| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui | 
                                         
                                        KEN
                                     | 
                                    8:12.59 | 
| 2 | Patrick Sang | 
                                         
                                        KEN
                                     | 
                                    8:13.44 | 
| 3 | Azzedine Brahmi | 
                                         
                                        ALG
                                     | 
                                    8:15.54 | 
| 4 | Julius Kariuki | 
                                         
                                        KEN
                                     | 
                                    8:16.81 | 
| 5 | Brian Diemer | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    8:17.76 | 
| 6 | Abdelaziz Sahere | 
                                         
                                        MAR
                                     | 
                                    8:19.40 | 
| 7 | Angelo Carosi | 
                                         
                                        ITA
                                     | 
                                    8:20.80 | 
| 8 | Francesco Panetta | 
                                         
                                        ITA
                                     | 
                                    8:26.79 | 
| 9 | William Van Dijck | 
                                         
                                        BEL
                                     | 
                                    8:30.46 | 
| 10 | Joseph Mahmoud | 
                                         
                                        FRA
                                     | 
                                    8:37.09 | 
| 11 | Tom Hanlon | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    8:41.14 | 
| 12 | Hagen Melzer | 
                                         
                                        GER
                                     | 
                                    8:45.58 | 
| 13 | Thierry Brusseau | 
                                         
                                        FRA
                                     | 
                                    8:47.46 | 
| 14 | Graeme Fell | 
                                         
                                        CAN
                                     | 
                                    9:01.73 | 
| 15 | Gábor Markó | 
                                         
                                        HUN
                                     | 
                                    9:11.53 |