| Final | time | | | 1. Julius Korir |  Kenya | 8:11.80 | | | 2. Joseph Mahmoud |  France | 8:13.31 | | | 3. Brian Diemer |  United States | 8:14.06 | | | 4. Henry Marsh | United States | 8:14.25 | | | 5. Colin Reitz |  Great Britain | 8:15.48 | | | 6. Ramón Domingo |  Spain | 8:17.27 | | | 7. Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8:17.47 | | | 8. Pascal Debacker | France | 8:21.51 | | | 9. Tommy Ekblom |  Finland | 8:23.95 | | | 10.Roger Hackney | Great Britain | 8:27.10 | | | 11.Peter Renner |  New Zealand | 8:29.81 | | | 12.Fethi Baccouche |  Tunisia | 8:43.40 | |
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| | | Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 100,000. -- competitors from -- nations. |
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| | | First 5 from each Semi and Best 2 times to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Ramón Domingo | Spain | 8:19.08 | Q | | 2. Pascal Debacker | France | 8:20.34 | Q | | 3. Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 8:20.54 | Q | | 4. Henry Marsh | United States | 8:20.57 | Q | | 5. Roger Hackney | Great Britain | 8:20.77 | | | 6. Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8:21.07 | | | 7. William Van Dijck |  Belgium | 8:23.08 | | | 8. Paul Davies-Hale | Great Britain | 8:26.15 | | | 9. Greg Duhaime |  Canada | 8:26.32 | | | 10.Franco Boffi |  Italy | 8:30.82 | | | 11.Liam O'Brien |  Ireland | 8:34.90 | | | 12.Filippos Filippou |  Cyprus | 8:39.47 | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Julius Korir | Kenya | 8:17.40 | Q | | 2. Peter Renner | New Zealand | 8:18.12 | Q | | 3. Brian Diemer | United States | 8:18.36 | Q | | 4. Colin Reitz | Great Britain | 8:18.62 | Q | | 5. Joseph Mahmoud | France | 8:18.62 | | | 6. Fethi Baccouche | Tunisia | 8:18.70 | | | 7. Peter Daenens | Belgium | 8:21.77 | | | 8. Emilio Ulloa |  Chile | 8:28.99 | | | 9. Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8:31.24 | | | 10.Hans Koeleman |  Netherlands | 8:32.29 | | | 11.John Gregorek | United States | 8:38.19 | | | 12.Carmelo Ríos |  Puerto Rico | 8:44.70 | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Brian Diemer | United States | 8:25.92 | Q | | 2. Domingo Ramón | Spain | 8:26.04 | Q | | 3. Fethi Baccouche | Tunisia | 8:27.49 | Q | | 4. William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8:29.68 | Q | | 5. Emilio Ulloa | Chile | 8:29.71 | Q | | 6. Pascal Debacker | France | 8:30.35 | Q | | 7. Paul Davies-Hale | Great Britain | 8:31.97 | q | | 8. Francesco Panetta | Italy | 8:37.05 | q | | 9. Kip Rono | Kenya | 8:41.75 | | | 10.Pedro Cáceres |  Argentina | 8:50.02 | | | 11.Emmanuel M'Pioh |  Congo | 9:05.58 | NR | | 12.Abdullah Azzan Al-Akbary |  Oman | 10:22.96 | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Julius Korir | Kenya | 8:29.08s | Q | | 2. Roger Hackney | Great Britain | 8:30.31s | Q | | 3. Joseph Mahmoud | France | 8:30.85s | Q | | 4. Hans Koeleman | Netherlands | 8:31.34s | Q | | 5. Greg Duhaime | Canada | 8:31.54s | Q | | 6. Carmelo Ríos | Puerto Rico | 8:31.88s | Q | | 7. Franco Boffi | Italy | 8:32.26s | q | | 8. John Gregorek | United States | 8:38.43s | | | 9. Juan José Torres | Spain | 8:40.76s | | | 10.Hector Begeo |  Philippines | 8:53.70s | | | 11.Hugo Allan García |  Guatemala | 9:02.41s | | | 12.Ramón López |  Paraguay | 9:36.36s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Julius Kariuki | Kenya | 8:19.45 | Q | | 2. Peter Renner | New Zealand | 8:22.95 | Q | | 3. Peter Daenens | Belgium | 8:28.26 | Q | | 4. Henry Marsh | United States | 8:29.23 | Q | | 5. Colin Reitz | Great Britain | 8:29.33 | Q | | 6. Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 8:29.45 | Q | | 7. Filippos Filippou | Cyprus | 8:30.09 | q | | 8. Liam O'Brien | Ireland | 8:31.89 | q | | 9. Yehuda Zadok |  Israel | 8:42.28 | | | 10.Kim Ju-ryong |  South Korea | 8:43.50 | | | 11.Albert Marie |  Seychelles | 9:32.30 | |
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