| Final | time | | SO | bib | | 1. Clement Kemboi |  KEN | 8:20.31 | | 4 | 291 | | 2. Hillary Kemboi | KEN | 8:22.96 | SB | 2 | 292 | | 3. Amare Hailemariyam |  ETH | 8:24.19 | SB | 10 | 209 | | 4. Wegene Sebsibe | ETH | 8:26.62 | SB | 11 | 228 | | 5. Chala Bayu | ETH | 8:28.03 | | 12 | 190 | | 6. Yemane Haileslasie |  ERI | 8:32.05 | | 6 | 167 | | 7. Yousif Abdalla Timbo |  SUD | 8:33.96 | NR | 1 | 547 | | 8. Abel Mutai | KEN | 8:38.10 | | 3 | 318 | | 9. Hichem Bouchicha |  ALG | 8:38.92 | | 5 | 3 | | 10.Billal Tabti | ALG | 8:41.48 | | 7 | 18 | | 11.Abdel Moula Hossney | SUD | 9:18.09 | | 9 | 539 | | -. Gaylord Silly |  SEY | DNS | | 8 | 507 |
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| Records | | Rec | Athlete | time | Birth | Venue | date | | WR | Saif Saaeed Shaheen |  QAT | 7:53.63 | 1982 | Bruxelles | 03/09/2004 | | AR | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | KEN | 7:53.64 | 1972 | Monaco | 22/07/2011 | | CR | Ezekiel Kemboi | KEN | 8:12.27 | | Abuja | 2003 |
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