| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | |
8:00,43 | |
| 2 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | KEN | |
8:00,89 | |
| 3 | Bouabdellah Tahri | FRA | |
8:01,18 | AR |
| 4 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | KEN | 8:01,26 | ||
| 5 | Yacob Jarso | ETH | 8:12,13 | ||
| 6 | Roba Gary | ETH | 8:12,40 | ||
| 7 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | 8:12,61 | ||
| 8 | Jukka Keskisalo | FIN | 8:14,47 | ||
| 9 | Eliseo Martín | ESP | 8:16,51 | ||
| 10 | Tareq Mubarak Taher | BRN | 8:17,08 | ||
| 11 | Benjamin Kiplagat | UGA | 8:17,82 | ||
| 12 | Abubaker Ali Kamal | QAT | 8:19,72 | ||
| 13 | Ruben Ramolefi | RSA | 8:32,54 | ||
| 14 | Mustafa Mohamed | SWE | 8:35,77 | ||
| Jamel Chatbi | MAR | DNS |