IAAF:

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	SB 1997	PB
1	Ramiro Morán	ESP	8:25.74	8:17.49
2	Vladimir Pronin	RUS	8:25.95	8:16.59
3	Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari	KSA	8:08.26	8:08.14
4	Rafal Wójcik	POL	8:24.93	8:17.09
5	Thomas Nohilly	USA	8:32.70	8:21.57
6	Alessandro Lambruschini	ITA	8:26.35	8:08.78
7	Mark Ostendarp	GER	8:18.49	8:18.49
8	Elarbi Khattabi	MAR	8:11.50	8:09.03
9	Jim Svenøy	NOR	8:12.05	8:12.05
10	Moses Kiptanui	KEN	7:56.16	7:56.16
11	Simon Vroemen	NED	8:28.96	8:04.95
12	Hicham Bouaouiche	MAR	8:10.64	8:10.10

Order / Lane	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	SB 1997	PB
1	Wander do Prado Moura	BRA	8:30.70	8:14.41
2	Stathis Stasi	CYP	8:26.83	8:26.83
3	Angelo Carosi	ITA	8:16.01	8:14.02
4	Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	7:59.08	7:59.08
5	Brahim Boulami	MAR	8:10.84	7:55.28
6	Adam Dobrzynski	POL	8:24.09	8:24.09
7	Florin Ionescu	ROU	8:22.35	8:13.26
8	Mark Croghan	USA	8:13.19	8:09.76
9	Robert Hough	GBR	8:28.54	8:28.54
10	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	7:55.72	7:55.72
11	Marcel Laros	NED	8:21.90	8:21.90
12	Michael Buchleitner	AUT	8:26.22	8:20.04

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