| Final 19:35 | time | | 1. Moses Kiptanui |  KEN | 8:06.36 | | 2. Patrick Sang | KEN | 8:07.53 | | 3. Alessandro Lambruschini |  ITA | 8:08.78 | | 4. Matthew Birir | KEN | 8:09.42 | | 5. Mark Croghan |  USA | 8:09.76 | | 6. Steffen Brand |  GER | 8:15.33 | | 7. Elarbi Khattabi |  MAR | 8:17.96 | | 8. Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:23.42 | | 9. Shaun Creighton |  AUS | 8:23.45 | | 10.Michael Buchleitner |  AUT | 8:25.88 | | 11.Marc Davis | USA | 8:28.74 | | 12.Ricardo Vera |  URU | 8:29.00 | | 13.Abdelaziz Sahere | MAR | 8:29.65 | | 14.Martin Strege | GER | 8:34.31 | | 15.Tom Hanlon |  GBR | 8:45.62 | | -. Azzedine Brahmi |  ALG | DNF |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 3 | 34 | 19.08 |
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| Heat 1 12.00h | time | | 1. Patrick Sang | KEN | 8:24.49 | | 2. Azzedine Brahmi | ALG | 8:24.73 | | 3. Abdelaziz Sahere | MAR | 8:24.89 | | 4. Michael Buchleitner | AUT | 8:24.92 | | 5. Shaun Creighton | AUS | 8:25.29 | | 6. Tom Buckner | GBR | 8:27.26 | | 7. Vladimir Pronin |  RUS | 8:32.26 | | 8. Kim Bauermeister | GER | 8:37.41 | | 9. Wander do Prado Moura |  BRA | 8:46.03 | | 10.Brian Diemer | USA | 9:01.88 | | 11.Prakash Davendra Singh |  FIJ | 9:21.15 | | -. Antonio Peula |  ESP | DNS |
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| Heat 2 12.15h | time | | 1. Matthew Birir | KEN | 8:23.11 | | 2. Steffen Brand | GER | 8:23.27 | | 3. Elarbi Khattabi | MAR | 8:23.57 | | 4. Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8:25.46 | | 5. Marc Davis | USA | 8:26.49 | | 6. Colin Walker | GBR | 8:36.22 | | 7. Tura Bezunen Yae |  ETH | 8:37.13 | | 8. Thierry Brusseau |  FRA | 8:39.82 | | 9. Akira Nakamura |  JPN | 8:48.89 | | 10.Eduardo Henriques |  POR | 8:57.21 | | -. Gustavo Castillo |  MEX | DNF |
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| Heat 3 12.30h | time | | 1. Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 8:19.08 | | 2. Mark Croghan | USA | 8:19.14 | | 3. Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:19.66 | | 4. Martin Strege | GER | 8:21.24 | | 5. Tom Hanlon | GBR | 8:23.16 | | 6. Ricardo Vera | URU | 8:23.65 | | 7. Joao Junqueira | POR | 8:28.39 | | 8. Jim Svenoy |  NOR | 8:29.34 | | 9. Ville Hautala |  FIN | 8:32.49 | | 10.Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari |  KSA | 8:35.06 | | 11.Whaddon Niewoudt |  RSA | 8:36.40 |
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