| 1 | Ismael Kirui | KEN | |
13:02,75 | |
| 2 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | |
13:03,17 | NR |
| 3 | Fita Bayissa | ETH | |
13:05,40 | |
| 4 | Worku Bikila | ETH | 13:06,64 | ||
| 5 | Khalid Skah | MAR | 13:07,18 | ||
| 6 | Brahim Jabbour | MAR | 13:18,87 | ||
| 7 | Aloÿs Nizigama | BUR | 13:20,59 | ||
| 8 | Paul Bitok | KEN | 13:23,41 | ||
| 9 | Robert Denmark | GBR | 13:27,09 | ||
| 10 | Mathias Ntawulikura | RWA | 13:28,58 | ||
| 11 | Abel Antón | ESP | 13:40,21 | ||
| 12 | Jonny Danielson | SWE | 13:40,59 | ||
| 13 | Zoltán Káldy | HUN | 13:43,02 | ||
| 14 | Michael Chesire | KEN | 13:44,11 | ||
| Aissa Belaout | ALG | DNF |