Jake Robertson of New Zealand was added to the final field at the judges' discretion after twice being pushed in his qualifying race.
The tactical final was almost full contact, with a pack of 14 staying close into the penultimate lap. Galen Rupp tried to take the kick out early. As the pack began to break up, Eliud Kipchoge went down while the leaders began to string out the field. Mo Farah led through the final lap as a host of Kenyan and finally Ethiopian athletes Imane Merga and Dejen Gebremeskel took a charge at him. Bernard Lagat worked his way through the traffic, coming up behind the final two Ethiopian runners pulling past them in lane 3 on the final straight. Lagat couldn't catch Farah. Merga finished in third but was later disqualified for stepping on the curb, giving the bronze to Gebremeskel.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Bernard Lagat | {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}} | 13:33.90 | Q |
2 | 1 | Thomas Longosiwa | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:34.46 | Q |
3 | 1 | Dejen Gebremeskel | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:34.48 | Q |
4 | 1 | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:34.54 | Q |
5 | 1 | Galen Rupp | {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}} | 13:34.91 | Q |
6 | 1 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | {{FlagATHCH|Saudi Arabia|2011 World}} | 13:35.47 | q |
7 | 1 | Bilisuma Shugi | {{FlagATHCH|Bahrain|2011 World}} | 13:35.86 | q |
8 | 2 | Imane Merga | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:37.96 | Q |
9 | 2 | Mo Farah | {{FlagATHCH|Great Britain|2011 World}} | 13:38.03 | Q |
10 | 2 | Abera Kuma | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:38.41 | Q |
11 | 2 | Eliud Kipchoge | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:39.02 | Q |
12 | 2 | Alistair Cragg | {{FlagATHCH|Ireland|2011 World}} | 13:39.36 | Q |
13 | 1 | Daniele Meucci | {{FlagATHCH|Italy|2011 World}} | 13:39.90 | q |
14 | 2 | Amanuel Mesel | {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} | 13:39.97 | q |
15 | 2 | Jesús España | {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}} | 13:40.38 | q |
16 | 2 | Abraham Kiplimo | {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}} | 13:44.09 |
17 | 2 | Andrew Bumbalough | {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}} | 13:44.38 |
18 | 1 | Javier Carriqueo | {{FlagATHCH|Argentina|2011 World}} | 13:47.51 |
19 | 1 | Collis Birmingham | {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}} | 13:47.88 |
20 | 2 | Elroy Gelant | {{FlagATHCH|South Africa|2011 World}} | 13:48.33 |
21 | 1 | Mumin Gala | {{FlagATHCH|Djibouti|2011 World}} | 13:48.19 |
22 | 1 | Rui Silva | {{FlagATHCH|Portugal|2011 World}} | 13:50.16 |
23 | 2 | Ben St Lawrence | {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}} | 13:51.64 |
24 | 2 | Jake Robertson | {{FlagATHCH|New Zealand|2011 World}} | 13:53.57 | q |
25 | 2 | Geofrey Kusuro | {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}} | 13:54.58 |
26 | 1 | Craig Mottram | {{FlagATHCH|Australia|2011 World}} | 13:56.60 |
27 | 2 | Dejene Regassa | {{FlagATHCH|Bahrain|2011 World}} | 13:56.83 |
28 | 2 | Sylvain Rukundo | {{FlagATHCH|Rwanda|2011 World}} | 13:58.92 |
29 | 2 | Rabah Aboud | {{FlagATHCH|Algeria|2011 World}} | 14:00.34 |
30 | 1 | Moses Kibet | {{FlagATHCH|Uganda|2011 World}} | 14:05.15 |
31 | 1 | Goitom Kifle | {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} | 14:06.42 |
32 | 2 | Gérard Gahungu | {{FlagATHCH|Burundi|2011 World}} | 14:09.15 | PB |
33 | 2 | Kazuya Watanabe | {{FlagATHCH|Japan|2011 World}} | 14:20.64 |
34 | 2 | Baek Seung-ho | {{FlagATHCH|South Korea|2011 World}} | 15:01.37 |
35 | 1 | Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle | {{FlagATHCH|Somalia|2011 World}} | 15:13.64 | PB |
36 | 2 | Christian Ngningba | {{FlagATHCH|Gabon|2011 World}} | 18:44.06 | PB |
98}} | 2 | Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | {{FlagATHCH|Saudi Arabia|2011 World}} | 99:99.98|DNF}} |
98}} | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}} | 99:99.98|DNF}} |
98}} | 1 | Mounir Miout | {{FlagATHCH|Algeria|2011 World}} | 99:99.98|DNF}} |
99}} | 1 | Kenenisa Bekele | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 99:99.99|DNS}} |
99}} | 1 | Adrian Blincoe | {{FlagATHCH|New Zealand|2011 World}} | 99:99.99|DNS}} |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{gold01}} | Mo Farah | {{FlagATHCH|Great Britain|2011 World}} | 13:23.36 |
{{silver02}} | Bernard Lagat | {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}} | 13:23.64 |
{{bronze03}} | Dejen Gebremeskel | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:23.92 |
04|4}} | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:24.95 |
05|5}} | Abera Kuma | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:25.50 |
06|6}} | Thomas Longosiwa | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:26.73 |
07|7}} | Eliud Kipchoge | {{FlagATHCH|Kenya|2011 World}} | 13:27.27 |
08|8}} | Bilisuma Shugi | {{FlagATHCH|Bahrain|2011 World}} | 13:27.67 |
09|9}} | Galen Rupp | {{FlagATHCH|United States|2011 World}} | 13:28.64 |
10 | Daniele Meucci | {{FlagATHCH|Italy|2011 World}} | 13:29.11 |
11 | Amanuel Mesel | {{FlagATHCH|Eritrea|2011 World}} | 13:33.99 |
12 | Jesús España | {{FlagATHCH|Spain|2011 World}} | 13:33.99 |
13 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | {{FlagATHCH|Saudi Arabia|2011 World}} | 13:34.83 |
14 | Alistair Cragg | {{FlagATHCH|Ireland|2011 World}} | 13:45.33 |
15 | Jake Robertson | {{FlagATHCH|New Zealand|2011 World}} | 14:03.09 |
99|}} | Imane Merga | {{FlagATHCH|Ethiopia|2011 World}} | 13:23.78 | DQ |
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