| Final 20.25h | time | L | | 1. Paul Ruto |  KEN | 1:44.71 | 3 | | 2. Giuseppe D'Urso |  ITA | 1:44.86 | 4 | | 3. Billy Konchellah | KEN | 1:44.89 | 5 | | 4. Curtis Robb |  GBR | 1:45.54 | 6 | | 5. Hezekiel Sepeng |  RSA | 1:45.64 | 1 | | 6. Freddie Williams |  CAN | 1:45.79 | 8 | | 7. William Tanui | KEN | 1:45.80 | 7 | | 8. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:46.17 | 2 |
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| Heat 1 20.50h | time | L | | 1. Billy Konchellah | KEN | 1:45.04 | 7 | | 2. Freddie Williams | CAN | 1:45.13 | 4 | | 3. Hezekiel Sepeng | RSA | 1:45.46 | 3 | | 4. Mahjoub Haida |  MAR | 1:45.66 | 5 | | 5. Atle Douglas |  NOR | 1:46.54 | 8 | | 6. Nico Motchebon |  GER | 1:46.58 | 2 | | 7. Martin Steele | GBR | 1:46.70 | 6 | | 8. Mark Everett |  USA | 1:57.39 | 1 |
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| Heat 2 21.00h | time | L | | 1. Giuseppe D'Urso | ITA | 1:44.83 | 1 | | 2. Curtis Robb | GBR | 1:44.92 | 7 | | 3. Paul Ruto | KEN | 1:45.05 | 6 | | 4. Nathan Kahan |  BEL | 1:45.75 | 2 | | 5. Ivan Komar |  BLR | 1:45.76 | 5 | | 6. Jose Luiz Barbosa |  BRA | 1:45.92 | 3 | | 7. Vebjorn Rodal | NOR | 1:46.50 | 8 | | 8. Johnny Gray | USA | 1:50.89 | 4 |
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| Heat 3 21.10h | time | L | | 1. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:45.64 | 8 | | 2. William Tanui | KEN | 1:45.74 | 1 | | 3. Clive Terrelonge |  JAM | 1:45.75 | 7 | | 4. Jose Parrilla | USA | 1:45.89 | 3 | | 5. Marko Koers |  NED | 1:45.90 | 5 | | 6. Ari Suhonen |  FIN | 1:46.35 | 2 | | 7. Kennedy Osei |  GHA | 1:46.48 | 4 | | 8. Luis Javier Gonzalez |  ESP | 1:47.29 | 6 |
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| Heat 1 18.00h | time | L | | 1. Hezekiel Sepeng | RSA | 1:46.27 | 2 | | 2. Johnny Gray | USA | 1:46.28 | 3 | | 3. Luis Javier Gonzalez | ESP | 1:46.36 | 5 | | 4. Marko Koers | NED | 1:46.37 | 4 | | 5. Gilmar da Silva Santos | BRA | 1:51.04 | 1 | | 6. Christopher Blackburn |  MRI | 1:52.78 | 6 | | 7. Jose Tapia Juan |  PAN | 1:52.99 | 7 |
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| Heat 2 18.06h | time | L | | 1. Jose Luiz Barbosa | BRA | 1:46.12 | 1 | | 2. Ivan Komar | BLR | 1:46.40 | 2 | | 3. Billy Konchellah | KEN | 1:46.53 | 3 | | 4. Vebjorn Rodal | NOR | 1:46.57 | 5 | | 5. Jose Parrilla | USA | 1:46.94 | 6 | | 6. Jin-Il Lee |  KOR | 1:47.99 | 4 | | 7. Gop Bahadur Adhikari |  NEP | 1:51.74 | 8 | | 8. Mukundi Mubenga |  COD | 1:55.83 | 7 |
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| Heat 3 18.12h | time | L | | 1. Atle Douglas | NOR | 1:49.43 | 3 | | 2. Ari Suhonen | FIN | 1:49.44 | 6 | | 3. William Tanui | KEN | 1:49.51 | 4 | | 4. Tomas de Teresa | ESP | 1:49.79 | 5 | | 5. Anatoliy Makarevich | BLR | 1:50.65 | 1 | | 6. Dale Jones |  ANT | 1:51.02 | 2 | | 7. Naseer Ismail |  MLD | 2:02.70 | 7 |
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| Heat 4 18.18h | time | L | | 1. Kennedy Osei | GHA | 1:48.65 | 1 | | 2. Curtis Robb | GBR | 1:49.29 | 2 | | 3. Clive Terrelonge | JAM | 1:50.08 | 4 | | 4. Adoum Terap |  CHA | 1:53.61 | 3 | | -. Andrea Benvenuti | ITA | DNF | 7 | | -. Charles Nkazamyampi |  BUR | DNS | 5 | | -. Tommy Asinga |  SUR | DNS | 6 |
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| Heat 5 18.24h | time | L | | 1. Giuseppe D'Urso | ITA | 1:48.79 | 6 | | 2. Tom McKean | GBR | 1:48.79 | 2 | | 3. Mark Everett | USA | 1:48.89 | 4 | | 4. Abdi Bile |  SOM | 1:48.90 | 7 | | 5. Farah Ibrahim |  QAT | 1:49.86 | 1 | | 6. Mbiganyi Thee |  BOT | 1:49.91 | 3 | | 7. Carlos Mairena |  NCA | 1:52.01 | 5 |
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| Heat 6 18.30h | time | L | | 1. Mahjoub Haida | MAR | 1:46.35 | 3 | | 2. Paul Ruto | KEN | 1:46.41 | 6 | | 3. Martin Steele | GBR | 1:46.47 | 5 | | 4. Freddie Williams | CAN | 1:46.63 | 1 | | 5. Nathan Kahan | BEL | 1:46.72 | 2 | | 6. Nico Motchebon | GER | 1:46.94 | 7 | | 7. Ali Khazaal |  LIB | 1:57.15 | 4 |
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