| Final 17.50h | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:34.24 | | 2. Fermin Cacho |  ESP | 3:35.56 | | 3. Abdi Bile |  SOM | 3:35.96 | | 4. Mohamed Suleiman |  QAT | 3:36.87 | | 5. Jim Spivey |  USA | 3:37.42 | | 6. Matthew Yates |  GBR | 3:37.61 | | 7. Rachid El Basir |  MAR | 3:37.68 | | 8. Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:37.76 | | 9. Simon Doyle |  AUS | 3:38.04 | | 10.Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:38.66 | | 11.Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:39.68 | | 12.Gennaro Di Napoli |  ITA | 3:47.38 |
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| Semi 1 20.00h | time | | 1. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:41.66 | | 2. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:42.06 | | 3. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:42.12 | | 4. Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:42.29 | | 5. Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:42.48 | | 6. Mario Silva |  POR | 3:42.85 | | 7. Christophe Impens |  BEL | 3:42.85 | | 8. Branko Zorko |  CRO | 3:43.12 | | 9. Jonah Birir |  KEN | 3:43.79 | | 10.David Kibet | KEN | 3:44.92 | | 11.Azat Rakipov |  BLR | 3:45.46 | | 12.Terrance Herrington | USA | 3:46.64 |
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| Semi 2 20.10h | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:40.07 | | 2. Abdi Bile | SOM | 3:40.65 | | 3. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:41.06 | | 4. Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:41.06 | | 5. Jim Spivey | USA | 3:41.15 | | 6. Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:41.26 | | 7. Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:41.56 | | 8. Andrey Loginov |  RUS | 3:42.11 | | 9. Venuste Niyongabo |  BUR | 3:42.34 | | 10.Joseph Chesire | KEN | 3:42.37 | | 11.Niall Bruton |  IRL | 3:42.43 | | 12.Kevin Sullivan |  CAN | 3:42.48 | | 13.Steve Cram | GBR | 3:42.63 |
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| Heat 1 17.50h | time | | 1. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:39.36 | | 2. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:39.41 | | 3. Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:39.57 | | 4. Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:39.61 | | 5. Joseph Chesire | KEN | 3:39.97 | | 6. Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:40.43 | | 7. Andrey Loginov | RUS | 3:40.84 | | 8. Edgar De Oliveira |  BRA | 3:41.88 | | 9. Johan Landsman |  RSA | 3:43.05 | | 10.Carlos Mairena |  NCA | 3:54.21 | | 11.Bahadur Adhikari Gop |  NEP | 3:54.47 |
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| Heat 2 17.58h | time | | 1. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:42.64 | | 2. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:42.75 | | 3. Mario Silva | POR | 3:42.81 | | 4. David Kibet | KEN | 3:42.98 | | 5. Azat Rakipov | BLR | 3:43.05 | | 6. Isaac Viciosa | ESP | 3:43.61 | | 7. Michael Busch | GER | 3:44.03 | | 8. Bill Burke | USA | 3:44.03 | | 9. Keiruan Tawai |  VAN | 4:04.77 | | 10.Naseer Ismail |  MLD | 4:12.11 | | -.Davide Tirelli | ITA | DNS |
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| Heat 3 18.06h | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:37.84 | | 2. Christophe Impens | BEL | 3:38.87 | | 3. Steve Cram | GBR | 3:38.98 | | 4. Jonah Birir | KEN | 3:39.03 | | 5. Branko Zorko | CRO | 3:39.20 | | 6. Terrance Herrington | USA | 3:39.35 | | 7. Zeki Ozturk |  TUR | 3:41.58 | | 8. Hamid Sadjadi |  IRN | 3:41.66 | | 9. Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3:50.64 | | 10.Juan Jose Tapia |  PAN | 3:52.44 | | 11.Ali Khazaal |  LIB | 4:02.62 |
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| Heat 4 18.14h | time | | 1. Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:39.91 | | 2. Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:40.01 | | 3. Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:40.08 | | 4. Jim Spivey | USA | 3:40.08 | | 5. Venuste Niyongabo | BUR | 3:40.18 | | 6. Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:40.30 | | 7. Abdi Bile | SOM | 3:41.05 | | 8. Ovidiu Olteanu |  ROM | 3:47.62 | | 9. Andrey Bulkovskiy |  UKR | 3:50.02 | | 10.Mohamed Al-Malaki |  YEM | 3:50.44 | | 11.Dale Jones |  ANT | 3:54.91 |
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