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Date: 26 September 1988 / 28 September 1988 / 30 September 1988
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8:05.51 |
| 2 | Peter Koech | KEN | 8:06.79 |
| 3 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 8:07.96 |
| 4 | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8:12.17 |
| 5 | William Van Dijck | BEL | 8:13.99 |
| 6 | Henry Marsh | USA | 8:14.39 |
| 7 | Patrick Sang | KEN | 8:15.22 |
| 8 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8:15.97 |
| 9 | Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8:17.79 |
| 10 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8:19.82 |
| 11 | Graeme Fell | CAN | 8:21.73 |
| 12 | Raymond Pannier | FRA | 8:23.80 |
| 13 | Azzedine Brahmi | ALG | 8:26.68 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 14 | Hans Koeleman | NED | 8:21.86 |
| 15 | Brian Diemer | USA | 8:23.89 |
| 16 | Jens Volkman | FRG | 8:25.19 |
| 17 | Bruno Le Stum | FRA | 8:26.69 |
| 18 | Brian Abshire | USA | 8:27.78 |
| 19 | Eddie Wedderburn | GBR | 8:28.62 |
| 20 | Fethi Baccouche | TUN | 8:31.36 |
| 21 | Adauto Domingues | BRA | 8:35.05 |
| 22 | Hector Begeo | PHI | 8:35.09 |
| 23 | Brendan Quinn | IRL | 8:43.34 |
| 24 | Mohamed Al-Dosari | KSA | 8:44.22 |
| 25 | Ramon Lopez | PAR | 8:52.62 |
| 26 | Roger Hackney | GBR | |
| Heats | |||
| 27 | Cha Han-Sik | KOR | 8:59.82 |
| 28 | Ikaji Salum | TAN | 9:10.36 |
| 29 | Abdullah Hussein Al-Dossari | BRN | 9:10.85 |
| 30 | Davendra Singh | FIJ | 9:23.50 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Emilio Ulloa | CHI | ||
| Disqualified | |||
| Abdel Aziz Sahere | MAR | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Bela Vago | HUN | ||