| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | |
3:34,24 |
| 2 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | |
3:35,56 |
| 3 | Abdi Bile | SOM | |
3:35,96 |
| 4 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:36,87 | |
| 5 | Jim Spivey | USA | 3:37,42 | |
| 6 | Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:37,61 | |
| 7 | Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:37,68 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:37,76 | |
| 9 | Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:38,04 | |
| 10 | Rüdiger Stenzel | GER | 3:38,66 | |
| 11 | Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:39,68 | |
| 12 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:47,38 |