| Final 18:48 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 1. Grant Hackett |   Australia | 14:42.58 |   |   | 3:50.851 | 7:46.901 | 11:44.481 | - | 5 | 25 |  | 2. Larsen Jensen |   United States | 14:47.58 |   | +5.00s | 3:56.082 | 7:52.882 | 11:52.412 | - | 2 | 19 |  | 3. David Davies |   Great Britain | 14:48.11 |   | +5.53s | 3:58.354 | 7:56.573 | 11:53.143 | - | 4 | 20 |  | 4. Yuriy Prilukov |   Russia | 14:51.62 |   | +9.04s | 3:57.493 | 7:56.614 | 11:55.704 | - | 3 | 21 |  | 5. Mateusz Sawrymowicz |   Poland | 14:59.38 |   | +16.80s | 3:58.575 | 7:59.875 | 12:00.215 | - | 6 | 18 |  | 6. Lin Zhang |   China | 15:09.79 |   | +27.21s | 4:00.697 | 8:05.136 | 12:10.316 | - | 8 | 18 |  | 7. Sebastien Rouault |   France | 15:09.84 |   | +27.26s | 4:00.376 | 8:05.317 | 12:10.397 | - | 7 | 19 |  | 8. Christian Hein |   Germany | 15:14.91 |   | +32.33s | 4:01.228 | 8:06.258 | 12:12.858 | - | 1 | 22 |   
| World and Championship Record: Grant Hackett, Australia 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan, 21st July |   
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 Heats - Saturday, 30th July  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 5 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 2. Grant Hackett |   Australia | 15:00.18 |   | +0.85s | 4:00.37 | 6:04.19 | 12:05.60 | - | 4 | 25 |  | 3. Yuriy Prilukov |   Russia | 15:01.03 |   | +1.70s | 4:00.64 | 6:04.33 | 12:06.00 | - | 5 | 21 |  | 10.Sergei Fesenko |   Ukraine | 15:14.67 |   | +15.34s | 4:01.28 | 6:05.72 | 12:10.92 | - | 7 | 23 |  | 12.Marco Rivera |   Spain | 15:19.42 |   | +20.09s | 4:03.49 | 6:10.58 | 12:17.48 | - | 1 | 22 |  | 13.Dragos Coman |   Romania | 15:22.21 |   | +22.88s | 4:00.74 | 6:05.28 | 12:12.95 | - | 6 | 24 |  | 16.Kurtis Macgillivary |   Australia | 15:28.80 |   | +29.47s | 4:01.42 | 6:08.12 | 12:19.90 | - | 3 |   |  | 19.Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 15:39.18 |   | +39.85s | 4:01.46 | 6:12.08 | 12:28.39 | - | 2 | 27 |  | 25.Cheng Yu |   China | 16:00.97 |   | +1:01.64 | 4:04.91 | 6:25.23 | 12:49.45 | - | 8 |   |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 5. Larsen Jensen |   United States | 15:07.58 |   | +8.25s | 4:01.87 | 6:05.50 | 12:08.62 | - | 4 | 19 |  | 6. Sebastien Rouault |   France | 15:08.00 |   | +8.67s | 4:02.05 | 6:05.71 | 12:09.04 | - | 3 | 19 |  | 8. Lin Zhang |   China | 15:12.62 |   | +13.29s | 4:02.78 | 6:07.86 | 12:10.97 | - | 2 | 18 |  | 11.Troyden Prinsloo |   South Africa | 15:16.60 |   | +17.27s | 4:02.10 | 6:06.03 | 12:12.02 | - | 7 | 19 |  | 14.Fernando Costa |   Portugal | 15:27.70 |   | +28.37s | 4:05.27 | 6:15.05 | 12:23.68 | - | 1 | 20 |  | 18.Spyridon Gianniotis |   Greece | 15:30.97 |   | +31.64s | 4:03.24 | 6:13.31 | 12:21.61 | - | 5 | 25 |  | 20.Chris Thompson |   United States | 15:41.66 |   | +42.33s | 4:02.85 | 6:12.36 | 12:28.09 | - | 6 | 26 |  | 22.Kuk-In Han |   South Korea | 15:47.58 |   | +48.25s | 4:08.55 | 6:23.05 | 12:38.94 | - | 8 |   |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 1. David Davies |   Great Britain | 14:59.33 |   |   | 3:59.91 | 6:00.61 | 11:59.95 | - | 4 | 20 |  | 4. Mateusz Sawrymowicz |   Poland | 15:03.56 |   | +4.23s | 4:00.17 | 6:01.48 | 12:03.21 | - | 5 | 18 |  | 7. Christian Hein |   Germany | 15:12.12 |   | +12.79s | 4:01.12 | 6:05.10 | 12:11.54 | - | 6 | 22 |  | 9. Takeshi Matsuda |   Japan | 15:13.39 |   | +14.06s | 4:02.07 | 6:07.38 | 12:13.62 | - | 2 | 21 |  | 15.Igor Chervynskiy |   Ukraine | 15:28.49 |   | +29.16s | 4:03.11 | 6:10.97 | 12:22.31 | - | 3 | 23 |  | 17.Luka Turk |   Slovenia | 15:30.46 |   | +31.13s | 4:07.08 | 6:15.75 | 12:24.73 | - | 8 | 18 |  | 21.Paul Biedermann |   Germany | 15:41.88 |   | +42.55s | 4:03.73 | 6:16.00 | 12:30.70 | - | 7 | 18 |  | 24.Gard Kvale |   Norway | 15:57.38 |   | +58.05s | 4:12.62 | 6:28.17 | 12:44.71 | - | 1 | 21 |   
| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 23.Evan Marcus |   Guatemala | 15:56.20 |   | +56.87s | 4:11.06 | 6:26.92 | 12:43.02 | - | 5 |   |  | 26.Nawaf Al-Wazzan |   Kuwait | 16:04.18 |   | +1:04.85 | 4:16.38 | 6:32.24 | 12:48.93 | - | 6 | 18 |  | 27.Juan Carlos Miguel Mendoza |   Philippines | 16:06.53 |   | +1:07.20 | 4:15.18 | 6:33.94 | 12:53.92 | - | 2 | 23 |  | 28.Sheng-Chieh Tang |   Chinese Taipei | 16:18.10 |   | +1:18.77 | 4:11.86 | 6:31.58 | 12:56.39 | - | 4 |   |  | 30.Zhi Cong Lim |   Singapore | 16:54.29 |   | +1:54.96 | 4:31.43 | 9:09.77 | 13:39.28 | - | 1 | 17 |  | 32.Ming Zhe Marcus Cheah |   Singapore | 16:59.08 |   | +1:59.75 | 4:22.71 | 6:55.41 | 13:32.82 | - | 3 | 17 |  | 33.Neil Agius |   Malta | 16:59.71 |   | +2:00.38 | 4:25.91 | 6:58.45 | 13:33.89 | - | 7 | 19 |   
| Heat 1 10:07 |   | time |   | gap | 400m | 800m | 1200m | pts | L | Ag |  | 29.Irakli Revishvili |   Georgia | 16:50.60 |   | +1:51.27 | 4:24.88 | 6:53.87 | 13:27.37 | - | 4 | 16 |  | 31.Steven Mangroo |   Seychelles | 16:59.00 |   | +1:59.67 | 4:25.67 | 9:00.45 | 13:35.27 | - | 5 | 17 |  | -. Aung Kyaw Moe |   Myanmar | DNS |   |   | - |   |   | - | 3 |   |   
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