA | 8:34.6 | QC |
| 5 | Lazar Naroditsky | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 8:43.0 | |
| 6 | Alfred Döring | 31 | Germany | GER | 8:43.2 | |
| 7 | Taketsugu Saruwatari | 21 | Japan | JPN | 8:46.6 | |
| 8 | Edward Szklarczyk | 23 | Poland | POL | 8:48.0 | |
| 9 | Labidi Ayachi | 26 | Tunisia | TUN | 9:02.0 | |
| 10 | Cahit Önel | 36 | Turkey | TUR | 9:15.6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adolfas Aleksejūnas | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 8:31.8 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Gaston Roelants | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 8:33.8 | QU |
| 3 | Ernie Pomfret | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:45.2 | QU |
| 4 | Jeff Fishback | 22 | United States | USA | 8:50.2 | |
| 5 | Benjamin Kogo | Kenya | KEN | 8:51.0 | ||
| 6 | Rainer Dörner | 27 | Germany | GER | 8:55.0 | |
| 7 | Attila Simon | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 8:57.8 | |
| 8 | Trevor Vincent | 26 | Australia | AUS | 8:58.8 | |
| 9 | Saburo Yokomizo | 24 | Japan | JPN | 9:04.6 | |
| 10 | Dilbagh Singh Kler | 28 | Malaysia | MAS | 9:18.8 |