| 1 | Frank O'Mara | IRL | |
8:03,32 |
| 2 | Paul Donovan | IRL | |
8:03,89 |
| 3 | Terry Brahm | USA | |
8:03,92 |
| 4 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 8:04,27 | |
| 5 | Doug Padilla | USA | 8:05,55 | |
| 6 | Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8:06,77 | |
| 7 | Pascal Thiébault | FRA | 8:08,82 | |
| 8 | Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 8:10,25 | |
| 9 | Jacinto Navarrete | COL | 8:11,89 | |
| 10 | Uwe Mönkemeyer | FRG | 8:12,41 |