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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 23, 1988
Date Finished: September 23, 1988
Format: Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Brahim Boutayeb |
| Silver: | Salvatore Antibo |
| Bronze: | Kipkemboi Kimeli |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kipkemboi Kimeli | 21 | Kenya | KEN | 28:00.39 | QU |
| 2 | Jean-Louis Prianon | 28 | France | FRA | 28:08.38 | QU |
| 3 | Arturo Barrios | 24 | Mexico | MEX | 28:08.63 | QU |
| 4 | Salvatore Antibo | 26 | Italy | ITA | 28:09.35 | QU |
| 5 | Evgeni Ignatov | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 28:15.63 | QU |
| 6 | António Pinto | 22 | Portugal | POR | 28:15.63 | QU |
| 7 | Bruce Bickford | 31 | United States | USA | 28:16.16 | QU |
| 8 | Kozu Akutsu | 27 | Japan | JPN | 28:16.43 | QU |
| 9 | Rolando Vera | 23 | Ecuador | ECU | 28:17.88 | QC |
| 10 | Boniface Merande | 26 | Kenya | KEN | 28:21.84 | QC |
| 11 | John Halvorsen | 22 | Norway | NOR | 28:22,25 | QC |
| 12 | Marti ten Kate | 29 | Netherlands | NED | 28:23.23 | QC |
| 13 | Steve Binns | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:52.88 | |
| 14 | Pedro Ortiz | 32 | Colombia | COL | 29:08.25 | |
| 15 | Boay Akonay | 18 | Tanzania | TAN | 29:19.06 | |
| 16 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | 21 | Qatar | QAT | 29:37.99 | |
| 17 | Edward Nabunone | 20 | Indonesia | INA | 29:55.23 | |
| 18 | Policarpio Calizaya | 26 | Bolivia | BOL | 30:35.01 | |
| 19 | Ismael Yaya | Chad | CHA | 30:47.29 | ||
| 20 | Charles Naveko | 22 | Malawi | MAW | 31:23.53 | |
| 21 | Abdul Karim Daoud | 18 | North Yemen | YAR | 32:33.04 | |
| AC | José Manuel Albentosa | 24 | Spain | ESP | DNF | |
| AC | Dionísio Castro | 24 | Portugal | POR | DNF | |
| AC | Paul Williams | 32 | Canada | CAN | DNF | |
| AC | Andrew Lloyd | 29 | Australia | AUS | DNF | |
| AC | Mike McLeod | 36 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brahim Boutayeb | 21 | Morocco | MAR | 28:17.61 | QU |
| 2 | Moses Tanui | 23 | Kenya | KEN | 28:20.98 | QU |
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze | 28 | East Germany | GDR | 28:22.09 | QU |
| 4 | Antonio Prieto | 30 | Spain | ESP | 28:22.52 | QU |
| 5 | Eamonn Martin | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:25.46 | QU |
| 6 | Paul Arpin | 28 | France | FRA | 28:25.56 | QU |
| 7 | Shuichi Yoneshige | 27 | Japan | JPN | 28:26.04 | QU |
| 8 | Mauricio González | 27 | Mexico | MEX | 28:36.66 | QU |
| 9 | Ezequiel Canário | 28 | Portugal | POR | 28:43.02 | |
| 10 | Alberto Cova | 29 | Italy | ITA | 28:43.84 | |
| 11 | Pat Porter | 29 | United States | USA | 28:45.04 | |
| 12 | Antonio Serrano | 23 | Spain | ESP | 29:01.13 | |
| 13 | Ahmed Musa Jouda | 31 | Sudan | SUD | 29:03.87 | |
| 14 | Marcos Barreto | 28 | Mexico | MEX | 29:18.14 | |
| 15 | Paul McCloy | 24 | Canada | CAN | 29:34.07 | |
| 16 | Lee Sang-Geun | 26 | South Korea | KOR | 29:37.14 | |
| 17 | Stanley Mandebele | 26 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 29:50.99 | |
| 18 | Talal Omar Abdillahi | 21 | Djibouti | DJI | 30:08.53 | |
| 19 | Hari Bahadur Rokaya | 23 | Nepal | NEP | 30:48.16 | |
| 20 | Aaron Dupnai | 20 | Papua New Guinea | PNG | 32:50.63 | |
| 21 | Binesh Prasad | 25 | Fiji | FIJ | 33:30.43 | |
| 22 | John Maeke | 26 | Solomon Islands | SOL | 35:16.93 | |
| AC | Kamana Koji | 21 | Congo (Kinshasa) | COD | DNF | |
| AC | Tsukasa Endo | 26 | Japan | JPN | DNF | |
| AC | Steve Plasencia | 31 | United States | USA | DNF | |
| AC | Martin Vrábeľ | 32 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | DNF |