| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | |
7:53,57 | |
| 2 | Paul Bitok | KEN | |
7:53,79 | |
| 3 | Million Wolde | ETH | |
7:53,85 | |
| 4 | Gennaro di Napoli | ITA | 7:55,60 | ||
| 5 | Yousef El Nasri | ESP | 7:56,70 | ||
| 6 | Steve Holman | USA | 7:56,96 | ||
| 7 | Darren Lynch | AUS | 7:58,12 | ||
| 8 | Marco Antonio Rufo | ESP | 7:58,24 | ||
| 9 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | ALG | 8:02,20 | ||
| 10 | Brain Baker | USA | 8:04,59 | ||
| 11 | Akira Kiniwa | JPN | 8:04,95 | NR | |
| 12 | Réda Benzine | ALG | 8:07,89 | ||
| 13 | Yonas Kifle | ERI | 8:34,41 |