| Final | time | | 1. Alessandro Lambruschini |  ITA | 8:22.40 | | 2. Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:23.53 | | 3. William van Dijck |  BEL | 8:24.86 | | 4. Mark Rowland |  GBR | 8:26.00 | | 5. Vladimir Pronin |  RUS | 8:26.33 | | 6. Martin Strege |  GER | 8:26.36 | | 7. Jim Svenoy |  NOR | 8:28.12 | | 8. Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:28.25 | | 9. Kim Bauermeister | GER | 8:32.58 | | 10.Tom Hanlon | GBR | 8:36.06 | | 11.Justin Chaston | GBR | 8:36.83 | | 12.Markus Hacksteiner |  SUI | 8:46.60 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 21 | 09.08 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:29.81 | | 2. Kim Bauermeister | GER | 8:29.90 | | 3. Mark Rowland | GBR | 8:30.24 | | 4. William van Dijck | BEL | 8:30.93 | | 5. Tom Hanlon | GBR | 8:31.50 | | 6. Michael Buchleitner |  AUT | 8:33.90 | | 7. Ville Hautala |  FIN | 8:35.87 | | 8. Elisardo de la Torre |  ESP | 8:38.16 | | 9. Vitor Almeida |  POR | 8:47.94 | | -. Juan Azkueta | ESP | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8:28.68 | | 2. Martin Strege | GER | 8:28.92 | | 3. Vladimir Pronin | RUS | 8:29.35 | | 4. Markus Hacksteiner | SUI | 8:29.82 | | 5. Jim Svenoy | NOR | 8:30.14 | | 6. Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:30.78 | | 7. Justin Chaston | GBR | 8:31.08 | | 8. Vasiliy Omelyusik |  BLR | 8:33.92 | | 9. Kare Sorensen |  DEN | 8:35.20 | | 10.Marcel Laros |  NED | 8:37.83 | | 11.Antonio Peula | ESP | 8:44.21 |
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