| Final 20.00h | time |  | 1. Reuben Kosgei |  KEN | 8:15.16 |  | 2. Ali Ezzine |  MAR | 8:16.21 |  | 3. Bernard Barmasai |  KEN | 8:16.59 |  | 4. Luis MartinMiguel |  ESP | 8:18.87 |  | 5. Bouabdallah Tahri |  FRA | 8:19.56 |  | 6. Antonio Jimenez |  ESP | 8:19.82 |  | 7. Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin |  QAT | 8:20.01 |  | 8. Raymond Yator |  KEN | 8:20.87 |  | 9. Ralf Assmus |  GER | 8:21.73 |  | 10.Brahim Boulami |  MAR | 8:21.95 |  | 11.Tim Broe |  USA | 8:23.07 |  | 12.Eliseo Martin |  ESP | 8:27.78 |  | 13.Christian Belz |  SUI | 8:31.43 |  | 14.Joel Bourgeois |  CAN | 8:36.38 |  | 15.Gael Pencreach |  FRA | 8:41.51 |   
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| Round | H | Athl. | date |  | Heats | 2 | 25 | 06.08 |   
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| Heat 1 15.05h | time |  | 1. Reuben Kosgei |  KEN | 8:21.96 |  | 2. Brahim Boulami |  MAR | 8:21.98 |  | 3. Luis MartinMiguel |  ESP | 8:25.09 |  | 4. Eliseo Martin |  ESP | 8:26.18 |  | 5. Ali Ezzine |  MAR | 8:26.86 |  | 6. Joel Bourgeois |  CAN | 8:26.92 |  | 7. Tim Broe |  USA | 8:27.26 |  | 8. Gael Pencreach |  FRA | 8:28.54 |  | 9. Frederic Denis |  FRA | 8:41.66 |  | 10.Yoshitaka Iwamizu |  JPN | 8:45.25 |  | 11.Tom Chorny |  USA | 8:51.74 |  | -. Simon Vroemen |  NED | DNF |   
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| Heat 2 15.19h | time |  | 1. Antonio Jimenez |  ESP | 8:25.37 |  | 2. Raymond Yator |  KEN | 8:25.45 |  | 3. Bernard Barmasai |  KEN | 8:25.65 |  | 4. Khamis Saifeldin Abdullah |  QAT | 8:25.83 |  | 5. Ralf Assmus |  GER | 8:29.52 |  | 6. Bouabdallah Tahri |  FRA | 8:29.71 |  | 7. Christian Belz |  SUI | 8:31.57 |  | 8. Elarbi Khattabi |  MAR | 8:32.70 |  | 9. Laid Bessou |  ALG | 8:33.40 |  | 10.Jim Svenoy |  NOR | 8:35.71 |  | 11.Anthony Famiglietti |  USA | 8:44.54 |  | 12.Jose Miranda Salvador |  MEX | 8:49.47 |  | 13.Madan Raj Giri |  NEP | 9:34.97 |   
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