| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierre Délèze |  SUI | 3:42.28 | 
| 2 | Sydney Maree |  USA | 3:43.13 | 
| 3 | Uwe Becker |  FRG | 3:43.18 | 
| 4 | Ray Flynn |  IRL | 3:43.27 | 
| 5 | Joao Campos |  POR | 3:43.44 | 
| 6 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot |  KEN | 3:43.58 | 
| 7 | Nikolay Kirov |  URS | 3:43.77 | 
| 8 | Jan Persson |  SWE | 3:43.83 | 
| 9 | Dave Reid |  CAN | 3:45.08 | 
| 10 | Mohamed Neji Henkiri |  TUN | 3:45.90 | 
| 11 | Jama Aden |  SOM | 3:46.87 | 
| 12 | Tisbite Rakotoarisoa |  MAD | 3:52.91 | 
| 13 | Luis Munguia |  NCA | 4:02.06 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Cram |  GBR | 3:40.17 | 
| 2 | Saïd Aouita |  MAR | 3:40.39 | 
| 3 | Frank O'Mara |  IRL | 3:40.53 | 
| 4 | John Walker |  NZL | 3:40.67 | 
| 5 | Piotr Kurek |  POL | 3:40.96 | 
| 6 | Niels Kim Hjorth |  DEN | 3:41.29 | 
| 7 | Peter Wirz |  SUI | 3:41.69 | 
| 8 | Philippe Dien |  FRA | 3:43.15 | 
| 9 | Spyros Spyrou |  GRE | 3:43.94 | 
| 10 | Paul Rugut |  KEN | 3:46.00 | 
| 11 | Jimmy Igohe |  TAN | 3:48.58 | 
| 12 | Charlie Oliver |  SOL | 4:18.24 | 
| Mehdi Aidet |  ALG | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Busse |  GDR | 3:38.65 | 
| 2 | Steve Ovett |  GBR | 3:39.00 | 
| 3 | Dragan Zdravkovic |  YUG | 3:39.18 | 
| 4 | Jan Kubista |  TCH | 3:39.20 | 
| 5 | Tom Byers |  USA | 3:39.41 | 
| 6 | Eddy Stevens |  BEL | 3:39.77 | 
| 7 | Stefano Mei |  ITA | 3:39.93 | 
| 8 | José LuÃs Gonzalez |  ESP | 3:41.29 | 
| 9 | Pascal Thiébaut |  FRA | 3:41.51 | 
| 10 | Amar Brahmia |  ALG | 3:42.75 | 
| 11 | Omer Khalifa |  SUD | 3:48.23 | 
| 12 | John Chappory |  GIB | 3:56.92 | 
| 13 | Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa |  RWA | 3:57.49 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Scott |  USA | 3:37.87 | 
| 2 | José Manuel Abascal |  ESP | 3:38.06 | 
| 3 | Claudio Patrignani |  ITA | 3:38.35 | 
| 4 | Graham Williamson |  GBR | 3:38.99 | 
| 5 | Abderrahmane Morceli |  ALG | 3:39.77 | 
| 6 | Robert Nemeth |  AUT | 3:39.93 | 
| 7 | Mike Boit |  KEN | 3:40.06 | 
| 8 | Antti Loikkanen |  FIN | 3:44.47 | 
| 9 | Sermet Timurlenk |  TUR | 3:46.74 | 
| 10 | Mohammed Darwish |  IRQ | 3:50.04 | 
| 11 | Ibrahim Malallah |  QAT | 3:52.05 | 
| 12 | Masini Situ-Kubanza |  COD | 4:06.44 | 
| 13 | Sekou Camara |  GUI | 4:08.46 |