| 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 |  FRA | 14:19.0 | 14:19.15 | ||
| 2 | 786 | Ilmari Taipale |  FIN | 14:22.8 | 14:22.83 | ||
| 3 | 43 | Gaston Reiff |  BEL | 14:23.8 | 14:23.92 | ||
| 4 | 680 | Åke Andersson |  SWE | 14:25.0 | 14:25.09 | ||
| 5 | 182 | Gordon Pirie |  GBR | 14:26.2 | 14:26.47 | ||
| 6 | 426 | Nikifor Popov |  URS | 14:28.5 | 14:28.84 | ||
| 7 | 996 | Charlie Capozzoli |  USA | 14:39.0 | – | ||
| 8 | 851 | August Sutter |  SUI | 14:45.2 | – | ||
| 9 | 505 | Øistein Saksvik |  NOR | 14:55.4 | – | ||
| 10 | 21 | John Landy |  AUS | 14:56.4 | – | ||
| 11 | 277 | Helmut Perz |  AUT | 14:57.2 | – | ||
| 12 | 306 | Osamu Inoue |  JPN | 14:59.0 | – | ||
| 13 | 323 | Stevan Pavlović |  YUG | 14:59.2 | – | ||
| 14 | 941 | József Kovács |  HUN | 17:09.2 | – | ||
| 571 | Jan Szwargot |  POL | – | – | |||
| 902 | Milan Švajgr |  TCH | – | – | |||
| 76 | Raúl Inostroza |  CHI | – | – |
| 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 |  GER | 14:15.4 | 14:15.44 | ||
| 2 | 181 | Alan Parker | GBR | 14:18.2 | 14:18.47 | ||
| 3 | 940 | Ernő Béres | HUN | 14:19.6 | 14:19.66 | ||
| 4 | 45 | Lucien Theys | BEL | 14:22.2 | 14:21.62 | ||
| 5 | 784 | Eero Tuomaala | FIN | 14:26.8 | – | ||
| 6 | 427 | Ivan Semyonov | URS | 14:28.8 | – | ||
| 7 | 570 | Alojzy Graj | POL | 14:30.0 | – | ||
| 8 | 920 | Osman Coşgül |  TUR | 14:36.2 | – | ||
| 9 | 678 | Bertil Karlsson | SWE | 14:45.8 | – | ||
| 10 | 850 | Pierre Page | SUI | 14:57.0 | – | ||
| 11 | 145 | Ali Baghbanbashi |  IRI | 15:03.0 | – | ||
| 12 | 609 | Ben Ahmed Abdelkrim | FRA | 15:10.2 | – | ||
| 13 | 995 | Wes Santee | USA | 15:10.4 | – | ||
| 14 | 322 | Zdravko Ceraj | YUG | 15:17.8 | – | ||
| 353 | Rich Ferguson |  CAN | – | – | |||
| 99 | José Coll |  ESP | – | – | |||
| 377 | Vasilis Mavrapostolos |  GRE | – | – | |||
| 128 | Wim Slijkhuis |  NED | – | – |
| 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 | URS | 14:23.6 | 14:23.83 | ||
| 2 | 679 | Bertil Albertsson | SWE | 14:26.0 | 14:25.80 | ||
| 3 | 903 | Emil Zátopek | TCH | 14:26.0 | 14:25.81 | ||
| 4 | 23 | Les Perry | AUS | 14:27.0 | 14:27.18 | ||
| 5 | 180 | Chris Chataway | GBR | 14:27.8 | 14:27.35 | ||
| 6 | 872 | Ib Planck |  DEN | 14:31.6 | 14:31.66 | ||
| 7 | 506 | Martin Stokken | NOR | 14:39.0 | – | ||
| 8 | 994 | Curt Stone | USA | 14:42.8 | – | ||
| 9 | 608 | Jean Schlegel | FRA | 14:45.6 | – | ||
| 10 | 278 | Kurt Rötzer | AUT | 14:49.4 | – | ||
| 11 | 785 | Väinö Koskela | FIN | 14:50.8 | – | ||
| 12 | 321 | Velimir Ilić | YUG | 14:51.6 | – | ||
| 13 | 402 | Paul Frieden |  LUX | 15:23.2 | – | ||
| 14 | 158 | Kristján Jóhannsson |  ISL | 15:23.8 | – | ||
| 15 | 44 | Alphonse Vandenrydt | BEL | 15:51.2 | – | ||
| 969 | George Hoskins |  NZL | – | – | |||
| 98 | Antonio Amorós | ESP | – | – |
| 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 |
