| Date | 22 July 1952 — 17:10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki | |
| Format | Top 5 in each heat advanced to the final. | |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 607 | Alain Mimoun | 14:19.0 | 14:19.15 | |||
| 2 | 786 | Ilmari Taipale | 14:22.8 | 14:22.83 | |||
| 3 | 43 | Gaston Reiff | 14:23.8 | 14:23.92 | |||
| 4 | 680 | Åke Andersson | 14:25.0 | 14:25.09 | |||
| 5 | 182 | Gordon Pirie | 14:26.2 | 14:26.47 | |||
| 6 | 426 | Nikifor Popov | 14:28.5 | 14:28.84 | |||
| 7 | 996 | Charlie Capozzoli | 14:39.0 | – | |||
| 8 | 851 | August Sutter | 14:45.2 | – | |||
| 9 | 505 | Øistein Saksvik | 14:55.4 | – | |||
| 10 | 21 | John Landy | 14:56.4 | – | |||
| 11 | 277 | Helmut Perz | 14:57.2 | – | |||
| 12 | 306 | Osamu Inoue | 14:59.0 | – | |||
| 13 | 323 | Stevan Pavlović | 14:59.2 | – | |||
| 14 | 941 | József Kovács | 17:09.2 | – | |||
| 571 | Jan Szwargot | – | – | ||||
| 902 | Milan Švajgr | – | – | ||||
| 76 | Raúl Inostroza | – | – |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | Gordon Pirie | 2:46.4 | |||
| 1500 m | Gordon Pirie | 4:14.0 | |||
| 2000 m | Gordon Pirie | 5:41.2 | |||
| 3000 m | Gordon Pirie | 8:36.4 | |||
| 4000 m | Gordon Pirie | 11:33.0 |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 740 | Herbert Schade | 14:15.4 | 14:15.44 | |||
| 2 | 181 | Alan Parker | 14:18.2 | 14:18.47 | |||
| 3 | 940 | Ernő Béres | 14:19.6 | 14:19.66 | |||
| 4 | 45 | Lucien Theys | 14:22.2 | 14:21.62 | |||
| 5 | 784 | Eero Tuomaala | 14:26.8 | – | |||
| 6 | 427 | Ivan Semyonov | 14:28.8 | – | |||
| 7 | 570 | Alojzy Graj | 14:30.0 | – | |||
| 8 | 920 | Osman Coşgül | 14:36.2 | – | |||
| 9 | 678 | Bertil Karlsson | 14:45.8 | – | |||
| 10 | 850 | Pierre Page | 14:57.0 | – | |||
| 11 | 145 | Ali Baghbanbashi | 15:03.0 | – | |||
| 12 | 609 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim | 15:10.2 | – | |||
| 13 | 995 | Wes Santee | 15:10.4 | – | |||
| 14 | 322 | Zdravko Ceraj | 15:17.8 | – | |||
| 353 | Rich Ferguson | – | – | ||||
| 99 | José Coll | – | – | ||||
| 377 | Vasilis Mavrapostolos | – | – | ||||
| 128 | Wim Slijkhuis | – | – |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | Herbert Schade | 2:43.0 | |||
| 1500 m | Herbert Schade | 4:06.6 | |||
| 2000 m | Herbert Schade | 5:33.6 | |||
| 3000 m | Herbert Schade | 8:28.4 | |||
| 4000 m | Herbert Schade | 11:25.2 |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 | Aleksandr Anufriyev | 14:23.6 | 14:23.83 | |||
| 2 | 679 | Bertil Albertsson | 14:26.0 | 14:25.80 | |||
| 3 | 903 | Emil Zátopek | 14:26.0 | 14:25.81 | |||
| 4 | 23 | Les Perry | 14:27.0 | 14:27.18 | |||
| 5 | 180 | Chris Chataway | 14:27.8 | 14:27.35 | |||
| 6 | 872 | Ib Planck | 14:31.6 | 14:31.66 | |||
| 7 | 506 | Martin Stokken | 14:39.0 | – | |||
| 8 | 994 | Curt Stone | 14:42.8 | – | |||
| 9 | 608 | Jean Schlegel | 14:45.6 | – | |||
| 10 | 278 | Kurt Rötzer | 14:49.4 | – | |||
| 11 | 785 | Väinö Koskela | 14:50.8 | – | |||
| 12 | 321 | Velimir Ilić | 14:51.6 | – | |||
| 13 | 402 | Paul Frieden | 15:23.2 | – | |||
| 14 | 158 | Kristján Jóhannsson | 15:23.8 | – | |||
| 15 | 44 | Alphonse Vandenrydt | 15:51.2 | – | |||
| 969 | George Hoskins | – | – | ||||
| 98 | Antonio Amorós | – | – |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | Aleksandr Anufriyev | 2:48.2 | |||
| 1500 m | Aleksandr Anufriyev | 4:16.8 | |||
| 2000 m | Aleksandr Anufriyev | 5:45.5 | |||
| 3000 m | Emil Zátopek | 8:38.8 | |||
| 4000 m | Emil Zátopek | 11:33.2 |