Los 10.000 metros masculinos del Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de 2001 se llevaron a cabo el 8 de agosto.
| Oro | Plata | Bronce |
| Charles Kamati Kenia |
Assefa Mezgebu Etiopía |
Haile Gebrselassie Etiopía |
| Lugar | Nombre | Resultado |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Kamati ( KEN ) | 27:53.25 | |
| Assefa Mezgebu ( ETH ) | 27:53.97 | |
| Haile Gebrselassie ( ETH ) | 27:54.41 | |
| cuatro | Ibeltal Admassu ( ETH ) | 27:55.24 |
| 5. | Fabián Roncero ( ESP ) | 27:56.07 |
| 6. | José Ríos ( ESP ) | 27:56.58 |
| 7. | Paul Kosgei ( KEN ) | 27:57.56 |
| ocho. | John Corier ( KEN ) | 27:58.06 |
| 9. | Habte Jifar ( ETH ) | 28:02.71 |
| diez. | Camille Maase ( NED ) | 28:05.41 |
| once. | Jouad Gharib ( MAR ) | 28:05.45 |
| 12 | José Martínez ( ESP ) | 28:06.33 |
| 13 | Jeff Schibler ( CAN ) | 28:07.06 |
| catorce. | Marco Mazza ( ITA ) | 28:08.00 |
| quince. | Toshinari Takaoka ( JPN ) | 28:13.99 |
| dieciséis. | Abderrahim Gyumri ( MAR ) | 28:14.06 |
| 17 | Teodoro Vega ( MEX ) | 28:14.77 |
| Dieciocho. | Alan Culpepper ( Estados Unidos ) | 28:18.44 |
| 19 | Abdihakim Abdirahman ( Estados Unidos ) | 28:34.38 |
| veinte. | Joa N'Tyamba ( ESP ) | 28:38.31 |
| 21 | Dijo Beriui ( MAR ) | 28:38.80 |
| 22 | Naoki Mishiro ( JPN ) | 28:42.68 |
| 23 | Mebrakhtom Keflezighi ( Estados Unidos ) | 28:44.48 |
| 24 | Kamal Kohil ( ALG ) | 28:52.47 |
| 25 | John Henwood ( Nueva Zelanda ) | 29:01.62 |
| — | Mohamed Murhit ( BEL ) | DNF ' |
| — | Aloys Nizigama ( BDI ) | DNF |
| — | José Ramos ( POR ) | DNF |