| Final 21.10h | Team | Time |  | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:27.65 |  | 2. Noah Ngeny |  KEN | 3:28.73 |  | 3. Reyes Estevez |  ESP | 3:30.57 |  | 4. Fermin Cacho |  ESP | 3:31.34 |  | 5. Andres Diaz |  ESP | 3:31.83 |  | 6. Laban Rotich |  KEN | 3:33.32 |  | 7. David Lelei |  KEN | 3:33.82 |  | 8. Driss Maazouzi |  FRA | 3:34.02 |  | 9. Steve Holman |  USA | 3:34.32 |  | 10.Graham Hood |  CAN | 3:35.35 |  | 11.Adil Kaouch |  MAR | 3:47.05 |  | -. Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | DNF |   
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| Heat 1 21.30h | Team | Time |  | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:37.34 |  | 2. Fermin Cacho |  ESP | 3:37.88 |  | 3. Reyes Estevez |  ESP | 3:38.16 |  | 4. Laban Rotich |  KEN | 3:38.20 |  | 5. Driss Maazouzi |  FRA | 3:38.32 |  | 6. Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |  SOM | 3:38.57 |  | 7. David Krummenacker |  USA | 3:39.19 |  | 8. Ali Hakimi |  TUN | 3:39.27 |  | 9. Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:39.87 |  | 10.Marko Koers |  NED | 3:40.15 |  | 11.Ali Saidi-Sief |  ALG | 3:40.63 |  | 12.Miloud Abaoub |  ALG | 3:43.21 |   
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| Heat 2 21.39h | Team | Time |  | 1. Noah Ngeny |  KEN | 3:36.13 |  | 2. Andres Diaz |  ESP | 3:36.33 |  | 3. Adil Kaouch |  MAR | 3:36.62 |  | 4. David Lelei |  KEN | 3:36.81 |  | 5. Graham Hood |  CAN | 3:37.23 |  | 6. Noureddine Morceli |  @.ALG ~$3:37.32 |  | 7. Steve Holman |  USA | 3:37.52 |  | 8. Abdelkader Chekhemani |  FRA | 3:37.77 |  | 9. Julius Achon |  UGA | 3:37.82 |  | 10.Rui Silva |  POR | 3:50.85 |  | -. John Mayock |  GBR | DNF |  | -. Gert-Jan Liefers |  NED | DNF |   
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| Heat 1 20.25h | Team | Time |  | 1. Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:35.63 |  | 2. Fermin Cacho |  ESP | 3:36.43 |  | 3. Laban Rotich |  KEN | 3:36.72 |  | 4. Driss Maazouzi |  FRA | 3:36.84 |  | 5. Ali Hakimi |  TUN | 3:37.25 |  | 6. John Mayock |  GBR | 3:37.29 |  | 7. Rudiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:37.31 |  | 8. Graham Hood |  CAN | 3:37.39 |  | 9. David Krummenacker |  USA | 3:37.85 |  | 10. Miloud Abaoub |  ALG | 3:38.40 |  | 11.Vyacheslav Shabunin |  RUS | 3:39.70 |  | 12.Zigmund Zilbershtein |  GEO | 3:52.76 |  | 13.Liam Byrne |  GIB | 4:00.60 |   
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| Heat 2 20.33h | Team | Time |  | 1. Reyes Estevez |  ESP | 3:41.24 |  | 2. Ali Saidi-Sief |  ALG | 3:41.34 |  | 3. David Lelei |  KEN | 3:41.40 |  | 4. Adil Kaouch |  MAR | 3:41.51 |  | 5. Gert-Jan Liefers |  NED | 3:41.53 |  | 6. Rui Silva |  POR | 3:41.60 |  | 7. Venuste Niyongabo |  BUR | 3:41.87 |  | 8. Dirk Heinze |  GER | 3:43.44 |  | 9. Nadir Bosch |  FRA | 3:44.46 |  | 10.Kiyoharu Sato |  JPN | 3:45.72 |  | 11.Youssef Baba |  MAR | 3:48.08 |  | 12.Seneca Lassiter |  USA | 3:48.29 |  | 13.Primo Higa |  SOL | 4:17.46 |   
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| Heat 3 20.41h | Team | Time |  | 1. Noah Ngeny |  KEN | 3:37.41 |  | 2. Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:37.63 |  | 3. Andres Diaz |  ESP | 3:37.68 |  | 4. Abdelkader Chekhemani |  FRA | 3:37.74 |  | 5. Steve Holman |  USA | 3:37.75 |  | 6. Julius Achon |  UGA | 3:37.97 |  | 7. Marko Koers |  NED | 3:38.04 |  | 8. Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |  SOM | 3:38.10 |  | 9. Salah El Ghazi |  MAR | 3:40.31 |  | 10.Hamish Christensen |  NZL | 3:41.11 |  | 11.Kevin Sullivan |  CAN | 3:43.49 |  | 12.Francis Munthali |  MAW | 3:49.97 |  | 13.Bashar Ibrahim |  KUW | 3:50.28 |  | 14.Giuseppe D'Urso |  ITA | 3:50.71 |   
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