| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | |
3:33,73 |
| 2 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | |
3:35,28 |
| 3 | Vénuste Niyongabo | BUR | |
3:35,56 |
| 4 | Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:35,96 | |
| 5 | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:36,73 | |
| 6 | Abdelkader Chékhémani | FRA | 3:36,90 | |
| 7 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:36,96 | |
| 8 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | 3:37,02 | |
| 9 | Gary Lough | GBR | 3:37,59 | |
| 10 | Paul McMullen | USA | 3:38,23 | |
| 11 | Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:39,15 | |
| 12 | Isaac Viciosa | ESP | 3:41,12 |