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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 22, 2000
Date Finished: September 22, 2000
Format: Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Haile Gebrselassie |
| Silver: | Paul Tergat |
| Bronze: | Assefa Mezgebu |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | 27 | Ethiopia | ETH | 27:50.01 | QU |
| 2 | Patrick Ivuti | 22 | Kenya | KEN | 27:50.10 | QU |
| 3 | John Korir | 18 | Kenya | KEN | 27:50.19 | QU |
| 4 | Assefa Mezgebu | 22 | Ethiopia | ETH | 27:50.64 | QU |
| 5 | Toshinari Takaoka | 29 | Japan | JPN | 27:59.95 | QU |
| 6 | Samir Moussaoui | 25 | Algeria | ALG | 28:08.22 | QU |
| 7 | Abdi Abdirahman | 23 | United States | USA | 28:09.04 | QU |
| 8 | Enrique Molina | 32 | Spain | ESP | 28:09.76 | QU |
| 9 | Andres Jones | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:11.20 | |
| 10 | Armando Quintanilla | 32 | Mexico | MEX | 28:14.54 | |
| 11 | Sisay Bezabeh | 23 | Australia | AUS | 28:21.63 | |
| 12 | Sean Kaley | 25 | Canada | CAN | 28:36.07 | |
| 13 | Rob Denmark | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 28:43.74 | |
| 14 | Shaun Creighton | 33 | Australia | AUS | 28:52.71 | |
| 15 | Daniele Caimmi | 27 | Italy | ITA | 29:01.26 | |
| 16 | Teodoro Cuñado | 30 | Spain | ESP | 29:10.90 | |
| 17 | Michael Aish | 24 | New Zealand | NZL | 29:31.83 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girma Tolla | 24 | Ethiopia | ETH | 27:44.01 | QU |
| 2 | Paul Tergat | 31 | Kenya | KEN | 27:44.07 | QU |
| 3 | Katsuhiko Hanada | 29 | Japan | JPN | 27:45.13 | QU |
| 4 | Mohammed Mourhit | 29 | Belgium | BEL | 27:45.75 | QU |
| 5 | Saïd Bérioui | 25 | Morocco | MAR | 27:45.83 | QU |
| 6 | Karl Keska | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 27:48.29 | QU |
| 7 | José David Galván | 24 | Mexico | MEX | 27:49.53 | QU |
| 8 | Aloÿs Nizigama | 34 | Burundi | BDI | 27:50.09 | QU |
| 9 | José Ríos | 26 | Spain | ESP | 27:51.40 | QC |
| 10 | José Ramos | 32 | Portugal | POR | 27:56.30 | QC |
| 11 | Meb Keflezighi | 25 | United States | USA | 27:58.96 | QC |
| 12 | Rachid Berradi | 25 | Italy | ITA | 28:01.18 | QC |
| 13 | Mauricio Díaz | 32 | Chile | CHI | 28:05.61 | |
| 14 | Yonas Kifle | 23 | Eritrea | ERI | 28:08.59 | |
| 15 | Jeff Schiebler | 27 | Canada | CAN | 28:30.46 | |
| 16 | Dmitry Maksimov | 23 | Russia | RUS | 28:54.15 | |
| 17 | Alan Culpepper | 27 | United States | USA | 29:00.71 |