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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Date Started: July 24, 1980
Date Finished: July 24, 1980
Format: Top four in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Miruts Yifter |
| Silver: | Kaarlo Maaninka |
| Bronze: | Mohamed Kedir |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Kedir | 26 | Ethiopia | ETH | 28:16.4 | 28:16.38 | QU |
| 2 | Kaarlo Maaninka | 26 | Finland | FIN | 28:31.0 | 28:30.96 | QU |
| 3 | Werner Schildhauer | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 28:32.1 | 28:32.08 | QU |
| 4 | Lasse Virén | 30 | Finland | FIN | 28:45.8 | 28:45.72 | QU |
| 5 | Steve Austin | 29 | Australia | AUS | 29:45.2 | ||
| 6 | Alex Hagelsteens | 23 | Belgium | BEL | 29:47.6 | ||
| 7 | Geoff Smith | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 30:00.1 | ||
| 8 | Abdel Madjid Mada | 27 | Algeria | ALG | 30:23.4 | ||
| 9 | Akel Hamdan | 26 | Syria | SYR | 31:21.9 | ||
| 10 | Motlalepula Thabana | 30 | Lesotho | LES | 34:01.5 | ||
| AC | John Treacy | 23 | Ireland | IRL | DNF | ||
| AC | Aleksandras Antipovas | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | DNF | ||
| AC | Zakariah Barie | 27 | Tanzania | TAN | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miruts Yifter | 36 | Ethiopia | ETH | 28:41.7 | 28:41.68 | QU |
| 2 | Jörg Peter | 24 | East Germany | GDR | 28:50.0 | 28:49.96 | QU |
| 3 | Brendan Foster | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:55.2 | 28:55.15 | QU |
| 4 | Enn Sellik | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 29:12.1 | QU | |
| 5 | Antonio Prieto | 22 | Spain | ESP | 29:12.8 | QC | |
| 6 | Rachid Habchaoui | 30 | Algeria | ALG | 29:12.9 | ||
| 7 | Enrique Aquino | 30 | Mexico | MEX | 29:21.3 | ||
| 8 | José Gómez | 24 | Mexico | MEX | 29:53.6 | ||
| 9 | Damiano Musonda | 34 | Zambia | ZAM | 30:29.2 | ||
| 10 | Kenias Tembo | 25 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 30:53.8 | ||
| 11 | Jules Randrianarivelo | 23 | Madagascar | MAD | 31:18.4 | ||
| AC | Domingo Tibaduiza | 29 | Colombia | COL | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tolossa Kotu | 27 | Ethiopia | ETH | 28:55.3 | 28:55.26 | QU |
| 2 | Mike McLeod | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:57.3 | 28:57.27 | QU |
| 3 | Bill Scott | 28 | Australia | AUS | 28:58.8 | 28:58.70 | QU |
| 4 | Martti Vainio | 29 | Finland | FIN | 28:59.9 | 28:59.81 | QU |
| 5 | Ilie Floroiu | 27 | Romania | ROU | 29:03.1 | QC | |
| 6 | Gerard Tebroke | 30 | Netherlands | NED | 29:05.8 | QC | |
| 7 | Jiří Sýkora | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 29:19.8 | ||
| 8 | Rodolfo Gómez | 29 | Mexico | MEX | 29:25.7 | ||
| 9 | Volodymyr Shesterov | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | 29:32.4 | ||
| 10 | Hari Chand | 27 | India | IND | 29:45.8 | ||
| 11 | Leodigard Martin | 19 | Tanzania | TAN | 30:33.4 | ||
| 12 | Golekane Mosveu | 31 | Botswana | BOT | 30:38.8 | ||
| 13 | Nara Bahadur Dahal | 19 | Nepal | NEP | 31:19.8 | ||
| AC | Markus Ryffel | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | DNF | ||
| AC | Dias Alface | Mozambique | MOZ | DNF |