| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | |
7:37,74 |
| 2 | Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | |
7:38,94 |
| 3 | Alberto Garcia | ESP | |
7:39,96 |
| 4 | John Mayock | GBR | 7:44,08 | |
| 5 | Million Wolde | ETH | 7:44,54 | |
| 6 | Bernard Lagat | KEN | 7:45,52 | |
| 7 | Mark Carroll | IRL | 7:46,79 | |
| 8 | Craig Mottram | AUS | 7:48,34 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Khaldi | ALG | 7:52,76 | |
| 10 | Paul Bitok | KEN | 7:54,16 | |
| 11 | Bouabdallah Tahri | FRA | 7:57,84 | |
| 12 | Antonio Jiménez | ESP | 8:04,01 | |
| 13 | Saïd Berioui | MAR | 8:04,38 |