| Date | 6 August 1984 — 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California |
| Olympic Record | 27:38.35 WR / Lasse Virén  FIN / 3 September 1972 / Details |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Automatic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498 | Alberto Cova |  ITA | 27:47.54 | |||
| 2 | 380 | Mike McLeod |  GBR | 28:06.22 | |||
| 3 | 590 | Mike Musyoki |  KEN | 28:06.46 | |||
| 4 | 490 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 28:06.50 | |||
| 5 | 315 | Christoph Herle |  FRG | 28:08.21 | |||
| 6 | 575 | Sosthenes Bitok | KEN | 28:09.01 | |||
| 7 | 558 | Yutaka Kanai |  JPN | 28:27.06 | |||
| 8 | 375 | Steve Jones | GBR | 28:28.08 | |||
| 9 | 471 | John Treacy |  IRL | 28:28.68 | |||
| 10 | 778 | Ahmed Musa Jouda |  SUD | 28:29.43 | |||
| 11 | 967 | Zephaniah Ncube |  ZIM | 28:31.61 | |||
| 12 | 392 | Nick Rose | GBR | 28:31.73 | |||
| 13 | 821 | Zakariah Barie |  TAN | 28:32.28 | |||
| 14 | 594 | Joseph Nzau | KEN | 28:32.57 | |||
| 15 | 933 | Pat Porter |  USA | 28:34.59 | |||
| 16 | 564 | Masanari Shintaku | JPN | 28:55.54 | 1 | ||
| 724 | Fernando Mamede |  POR | – | ||||
| 271 | Martti Vainio | FIN | [27:51.10] | 2 |
| Time | Athlete(s) | NOC | Result | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 m | Zakariah Barie | | 2:53.0 | ||
| 2000 m | Salvatore Antibo | | 5:48.5 | ||
| 3000 m | Mike Musyoki | | 8:40.4 | ||
| 4000 m | Alberto Cova | | 11:33.4 | ||
| 5000 m | John Treacy | | 14:19.9 | ||
| 6000 m | Martti Vainio | | 17:00.3 | ||
| 7000 m | Martti Vainio | | 19:41.1 | ||
| 8000 m | Martti Vainio | | 22:25.0 | ||
| 9000 m | Alberto Cova | | 25:11.3 |
