| Final 15:40 | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:32.84 | | 2. Wilfred Kirochi | KEN | 3:34.84 | | 3. Hauke Fuhlbrugge | GER | 3:35.28 | | 4. Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3:35.37 | | 5. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:35.62 | | 6. Mario Silva | POR | 3:35.76 | | 7. David Kibet | KEN | 3:36.03 | | 8. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:36.56 | | 9. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:38.12 | | 10.Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:38.71 | | 11.Said Aouita | MAR | 3:39.49 | | 12.Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:41.54 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:39.90 | | 2. Wilfred Kirochi | KEN | 3:40.73 | | 3. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:40.83 | | 4. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:40.84 | | 5. Mario Silva | POR | 3:40.94 | | 6. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:41.24 | | 7. Hauke Fuhlbrugge | GER | 3:41.41 | | 8. Peter Rono | KEN | 3:41.76 | | 9. Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:42.89 | | 10.Mikael Svensson | SWE | 3:43.69 | | 11.Joao N'Tyamba | ANO | 3:44.64 | | 12.Pat Scammell | AUS | 3:45.17 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3:41.23 | | 2. Said Aouita | MAR | 3:41.45 | | 3. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:41.48 | | 4. Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:41.52 | | 5. David Kibet | KEN | 3:41.54 | | 6. Teofilo Benito | ESP | 3:41.61 | | 7. Steve Cram | GBR | 3:41.67 | | 8. Jose Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 3:41.71 | | 9. Davide Tirelli | ITA | 3:43.08 | | 10.Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 3:44.34 | | 11.Sergey Melnikov | URS | 3:44.62 | | 12.Pascal Thiebaut | FRA | 3:45.18 | | 13.Mitsuhiro Okuyama | JPN | 3:49.96 |
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| Heats | Thursday 29.08 16:50 |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:43.45 | | 2. Teofilo Benito | ESP | 3:43.88 | | 3. Said Aouita | MAR | 3:43.93 | | 4. Peter Rono | KEN | 3:44.37 | | 5. Pat Scammell | AUS | 3:44.60 | | 6. Mikael Svensson | SWE | 3:44.66 | | 7. Steve Cram | GBR | 3:44.69 | | 8. Karol Dudij | POL | 3:44.89 | | 9. Mbiganyi Thee | BOT | 3:45.04 | | 10.Edgar De Oliveira | BRA | 3:45.59 | | 11.Alex Geissbuhler | SUI | 3:46.38 | | 12.Terrance Herrington | USA | 3:47.28 | | 13.Dale Jones | ANT | 3:55.41 | | 14.Elonga Lucas Eningo | GEQ | 4:31.24 | | -. Abdi Bile | SOM | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3:41.21 | | 2. Jose Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 3:41.48 | | 3. Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:41.50 | | 4. Pascal Thiebaut | FRA | 3:41.50 | | 5. Wilfred Kirochi | KEN | 3:41.64 | | 6. Davide Tirelli | ITA | 3:41.77 | | 7. Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 3:42.00 | | 8. Sergey Melnikov | URS | 3:42.15 | | 9. Zeki Ozturk | TUR | 3:42.86 | | 10.Luis Nunez | DOM | 3:48.54 | | 11.Fabian Franco | GIB | 4:03.94 | | -. Han Kulker | NED | DNS | | -. Jim Spivey | USA | DNS | | -. Daouda Kassougue | MTN | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. David Kibet | KEN | 3:38.07 | | 2. Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:38.29 | | 3. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:38.31 | | 4. Mario Silva | POR | 3:38.37 | | 5. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:38.63 | | 6. Hauke Fuhlbrugge | GER | 3:38.65 | | 7. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:38.89 | | 8. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:39.30 | | 9. Mitsuhiro Okuyama | JPN | 3:40.35 | | 10.Joao N'Tyamba | ANO | 3:41.05 | | 11.Alemayehu Roba | ETH | 3:42.76 | | 12.Jose Lopez | VEN | 3:45.61 | | 13.Luis Martinez | GUA | 3:46.39 | | -. Joe Falcon | USA | DNS |
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