| Final | Team | time | | 1. Frank O'Mara |  IRL | 7:41.14 | | 2. Hammou Boutayeb |  MAR | 7:43.64 | | 3. Rob Denmark |  GBR | 7:43.90 | | 4. Mogens Guldberg |  DEN | 7:44.76 | | 5. John Scherer |  USA | 7:45.12 | | 6. Pascal Thiebaut |  FRA | 7:47.51 | | 7. Jose Luis Gonzalez |  ESP | 7:48.44 | | 8. Mathias Ntawulikura |  RWA | 7:48.92 | | 9. Jacinto Navarrete |  COL | 7:49.46 | | 10.Rob de Brouwer |  NED | 7:51.69 |
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| Heat 1 | Team | time | | 1. Frank O'Mara | IRL | 7:50.64 | | 2. Jose L. Gonzalez | ESP | 7:50.69 | | 3. Pascal Thiebaut | FRA | 7:50.90 | | 4. Jacinto Navarrete | COL | 7:51.19 | | 5. Moses Kiptanui |  KEN | 7:53.02 | | 6. Mahmoud Kalboussi | MAR | 7:53.75 | | 7. Paul Larkins | GBR | 7:56.20 | | 8. Yevgeniy Leontyev |  URS | 7:56.68 | | 9. Stephane Franke |  GER | 7:58.82 | | 10.Ricardo Vera |  URU | 8:06.81 | | 11.James Norris | USA | 8:08.34 | | -. Mohamed Issanger | MAR | DNF |
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| Heat 2 | Team | time | | 1. Hammou Boutayeb | MAR | 7:48.62 | | 2. Robert Denmark | GBR | 7:48.92 | | 3. John Scherer | USA | 7:49.05 | | 4. Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 7:49.55 | | 5. Rob de Brouwer | NED | 7:51.34 | | 6. Mattias Ntawulikura | RWA | 7:51.37 | | 7. Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 7:51.67 | | 8. Kai Jenkel |  SUI | 8:03.96 | | 9. Nick O'Brien | IRL | 8:10.63 | | 10.Diomede Cishahayo |  BDI | 8:16.87 | | 11.Tadele Abebe |  ETH | 8:22.81 | | -. Jacky Carlier | FRA | DNF |
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