| Final | time | | | 1. Matthew Birir |  Kenya | 8:08.84 | | | 2. Patrick Sang | Kenya | 8:09.55 | | | 3. William Mutwol | Kenya | 8:10.74 | | | 4. Alessandro Lambruschini |  Italy | 8:15.52 | | | 5. Steffen Brand |  Germany | 8:16.60 | | | 6. Tom Hanlon |  Great Britain | 8:18.14 | | | 7. Brian Diemer |  United States | 8:18.77 | | | 8. Azzedine Brahmi |  Algeria | 8:20.71 | | | 9. William Van Dijck |  Belgium | 8:22.51 | | | 10.Elarbi Khattabi |  Marocco | 8:23.82 | | | 11.Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo |  Brazil | 8:25.92 | | | 12.Ricardo Vera |  Uruguay | 8:26.35 | |
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| | | Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. | | -- competitors from -- nations. |
| World record: 8:05.35 Peter Koech, Kenya, Stockholm, Sweden July 3, 1989 | | Olympic record: 8:05.51 Julius Kariuki, Kenya, Seoul, South Korea September 30, 1988 |
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| | | First 5 from each Heat and next Best 2 times advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Matthew Birir | Kenya | 8:25.55 | Q | | 2. Steffen Brand | Germany | 8:26.12 | Q | | 3. Patrick Sang | Kenya | 8:26.46 | Q | | 4. William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8:26.70 | Q | | 5. Tom Hanlon | Great Britain | 8:26.91 | Q | | 6. Ricardo Vera | Uruguay | 8:27.46 | q | | 7. Mark Croghan | United States | 8:30.15 | | | 8. Tom Buckner | Great Britain | 8:32.89 | | | 9. Ville Hautala |  Finland | 8:33.69 | | | 10.João Junqueira |  Portugal | 8:39.17 | | | 11.Daniel Lopez | United States | 8:41.28 | | | 12.Joseph Mahmoud |  France | 8:52.00 | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. William Mutwol | Kenya | 8:19.83 | Q | | 2. Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo | Brazil | 8:20.46 | Q | | 3. Brian Diemer | United States | 8:23.30 | Q | | 4. Alessandro Lambruschini | Italy | 8:23.56 | Q | | 5. Azzedine Brahmi | Algeria | 8:25.85 | Q | | 6. Elarbi Khattabi | Marocco | 8:27.00 | q | | 7. Vladimir Golias |  United Team | 8:30.26 | | | 8. Colin Walker | Great Britain | 8:34.82 | | | 9. Mohammed Al-Dossary |  Saudi Arabia | 8:36.38 | | | 10.Whaddon Niewoudt |  South Africa | 8:37.99 | | | 11.Hagen Melzer | Germany | 8:38.07 | | | 12.Thierry Brusseau | France | 8:42.48 | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. William Mutwol | Kenya | 8:26.23 | | | 2. Brian Diemer | United States | 8:28.88 | | | 3. Colin Walker | Great Britain | 8:29.34 | | | 4. Steffen Brand | Germany | 8:30.03 | | | 5. Vladimir Golyas | United Team | 8:32.49 | | | 6. Thierry Brusseau | France | 8:33.10 | | | 7. Ville Hautala | Finland | 8:34.10 | | | 8. Michael Buchleitner |  Austria | 8:40.46 | | | 9. Graeme Fell |  Canada | 8:50.87 | | | 10.Prakash Davendra Singh |  Fiji | 9:07.49 | | | -. Abdelaziz Sahere | Marocco | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Matthew Birir | Kenya | 8:23.22 | | | 2. Clodoaldo Lopes do Carmo | Brazil | 8:26.31 | | | 3. William Van Dijck | Belgium | 8:27.23 | | | 4. Azzeddine Brahmi | Algeria | 8:28.01 | | | 5. Tom Buckner | Great Britain | 8:28.36 | | | 6. Elarbi Khattabi | Marocco | 8:28.50 | | | 7. Daniel Lopez | United States | 8:29.01 | | | 8. Hagen Melzer | Germany | 8:31.89 | | | 9. Mohammed Al-Dossary | Saudi Arabia | 8:36.73 | | | 10.Ivan Konovalov | United Team | 8:58.04 | | | 11.Hector Begeo |  Philippines | 9:14.48 | |
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