| 1 | Christopher Koskei | KEN | |
8:11,76 |
| 2 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | |
8:12,09 |
| 3 | Ali Ezzine | MAR | |
8:12,73 |
| 4 | Damian Kallabis | GER | 8:13,11 | |
| 5 | Bernard Barmasai | KEN | 8:13,51 | |
| 6 | Eliseo Martín | ESP | 8:16,09 | |
| 7 | Paul Kosgei | KEN | 8:17,55 | |
| 8 | Florin Ionescu | ROM | 8:18,17 | |
| 9 | Günther Weidlinger | AUT | 8:19,02 | |
| 10 | Giuseppe Maffei | ITA | 8:22,65 | |
| 11 | Elarbi Khattabi | MAR | 8:24,62 | |
| 12 | Bouabdallah Tahri | FRA | 8:25,59 |