| Final 20:15 | time | | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:35.83 | | 2. Fermin Cacho |  ESP | 3:36.63 | | 3. Reyes Estevez | ESP | 3:37.26 | | 4. Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:37.37 | | 5. Ali Hakimi |  TUN | 3:37.51 | | 6. Mohamed Suleiman |  QAT | 3:37.53 | | 7. Graham Hood |  CAN | 3:37.55 | | 8. Robert Kiplagat Andersen |  DEN | 3:37.66 | | 9. John Mayock |  GBR | 3:38.67 | | 10.Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:38.82 | | 11.Laban Rotich |  KEN | 3:41.27 | | 12.Nadir Bosch |  FRA | 3:48.35 |
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| Semi 1 20.3h | time | | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 3:38.92 | | 2. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:39.15 | | 3. Ali Hakimi | TUN | 3:39.50 | | 4. Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:39.62 | | 5. John Mayock | GBR | 3:39.69 | | 6. Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:39.84 | | 7. Steve Holman |  USA | 3:39.97 | | 8. Branko Zorko |  CRO | 3:41.63 | | 9. Said Chebili | FRA | 3:41.95 | | 10.Antonio Travassos |  POR | 3:42.01 | | 11.Niall Bruton |  IRL | 3:47.51 | | -. Isaac Viciosa | ESP | DNF |
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| Semi 2 20.45h | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:38.82 | | 2. Reyes Estevez | ESP | 3:38.86 | | 3. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:38.86 | | 4. Robert Kiplagat Andersen | DEN | 3:38.92 | | 5. Laban Rotich | KEN | 3:38.92 | | 6. Nadir Bosch | FRA | 3:39.01 | | 7. Graham Hood | CAN | 3:39.13 | | 8. Gennaro Di Napoli |  ITA | 3:39.45 | | 9. Driss Maazouzi | MAR | 3:39.99 | | 10.Azzeddine Seddiki | MAR | 3:40.15 | | 11.Kevin Mckay | GBR | 3:40.21 | | 12.Andrey Zadorozhniy |  RUS | 3:42.61 |
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| Heat 1 19.50h | time | | 1. Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:37.26 | | 2. Andrey Zadorozhniy | RUS | 3:37.28 | | 3. John Mayock | GBR | 3:37.37 | | 4. Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:37.42 | | 5. Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:37.57 | | 6. Antonio Travassos | POR | 3:37.70 | | 7. Said Chebili | FRA | 3:37.75 | | 8. Julius Achon |  UGA | 3:38.21 | | 9. John Kibowen | KEN | 3:41.69 | | 10.Balazs Tolgyesi |  HUN | 3:44.16 | | 11.Alexis Sharangabo |  RWA | 3:44.95 |
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| Heat 2 20.00h | time | | 1. Rudiger Stenzel | GER | 3:40.17 | | 2. Kevin Mckay | GBR | 3:40.25 | | 3. Driss Maazouzi | MAR | 3:40.39 | | 4. Isaac Viciosa | ESP | 3:40.41 | | 5. Laban Rotich | KEN | 3:40.43 | | 6. Vyacheslav Shabunin | RUS | 3:40.46 | | 7. Abdelkader Chekhemani | FRA | 3:41.02 | | 8. Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |  SOM | 3:41.23 | | 9. Ali Saidi-Sief | ALG | 3:41.48 | | 10.Babiker Mohammed Yagoub |  SUD | 3:41.54 | | 11.Jose Lopez |  VEN | 3:42.83 |
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| Heat 3 20.10h | time | | 1. Reyes Estevez | ESP | 3:36.20 | | 2. Azzeddine Seddiki | MAR | 3:36.40 | | 3. Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:36.64 | | 4. Graham Hood | CAN | 3:36.69 | | 5. Steve Holman | USA | 3:36.75 | | 6. Andersen Robert Kiplagat | DEN | 3:36.77 | | 7. Branko Zorko | CRO | 3:37.99 | | 8. Alexandru Vasile |  ROM | 3:39.01 | | 9. Luis Feiteira | POR | 3:45.37 | | 10.Scott Petersen |  AUS | 3:50.65 | | 11.Brent Butler |  GUM | 3:58.29 |
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| Heat 4 20.20h | time | | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 3:36.72 | | 2. Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3:37.16 | | 3. Ali Hakimi | TUN | 3:37.43 | | 4. Nadir Bosch | FRA | 3:37.45 | | 5. Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:37.50 | | 6. Ahmed Krama | ALG | 3:38.02 | | 7. Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:38.34 | | 8. Piotr Rostkowski |  POL | 3:39.52 | | 9. Jason Pyrah | USA | 3:40.17 | | 10.Panagiotis Papoulias |  GRE | 3:40.30 | | 11.Shane Healy | IRL | 3:50.64 |
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