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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Location: Olympic Stadium (Turner Field)
Date Started: July 29, 1996
Date Finished: July 29, 1996
| Gold: | Haile Gebrselassie |
| Silver: | Paul Tergat |
| Bronze: | Saleh Hissou |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | 27:07.34 | OR |
| 2 | Paul Tergat | 27 | Kenya | KEN | 27.08.17 | |
| 3 | Saleh Hissou | 23 | Morocco | MAR | 27:24.67 | |
| 4 | Aloÿs Nizigama | 30 | Burundi | BDI | 27:33.79 | |
| 5 | Josphat Machuka | 22 | Kenya | KEN | 27:35.08 | |
| 6 | Paul Koech | 27 | Kenya | KEN | 27:35.19 | |
| 7 | Khalid Skah | 29 | Morocco | MAR | 27:46.98 | |
| 8 | Mathias Ntawulikura | 32 | Rwanda | RWA | 27:50.73 | |
| 9 | Stéphane Franke | 32 | Germany | GER | 27:59.08 | |
| 10 | Jon Brown | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 27:59.72 | |
| 11 | Armando Quintanilla | 28 | Mexico | MEX | 28:09.46 | |
| 12 | Marko Hhawu | 17 | Tanzania | TAN | 28:20.58 | |
| 13 | Abel Antón | 33 | Spain | ESP | 28:29.37 | |
| 14 | Carlos de la Torre | 30 | Spain | ESP | 28:32.11 | |
| 15 | Alejandro Gómez | 29 | Spain | ESP | 28:39.11 | |
| 16 | Zoltán Káldy | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 28:45.48 | |
| 17 | Worku Bikila | 28 | Ethiopia | ETH | 28:59.15 | |
| 18 | Stefano Baldini | 25 | Italy | ITA | 29:07.77 | |
| AC | Alyan Al-Qahtani | 24 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | DNF | |
| AC | Paul Evans | 35 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF |