| Final 19:20 | time | | 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.Gabor Marko |  HUN | 9:11.53 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 3 | 37 | 29.08 |
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Heats - Thursday 29.08 19:20 |
| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Tom Hanlon | GBR | 8:18.02 | | 2. Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8:18.06 | | 3. Graeme Fell | CAN | 8:18.19 | | 4. Abdelaziz Sahere | MAR | 8:18.23 | | 5. Brian Diemer | USA | 8:18.29 | | 6. Thierry Brusseau | FRA | 8:27.77 | | 7. Shaun Creighton |  AUS | 8:30.65 | | 8. Akira Nakamura |  JPN | 8:33.89 | | 9. Jose Carlos Pereira |  POR | 8:39.30 | | 10.Jiri Svec |  TCH | 8:41.08 | | 11.Juan Azkueta |  ESP | 8:50.50 | | -. Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Patrick Sang | KEN | 8:26.78 | | 2. Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:27.25 | | 3. Gabor Marko | HUN | 8:27.53 | | 4. Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8:28.35 | | 5. Mark Croghan | USA | 8:29.20 | | 6. Ricardo Vera |  URU | 8:30.14 | | 7. Benito Nogales | ESP | 8:39.21 | | 8. Marcelo Cascabelo |  ARG | 8:44.57 | | 9. Jorgen Salo |  FIN | 8:45.68 | | 10.Peter McColgan | GBR | 8:58.34 | | 11.Deena Ram |  IND | 9:05.21 | | -. Ivan Konovalov |  URS | DNF |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 8:27.52 | | 2. Azzedine Brahmi | ALG | 8:27.95 | | 3. Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:28.35 | | 4. William Van Dijck | BEL | 8:28.44 | | 5. Hagen Melzer | GER | 8:28.56 | | 6. Colin Walker | GBR | 8:30.69 | | 7. Bruno Le Stum | FRA | 8:33.38 | | 8. Dan Nelson | USA | 8:40.23 | | 9. Joao Junqueira | POR | 8:43.37 | | 10.Antonio Peula | ESP | 8:45.41 | | 11.Hamad Al Dosari |  KSA | 8:50.29 | | 12.Prakash Davendra Singh |  FIJ | 9:23.28 | | -. Adauto Domingues |  BRA | DNS |
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