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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Date Started: September 28, 1988
Date Finished: September 28, 1988
Format: Top seven in each heat and next nine fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | John Ngugi |
| Silver: | Dieter Baumann |
| Bronze: | Hansjörg Kunze |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Staines | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 13:47.81 | QU |
| 2 | Sydney Maree | 32 | United States | USA | 13:47.85 | QU |
| 3 | Andrew Lloyd | 29 | Australia | AUS | 13:47.87 | QU |
| 4 | Domingos Castro | 24 | Portugal | POR | 13:47.91 | QU |
| 5 | John Ngugi | 26 | Kenya | KEN | 13:47.93 | QU |
| 6 | Mauricio González | 27 | Mexico | MEX | 13:47.98 | QU |
| 7 | John Doherty | 27 | Ireland | IRL | 13:47.99 | QU |
| 8 | Paul Arpin | 28 | France | FRA | 13:48.03 | QC |
| 9 | Alejandro Gómez | 21 | Spain | ESP | 13:51.60 | QC |
| 10 | Dietmar Millonig | 33 | Austria | AUT | 14:01.92 | |
| 11 | Pierre Délèze | 29 | Switzerland | SUI | 14:12.79 | |
| 12 | Carey Nelson | 25 | Canada | CAN | 14:15.94 | |
| 13 | Aboukar Hassan Adani | 20 | Somalia | SOM | 14:37.98 | |
| 14 | Ismael Hassan | 21 | Djibouti | DJI | 14:45.40 | |
| 15 | Hari Bahadur Rokaya | 23 | Nepal | NEP | 14:53.75 | |
| 16 | Kaleka Mutoke | 22 | Congo (Kinshasa) | COD | 14:56.33 | |
| 17 | Ian Gray | 24 | Belize | BIZ | 15:33.24 | |
| 18 | Abdel Rahman Massad | 31 | Sudan | SUD | 15:50.91 | |
| 19 | Manuel Rondo | 21 | Equatorial Guinea | GEQ | 16:44.13 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eamonn Martin | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 13:58.00 | QU |
| 2 | Salvatore Antibo | 26 | Italy | ITA | 13:58.08 | QU |
| 3 | Cyrille Laventure | 24 | France | FRA | 13:58.19 | QU |
| 4 | Yobes Ondieki | 27 | Kenya | KEN | 13:58.24 | QU |
| 5 | Doug Padilla | 31 | United States | USA | 13:58.45 | QU |
| 6 | Dieter Baumann | 23 | West Germany | FRG | 13:58.46 | QU |
| 7 | Abel Antón | 25 | Spain | ESP | 13:58.59 | QU |
| 8 | Fernando Couto | 28 | Portugal | POR | 13:58.72 | |
| 9 | Arturo Barrios | 24 | Mexico | MEX | 13:59.04 | |
| 10 | Frank O'Mara | 28 | Ireland | IRL | 13:59.46 | |
| 11 | Shuichi Yoneshige | 27 | Japan | JPN | 13:59.68 | |
| 12 | Stanley Mandebele | 26 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 14:03.97 | |
| 13 | Kim Yeong-Gil | 23 | South Korea | KOR | 14:09.45 | |
| 14 | Edward Nabunone | 20 | Indonesia | INA | 14:19.40 | |
| 15 | George Mambosasa | 24 | Malawi | MAW | 14:30.01 | |
| 16 | Anwar Al-Harazi | 15 | North Yemen | YAR | 14:49.25 | |
| 17 | Mohamed Ould Khalifa | 20 | Mauritania | MTN | 15:18.64 | |
| AC | Lars Ove Strømø | 25 | Norway | NOR | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Mei | 25 | Italy | ITA | 13:42.96 | QU |
| 2 | Charles Cheruiyot | 23 | Kenya | KEN | 13:43.11 | QU |
| 3 | Pascal Thiébaut | 29 | France | FRA | 13:43.28 | QU |
| 4 | Vincent Rousseau | 26 | Belgium | BEL | 13:43.38 | QU |
| 5 | Evgeni Ignatov | 29 | Bulgaria | BUL | 13:43.42 | QU |
| 6 | Paul Williams | 32 | Canada | CAN | 13:43.43 | QU |
| 7 | Eamonn Coghlan | 35 | Ireland | IRL | 13:43.48 | QU |
| 8 | Jonny Danielson | 24 | Sweden | SWE | 13:43.54 | QC |
| 9 | José Regalo | 24 | Portugal | POR | 13:43.59 | QC |
| 10 | Jack Buckner | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 13:43.69 | QC |
| 11 | Hansjörg Kunze | 28 | East Germany | GDR | 13:44.34 | QC |
| 12 | Mikhail Dasko | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 13:45.25 | QC |
| 13 | Terry Brahm | 25 | United States | USA | 13:45.28 | QC |
| 14 | Marcos Barreto | 28 | Mexico | MEX | 13:45.82 | QC |
| 15 | Juma Mnyampanda | 20 | Tanzania | TAN | 14:05.09 | |
| 16 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama | 21 | Qatar | QAT | 14:06.20 | |
| 17 | Mathias Ntawulikura | 24 | Rwanda | RWA | 14:08.84 | |
| 18 | Farouk Ahmed Sayed | 17 | South Yemen | YMD | 15:11.20 | |
| 19 | Ronodji Niakaken | 23 | Chad | CHA | 15:42.73 |