| Final | | time | | | 1. Matthew Yates |  Great Britain | 3:42.32 | | | 2. Sergey Melnikov |  Unified Team | 3:42.44 | | | 3. Branko Zorko |  Croatia | 3:42.85 | | | 4. Isaac Viciosa |  Spain | 3:43.23 | | | 5. Amos Rota |  Italy | 3:43.99 | | | 6. Hervé Phélippeau |  France | 3:44.71 | | | 7. Bernhard Richter |  Austria | 3:46.35 | | | 8. Eugenio Ferrara | Italy | 3:47.64 | | | 9. Mateo Cañellas | Spain | 3:51.15 | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best - advanced to Final. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 10.Sergey Melnikov | Unified Team | 3:44.80 | Q | | 11.Amos Rota | Italy | 3:45.00 | Q | | 12.António Monteiro |  Portugal | 3:45.20 | | | 13.Christophe Impens |  Belgium | 3:45.24 | | | 15.Enrique Molina | Spain | 3:46.10 | | | 17.Hocine Ameur | France | 3:46.90 | | | -. Kai Jenkel |  Switzerland | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 6. Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:44.14 | Q | | 7. Isaac Viciosa | Spain | 3:44.36 | Q | | 8. Jason Dullforce | Great Britain | 3:44.38 | | | 9. Marc Corstjens | Belgium | 3:44.75 | | | 14.Ari Suhonen |  Finland | 3:45.94 | | | 16.Jörg Schneider |  Germany | 3:46.26 | | | -. Michael Buchleitner | Austria | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Matthew Yates | Great Britain | 3:42.03 | Q | | 2. Hervé Phélippeau | France | 3:42.55 | Q | | 3. Eugenio Ferrara | Italy | 3:42.68 | q | | 4. Bernhard Richter | Austria | 3:43.40 | q | | 5. Mateo Cañellas | Spain | 3:43.44 | q | | -. Cândido Maia | Portugal | DNF | |
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