| 1 | OCE | Craig Mottram | AUS | 7:32,19 | AR |
| 2 | AFR | Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | 7:36,25 | |
| 3 | FRA | Driss Maazouzi | FRA | 7:47,80 | |
| 4 | AME | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 7:47,99 | |
| 5 | USA | Adam Goucher | USA | 7:48,15 | |
| 6 | EUR | Jesús España | ESP | 7:50,09 | |
| 7 | RUS | Sergey Ivanov | RUS | 7:52,80 | |
| 8 | ASI | Tareq Mubarak Taher | BRN | 8:03,70 | |
| 9 | GRE | Anastásios Frággos | GRE | 8:17,30 |