| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | |
3:31,77 |
| 2 | Mehdi Baala | FRA | |
3:32,31 |
| 3 | Ivan Heshko | UKR | |
3:33,17 |
| 4 | Paul Korir | KEN | 3:33,47 | |
| 5 | Rui Silva | POR | 3:33,68 | |
| 6 | Reyes Estévez | ESP | 3:33,84 | |
| 7 | Gert-Jan Liefers | NED | 3:33,99 | |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | RUS | 3:34,37 | |
| 9 | Isaac Songok | KEN | 3:34,39 | |
| 10 | Roberto Parra | ESP | 3:35,02 | |
| 11 | Juan Carlos Higuero | ESP | 3:38,49 | |
| Fouad Chouki * | FRA | DQ |
* ... Fouad Chouki (8. in 3:34,05) wurde nachträglich disqualifiziert