| Final 21.10h | time | | 1. Christopher Koskei | KEN | 8:11.76 | | 2. Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | 8:12.09 | | 3. Ali Ezzine | MAR | 8:12.73 | | 4. Damian Kallabis | GER | 8:13.11 | | 5. Bernard Barmasai | KEN | 8:13.51 | | 6. Eliseo Martin | ESP | 8:16.09 | | 7. Paul Kosgei | KEN | 8:17.55 | | 8. Florin Ionescu | ROM | 8:18.17 | | 9. Gunther Weidlinger | AUT | 8:19.02 | | 10.Giuseppe Maffei | ITA | 8:22.65 | | 11.Elarbi Khattabi | MAR | 8:24.62 | | 12.Bouabdallah Tahri | FRA | 8:25.59 |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 3 | 40 | 21.08 |
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| Heat 1 21.15h | time | | 1. Paul Kosgei | KEN | 8:10.34 | | 2. Ali Ezzine | MAR | 8:10.45 | | 3. Damian Kallabis | GER | 8:10.56 | | 4. Gunther Weidlinger | AUT | 8:10.83 | | 5. Bouabdallah Tahri | FRA | 8:12.96 | | 6. Florin Ionescu | ROM | 8:13.26 | | 7. Robert Gary | USA | 8:25.15 | | 8. Christian Belz | SUI | 8:29.19 | | 9. Marco Antonio Cepeda | ESP | 8:29.75 | | 10.Joao Junqueira | POR | 8:32.12 | | 11.Rafal Wojcik | POL | 8:34.45 | | 12.Stathis Stasi | CYP | 8:40.74 | | 13.Ali Mohamed Al-Baloushi Jassimi | UAE | 8:51.73 | | 14.Elangovan Ganesan | SIN | 9:47.09 |
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| Heat 2 21.38h | time | | 1. Bernard Barmasai | KEN | 8:16.50 | | 2. Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | 8:16.62 | | 3. Luis Miguel Martin | ESP | 8:17.75 | | 4. Laid Bessou | ALG | 8:20.17 | | 5. Jim Svenoy | NOR | 8:23.05 | | 6. Mustapha Mellouk | MAR | 8:30.48 | | 7. Maru Daba | ETH | 8:31.09 | | 8. Christian Knoblich | GER | 8:33.03 | | 9. Vincent LeDauphin | FRA | 8:44.60 | | 10.Francis O'Neill | USA | 8:49.81 | | 11.Geovanny Morejon | BOL | 9:01.30 | | 12.Akesso Tchaka | TOG | 9:44.41 | | -. Simon Vroemen | NED | DNF |
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| Heat 3 21.51h | time | | 1. Elarbi Khattabi | MAR | 8:14.22 | | 2. Christopher Koskei | KEN | 8:15.04 | | 3. Giuseppe Maffei | ITA | 8:15.19 | | 4. Eliseo Martin | ESP | 8:16.56 | | 5. Khamis Abdulla Saif Al-Din | QAT | 8:18.58 | | 6. Michael Buchleitner | AUT | 8:20.04 | | 7. Andre Green | GER | 8:21.87 | | 8. Gael Pencreach | FRA | 8:21.89 | | 9. Nestor Nieves | VEN | 8:28.59 | | 10.Georgios Giannelis | GRE | 8:30.55 | | 11.Pascal Dobert | USA | 8:33.42 | | 12.Joel Bourgeois | CAN | 8:37.94 | | 13.Matteo Zafferani | SMR | 9:32.08 |
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