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Date: 2 August 1996
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Joseph Keter | KEN | 8:07.12 |
| 2 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 8:08.33 |
| 3 | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8:11.28 |
| 4 | Matthew Birir | KEN | 8:17.18 |
| 5 | Mark Croghan | USA | 8:17.84 |
| 6 | Steffen Brand | GER | 8:18.52 |
| 7 | Brahim Boulami | MAR | 8:23.13 |
| 8 | Jim Svenoey | NOR | 8:23.39 |
| 9 | Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8:29.67 |
| 10 | Martin Strege | GER | 8:30.31 |
| 11 | Hicham Bouaouiche | MAR | 8:46.22 |
| 12 | Marc Davis | USA | 9:51.96 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 13 | Chris Unthank | AUS | 8:25.59 |
| 14 | Justin Chaston | GBR | 8:28.50 |
| 15 | Florin Ionescu | ROU | 8:28.77 |
| 16 | Joel Bourgeois | CAN | 8:31.45 |
| 17 | Abdel Aziz Sahere | MAR | 8:33.90 |
| 18 | Vladimir Pronin | RUS | 8:34.79 |
| 19 | Jamal Hassan | QAT | 8:36.40 |
| 20 | Vladimir Golyas | RUS | 8:36.85 |
| 21 | Godfrey Siamusiye | ZAM | 8:37.41 |
| 22 | Keith Cullen | GBR | 8:46.74 |
| 23 | Nadir Bosch | FRA | 8:47.31 |
| 24 | Kim Bauermeister | GER | 8:51.83 |
| Heats | |||
| 25 | Eduardo Henriques | POR | 8:38.58 |
| 26 | Ricardo Vera | URU | 8:40.78 |
| 27 | Elisardo de la Torre | ESP | 8:42.75 |
| 28 | Shadrack Mogotsi | RSA | 8:46.24 |
| 29 | Ibrahim Yahya | KSA | 8:46.37 |
| 30 | Spencer Duval | GBR | 8:46.76 |
| 31 | Nestor Nieves | VEN | 8:47.34 |
| 32 | Vitor Almeida | POR | 8:48.16 |
| 33 | Robert Gary | USA | 8:49.68 |
| 34 | Clodoaldo do Carmo | BRA | 8:51.78 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Primo Higa | SOL | ||