| Final 16:00 | time | | | 1. Volmari Iso-Hollo |  Finland | 9:03.8 | WR | | 2. Kaarlo Tuominen | Finland | 9:06.8 | | | 3. Alfred Dompert |  Germany | 9:07.2 | | | 4. Martti Matilainen | Finland | 9:09.0 | | | 5. Harold Manning |  United States | 9:11.2 | | | 6. Lars Larsson |  Sweden | 9:16.6 | | | 7. Voldemārs Vītols |  Latvia | 9:18.8 | | | 8. Glen Dawson | United States | 9:21.1 | | | 9. Willi Heyn | Germany | 9:26.4 | | | 10.Joe McCluskey | United States | 9:29.4 | | | 11.Roger Rérolle |  France | 9:40.8 | | | -. Harry Holmqvist | Sweden | DNF | |
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| | | Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000. -- competitors from -- nations. | | Heats |
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Heats - Monday 03.08 18:00 | | First 4 from each Heat advenced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Alfred Dompert | Germany | 9:27.2 | | | 2. Martti Matilainen | Finland | 9:28.4 | | | 3. Voldemārs Vītols | Latvia | 9:28.8 | | | 4. Glen Dawson | United States | 9:29.2 | | | 5. Tom Evenson |  Great Britain | 9:41.2 | | | 6. Harry Ekman | Sweden | 9:43.2 | | | 7. Bedřich Hošek |  Czechoslovakia | | | | 8. Giuseppe Lippi |  Italy | | | | 9. Roger Cuzol | France | | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Volmari Iso-Hollo | Finland | 9:34.0 | | | 2. Harold Manning | United States | 9:34.8 | | | 3. Willi Heyn | Germany | 9:41.2 | | | 4. Harry Holmqvist | Sweden | 9:44.4 | | | 5. Jenő Szilágyi |  Hungary | 9:53.4 | | | 6. Oscar Van Rumst |  Belgium | 10:05.0 | | | 7. René Desroches | France | | | | 8. Hošek Václav | Czechoslovakia | | | | 9. Tetsuo Imai |  Japan | | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Kaarlo Tuominen | Finland | 9:40.4 | | | 2. Joe McCluskey | United States | 9:45.2 | | | 3. Roger Rérolle | France | 9:50.6 | | | 4. Lars Larsson | Sweden | 9:52.4 | | | 5. James Ginty | Great Britain | 9:56.6 | | | 6. Hideo Tanaka | Japan | 10:00.4 | | | 7. Bruno Betti | Italy | | | | 8. Josef Hušek | Czechoslovakia | | | | 9. Ladislaus Simacek |  Austria | | | | -. Hans Raff | Germany | DNF | |
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