| Final 20:00 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 1. Kieren Perkins |   Australia | 14:50.52 |   | 5 | 21 | - | 935 |  | 2. Daniel Kowalski |   Australia | 14:53.42 | +2.90s | 4 | 19 | - | 926 |  | 3. Steffen Zesner |   Germany | 15:09.20 | +18.68s | 7 | 26 | - | 879 |  | 4. Joerg Hoffmann |   Germany | 15:13.95 | +23.43s | 3 | 24 | - | 865 |  | 5. Carlton Bruner |   United States | 15:15.64 | +25.12s | 2 | 22 | - | 860 |  | 6. Masato Hirano |   Japan | 15:16.59 | +26.07s | 6 | 19 | - | 858 |  | 7. Ian Wilson |   Great Britain | 15:20.58 | +30.06s | 1 | 23 | - | 847 |  | 8. Graeme Smith |   Great Britain | 15:29.24 | +38.72s | 8 | 18 | - | 823 |   
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 Heats - Saturday, 10th September 12:30 |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 4 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 2. Kieren Perkins |   Australia | 15:13.95 | +2.52s | 4 | 21 | - | 865 | 2. |  | 4. Masato Hirano |   Japan | 15:15.44 | +4.01s | 2 | 19 | - | 861 | 4. |  | 5. Carlton Bruner |   United States | 15:19.40 | +7.97s | 5 | 22 | - | 850 | 5. |  | 10.Chad Carvin |   United States | 15:29.79 | +18.36s | 3 | 20 | - | 822 | 10. |  | 13.Alessandro Berti |   Italy | 15:34.16 | +22.73s | 6 |   | - | 810 | 13. |  | 14.Brunner Roland |   Austria | 15:34.42 | +22.99s | 7 |   | - | 809 | 14. |  | 21.Yevgeny Logvinov |   Ukraine | 15:42.88 | +31.45s | 1 |   | - | 788 | 21. |  | 23.Piotr Albinski |   Poland | 15:59.04 | +47.61s | 8 | 24 | - | 749 | 23. |   
| Heat 3 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 1. Daniel Kowalski |   Australia | 15:11.43 |   | 4 | 19 | - | 872 | 1. |  | 3. Joerg Hoffmann |   Germany | 15:15.08 | +3.65s | 6 | 24 | - | 862 | 3. |  | 6. Steffen Zesner |   Germany | 15:21.72 | +10.29s | 5 | 26 | - | 843 | 6. |  | 9. Viktor Andreyev |   Russia | 15:23.76 | +12.33s | 3 | 20 | - | 838 | 9. |  | 12.Luiz Lima |   Brazil | 15:33.26 | +21.83s | 7 | 16 | - | 812 | 12. |  | 20.Masayuki Fujimoto |   Japan | 15:42.15 | +30.72s | 2 |   | - | 790 | 20. |  | 22.Sergey Mikhnovets |   Belarus | 15:46.31 | +34.88s | 1 | 22 | - | 779 | 22. |  | 24.Cesar Gaston |   Argentina | 16:06.32 | +54.89s | 8 |   | - | 732 | 24. |   
| Heat 2 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 7. Ian Wilson |   Great Britain | 15:22.96 | +11.53s | 4 | 23 | - | 840 | 7. |  | 8. Graeme Smith |   Great Britain | 15:23.27 | +11.84s | 5 | 18 | - | 839 | 8. |  | 11.Marco Formentini |   Italy | 15:31.64 | +20.21s | 6 | 24 | - | 817 | 11. |  | 15.Hisham Masri |   Syria | 15:34.94 | +23.51s | 2 | 21 | - | 808 | 15. |  | 16.Simon Chocron |   Venezuela | 15:35.94 | +24.51s | 1 |   | - | 806 | 16. |  | 17.Igor Majcen |   Slovenia | 15:40.44 | +29.01s | 3 | 25 | - | 794 | 17. |  | 18.Ryk Neethling |   South Africa | 15:41.03 | +29.60s | 7 | 16 | - | 793 | 18. |  | 19.Jure Bucar |   Slovenia | 15:41.31 | +29.88s | 8 | 28 | - | 792 | 19. |   
| Heat 1 |   | time | gap | L | Ag | Rc | pts | Rk | 400m | 800m | 1200m |  | 25.Tom Stoltz |   Luxembourg | 16:11.67 | +1:00.24 | 7 |   | - | 720 | 25. |  | 26.Cesar Peguero |   Dominicana | 16:12.11 | +1:00.68 | 5 |   | - | 719 | 26. |  | 27.Aleksandar Malenko |   North Macedonia | 16:22.14 | +1:10.71 | 4 | 15 | - | 697 | 27. |  | 28.Shih-Ming Tseng |   Chinese Taipei | 16:37.00 | +1:25.57 | 6 |   | - | 666 | 28. |  | 29.Pablo Banfi |   Chile | 16:39.20 | +1:27.77 | 2 |   | - | 662 | 29. |  | 30.Sandro Tomas |   Croatia | 16:53.17 | +1:41.74 | 3 | 21 | - | 635 | 30. |   
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