| Final | | time | | | 1. Rui Silva |  Portugal | 3:44.57 | | | 2. Kader Chékhémani |  France | 3:44.89 | | | 3. Andrey Zadorozhniy |  Russia | 3:44.93 | | | 4. Andrés Manuel Díaz |  Spain | 3:45.18 | | | 5. Leszek Zblewski |  Poland | 3:45.67 | | | 6. Branko Zorko |  Croatia | 3:45.83 | | | 7. António Travassos | Portugal | 3:46.00 | | | 8. José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3:48.74 | | | 9. Giuseppe D'Urso |  Italy | 3:53.48 | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best - advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 7. Andrés Manuel Díaz | Spain | 3:43.40 | Q | | 8. Rui Silva | Portugal | 3:43.92 | Q | | 9. Giuseppe D'Urso | Italy | 3:44.00 | Q | | 10.Alexandru Vasile |  Romania | 3:44.34 | | | 11.Jörgen Zaki |  Sweden | 3:45.12 | | | 12.Juan Carlos Esteso | Spain | 3:45.89 | | | 13.Johan de Koning |  Netherlands | 3:46.57 | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3:39.56 | Q | | 2. Andrey Zadorozhniy | Russia | 3:40.15 | Q | | 3. Kader Chékhémani | France | 3:40.40 | Q | | 4. Leszek Zblewski | Poland | 3:40.83 | q | | 5. Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:42.59 | q | | 6. António Travassos | Portugal | 3:43.37 | q |
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