| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | |
3:35,83 |
| 2 | Fermin Cacho | ESP | |
3:36,63 |
| 3 | Reyes Estévez | ESP | |
3:37,26 |
| 4 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:37,37 | |
| 5 | Ali Hakimi | TUN | 3:37,51 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:37,53 | |
| 7 | Graham Hood | CAN | 3:37,55 | |
| 8 | Robert Andersen | DEN | 3:37,66 | |
| 9 | John Mayock | GBR | 3:38,67 | |
| 10 | Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:38,82 | |
| 11 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 3:41,27 | |
| 12 | Nadir Bosch | FRA | 3:48,35 |