| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1998 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norbert Csorba |  HUN | 9:02.95 | 9:02.95 | 
| 2 | Fathi Meftah |  ALG | ||
| 3 | Ian Connor |  USA | ||
| 4 | Kjetil Ramstad |  NOR | ||
| 5 | Henrik Skoog |  SWE | ||
| 6 | Jan Bochedi |  RSA | ||
| 7 | Chris THOMPSON |  GBR | ||
| 8 | Mikael Talasjoki |  FIN | ||
| 9 | Vaughan Craddock |  NZL | ||
| 10 | Marcos Silva |  URU | ||
| 11 | Eric Segura |  ESP | ||
| 12 | Abraham Cherono |  KEN | 8:37.06 | 8:37.06 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1998 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sofiane Tayane |  ALG | ||
| 2 | Adrian Peña |  ESP | ||
| 3 | Reuben Kosgei |  KEN | 8:40.40 | |
| 4 | Georg Mlynek |  AUT | ||
| 5 | Máté Németh |  HUN | ||
| 6 | Oscar Achi Meza |  PAR | 9:14.65 | 9:14.65 | 
| 7 | Tuomo Lehtinen |  FIN | ||
| 8 | Lambert Ndayikeza |  BDI | ||
| 9 | Mustafa Mohamed |  SWE | ||
| 10 | Maru Daba |  ETH | ||
| 11 | Juan Carlos De Bastos |  ARG | ||
| 12 | Iain Murdoch |  GBR | ||
| 13 | Kevin Paulsen |  FRA | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1998 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Dent |  AUS | 8:59.46 | |
| 2 | Laurent Slaviero |  FRA | ||
| 3 | Mahmoud Ibrahim Ali |  QAT | ||
| 4 | Andrey Kuznetsov |  RUS | ||
| 5 | Sakir Kaya |  TUR | ||
| 6 | Zhonglin Xing |  CHN | ||
| 7 | Chris Dugan |  USA | ||
| 8 | Filmon Ghirmai |  GER | ||
| 9 | Jassim Ali Mohamed Al-Baloushi |  UAE | ||
| 10 | Pasteur Nyabenda |  BDI | ||
| 11 | Gebremedhen Gebremariam |  ETH | ||
| 12 | Mustapha Mellouk |  MAR |