| 1 | Wilson Kipketer | DEN | |
1:43,30 | |
| 2 | Hezekiél Sepeng | RSA | |
1:43,32 | |
| 3 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | ALG | |
1:44,18 | NR |
| 4 | Norberto Téllez | CUB | 1:45,03 | ||
| 5 | Japheth Kimutai | KEN | 1:45,18 | ||
| 6 | Andrea Longo | ITA | 1:45,33 | ||
| 7 | Kennedy Kimwetich | KEN | 1:46,27 | ||
| 8 | Nils Schumann | GER | 1:46,79 |