| Final 15:10 | Team | time |   | bib |  | 1. Bernard Lagat | USA | 7:41.44 | SB | 326 |  | 2. Augustine Kiprono Choge | KEN | 7:41.77 |   | 184 |  | 3. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | KEN | 7:41.78 |   | 188 |  | 4. Mohamed Farah | GBR | 7:41.79 |   | 118 |  | 5. Dejen Gebremeskel | ETH | 7:42.60 |   | 102 |  | 6. Lopez Lomong | USA | 7:44.16 | PB | 327 |  | 7. Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | UGA | 7:44.59 |   | 303 |  | 8. Arne Gabius | GER | 7:45.01 |   | 138 |  | 9. Yenew Alamirew | ETH | 7:45.15 |   | 99 |  | 10.Yoann Kowal | FRA | 7:47.81 |   | 109 |  | 11.Craig Mottram | AUS | 7:48.23 | SB | 11 |  | 12.Elroy Gelant | RSA | 7:48.64 | NR | 243 |   
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|  Intermediates |  | 1000m Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 2:38.45 |  | 2000m Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (KEN) 5:16.92 |   
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| Heat 1 19:00 | Team | time |   | bib |  | 1. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | KEN | 7:49.48 |   | 188 |  | 2. Craig Mottram | AUS | 7:49.62 | SB | 11 |  | 3. Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | UGA | 7:49.71 |   | 303 |  | 4. Yenew Alamirew | ETH | 7:49.92 |   | 99 |  | 5. Lopez Lomong | USA | 7:50.36 | SB | 327 |  | 6. Yoann Kowal | FRA | 7:50.47 |   | 109 |  | 7. Arne Gabius | GER | 7:50.70 |   | 138 |  | 8. Elroy Gelant | RSA | 7:52.35 | PB | 243 |  | 9. Bilisuma Shugi | BRN | 7:53.62 |   | 40 |  | 10.Juan Luis Barrios | MEX | 7:54.07 | NR | 202 |   
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|  Intermediates |  | 1000m Moses Ndiema Kipsiro (UGA) 2:39.20 |  | 2000m Bilisuma Shugi (BRN) 5:22.14 |   
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| Heat 2 19:15 | Team | time |   | bib |  | 1. Augustine Kiprono Choge | KEN | 7:57.49 |   | 184 |  | 2. Mohamed Farah | GBR | 7:57.59 |   | 118 |  | 3. Bernard Lagat | USA | 7:57.68 |   | 326 |  | 4. Dejen Gebremeskel | ETH | 7:57.69 |   | 102 |  | 5. Hayle Ibrahimov | AZE | 7:57.79 |   | 15 |  | 6. Yohan Durand | FRA | 7:59.10 |   | 108 |  | 7. García Víctor | ESP | 7:59.85 |   | 87 |  | 8. Polat Kemboi Arikan | TUR | 8:02.37 |   | 292 |  | 9. Alemu Bekele | BRN | 8:02.83 |   | 39 |  | 10.Robert Kajuga | RWA | 8:07.44 | PB | 264 |  | 11.Cornelius Panga | TAN | 8:15.20 | PB | 280 |   
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|  Intermediates |  | 1000m Robert Kajuga (RWA) 2:46.86 |  | 2000m Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 5:31.22 |   
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