| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gennaro Di Napoli |  ITA | 7:56.47 | 
| 2 | Ovidiu Olteanu |  ROU | 7:56.75 | 
| 3 | Mohamed Suleiman |  QAT | 7:56.78 | 
| 4 | Anacleto Jiménez |  ESP | 7:56.94 | 
| 5 | Brahim Jabbour |  MAR | 7:57.32 | 
| 6 | Reuben Reina |  USA | 7:58.28 | 
| 7 | Réda Benzine |  ALG | 7:58.50 | 
| 8 | Cândido Maia |  POR | 8:00.79 | 
| 9 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama |  QAT | 8:03.06 | 
| 10 | Mahmoud Kalboussi |  TUN | 8:05.60 | 
| 11 | Mirko Döring |  GER | 8:05.98 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Creighton |  AUS | 7:57.35 | 
| 2 | John Mayock |  GBR | 7:57.91 | 
| 3 | Frank O'Mara |  IRL | 7:58.11 | 
| 4 | Isaac Viciosa |  ESP | 7:58.11 | 
| 5 | Mohamed Belabbes |  ALG | 7:58.74 | 
| 6 | Jacky Carlier |  FRA | 7:59.42 | 
| 7 | João N'Tyamba |  ANG | 8:03.93 | 
| 8 | Ronnie Harris |  USA | 8:05.40 | 
| 9 | Sipho Dlamini |  SWZ | 8:09.99 | 
| 10 | Marcelo Cascabelo |  ARG | 8:14.97 | 
| Philemon Hanneck |  ZIM | DNS |