| Final | time | | 1. Reyes Estevez |  ESP | 3:41.31 | | 2. Rui Silva |  POR | 3:41.84 | | 3. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:42.13 | | 4. Anthony Whiteman |  GBR | 3:42.27 | | 5. John Mayock | GBR | 3:42.58 | | 6. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:42.63 | | 7. Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:42.75 | | 8. Abdelkader Chekhemani |  FRA | 3:42.92 | | 9. Vyacheslav Shabunin |  RUS | 3:42.98 | | 10.Branko Zorko |  CRO | 3:43.95 | | 11.Andres Diaz | ESP | 3:46.99 | | 12.Niall Bruton |  IRL | 3:47.48 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 2 | 24 | 18.08 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Reyes Estevez | ESP | 3:41.53 | | 2. John Mayock | GBR | 3:41.69 | | 3. Anthony Whiteman | GBR | 3:41.71 | | 4. Rui Silva | POR | 3:41.87 | | 5. Gert-Jan Liefers |  NED | 3:42.21 | | 6. Andrey Zadorozhniy | RUS | 3:42.71 | | 7. Peter Philipp |  SUI | 3:43.50 | | 8. Panayiotis Stroubakos |  GRE | 3:44.01 | | 9. Nadir Bosch | FRA | 3:46.00 | | 10.Dirk Heinze | GER | 3:46.13 | | 11.Darko Radomirovic |  YUG | 3:46.86 | | 12.Werner Edler-Muhr |  AUT | 3:47.62 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:38.52 | | 2. Andres Diaz | ESP | 3:38.65 | | 3. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:38.97 | | 4. Branko Zorko | CRO | 3:39.31 | | 5. Vyacheslav Shabunin | RUS | 3:39.45 | | 6. Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:39.57 | | 7. Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:39.58 | | 8. Abdelkader Chekhemani | FRA | 3:39.73 | | 9. Luis Feiteira | POR | 3:45.00 | | 10.Alexandru Vasile |  ROU | 3:46.95 | | 11.Balazs Tolgyesi |  HUN | 3:47.01 | | -. Giuseppe d'Urso |  ITA | DNF |
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