| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | |
7:40,97 | |
| 2 | Alberto Garcia | ESP | |
7:42,08 | |
| 3 | Luke Kipkosgei | KEN | |
7:42,56 | |
| 4 | Jesus España | ESP | 7:42,70 | ||
| 5 | Abiyote Abate | ETH | 7:43,21 | ||
| 6 | Gert-Jan Liefers | NED | 7:44,34 | NR | |
| 7 | Leonard Mucheru | KEN | 7:44,83 | ||
| 8 | John Mayock | GBR | 7:45,32 | ||
| 9 | Abderrahim Goumri | MAR | 7:47,43 | ||
| 10 | Günther Weidlinger | AUT | 7:53,59 | ||
| 11 | Mohamed Khaldi | ALG | 7:56,05 | ||
| 12 | Jaouad Gharib | MAR | 8:01,01 |