Two places and two seconds in front of him, the former triathlete Falk Cierpinski, now a full time runner, finished in 4th place.
Both were faster then former 5,000-meter Olympic champion Dieter Baumann (pictured on the left) (14:50 minutes) in 9th place.
The winner was Ukrainian Vitaliy Shafar (14:11 minutes) before Dimitri Baranowski, Poland, and the Australian Russell Dessaix-Chin.
1. 1. Shafar, Vitalij 1. M 17 00:14:11
2. 2. Baranowski, Dimitri 2. M 18 00:14:24
3. 3. Dessaix-Chin, Russel 3. M 10 00:14:31
4. 4. Cierpinski, Falk SG Spergau 4. M 1 00:14:38
5. 5. Jones, Simon 5. M 11 00:14:39
6. 6. Unger, Daniel TV Mengen 6. M 2 00:14:40
7. 7. Barbaryka, Ivan 7. M 13 00:14:41
8. 8. Zachepa, Sehriy 8. M 14 00:14:44
9. 9. Baumann, Dieter LAV Tübingen 9. M 5 00:14:50
10. 10. O'Dowd, Matthew 10. M 19 00:14:51