1000m
| Rnk | Mark | Name | Nation | Born | Pos | Venue | Date | Best | Date/Best |
| 1 | 2.11.96 | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 781102 | 1 | Rieti | 0905 |   |   |
| + | 2.12.66 | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 781102 | 1 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 2 | 2.13.56 | Kennedy Kimwetich | KEN | 730101 | 2 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 3 | 2.14.41 | William Yampoy | KEN | 70 | 2 | Rieti | 0905 |   |   |
| 4 | 2.14.52 | Djabir Said-Guerni | ALG | 770329 | 3 | Rieti | 0905 |   |   |
| 5 | 2.14.64 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 690120 | 3 | Nice | 0717 | 2.14.43 | 970716 |
| 6 | 2.14.99 | William Chirchir | KEN | 790206 | 4 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 7 | 2.15.00 | Benjamin Kipkurui | KEN | 801228 | 5 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 8 | 2.15.26 | Driss Maazouzi | FRA | 691020 | 6 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 9 | 2.15.45 | Japheth Kimutai | KEN | 781220 | 1 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 10 | 2.15.51 | Nadir Bosch | FRA | 730516 | 7 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 11 | 2.15.57 | James McIlroy | IRL | 761230 | 4 | Rieti | 0905 |   |   |
| 12 | 2.15.66 | Andre Bucher | SUI | 761019 | 1 | Langenthal | 0513 |   |   |
| + | 2.15.67 | Benjamin Kipkurui | KEN | 801228 | 2 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| + | 2.15.72 | William Chirchir | KEN | 790206 | 3 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 13 | 2.15.87 | Giuseppe D'Urso | ITA | 690915 | 8 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 14 | 2.16.01 | Andrea Longo | ITA | 750626 | 4 | Stockholm | 0730 | 2.15.83 | 970716 |
| 15 | 2.16.30 | Rui Silva | POR | 770803 | 9 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 16 | 2.16.63 | David Krummenacker | USA | 750524 | 5 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 17 | 2.16.68 | Steve Holman | USA | 700302 | 5 | Rieti | 0905 |   |   |
| 18 | 2.16.71 | Ali Hakimi | TUN | 760424 | 6 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 19 | 2.17.00 | Patrick Konchellah | KEN | 680420 | 1 | Hamburg | 0719 |   |   |
| + | 2.17.02 | Andre Bucher | SUI | 761019 | 1 | Willisau | 0508 |   |   |
| 20 | 2.17.19 | Johan Botha | RSA | 740110 | 10 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 21 | 2.17.43 | Dirk Heinze | GER | 760702 | 1 | Weimar | 0627 |   |   |
| 22 | 2.17.44 | Nils Schumann | GER | 780520 | 2 | Weimar | 0627 |   |   |
| 23 | 2.17.48 | Robert Chirchir | KEN | 721126 | 11 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| + | 2.17.49 | Johan Botha | RSA | 740110 | 10 | Nice | 0717 |   |   |
| 24 | 2.17.53 | Mehdi Baala | FRA | 780817 | 1 | Amiens | 0723 |   |   |
| + | 2.17.78 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 690120 | 7 | Stockholm | 0730 | 2.14.43 | 970716 |
| 25 | 2.17.97 | Jean-Patrick Nduwimana | BUR | 780509 | 8 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 26 | 2.18.05 | Graham Hood | CAN | 720402 | 6 | Rieti | 0905 | 2.16.88 | 960610 |
| 27 | 2.18.10 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 700228 | 1 | Riga | 0711 | 2.13.73 | 930702 |
| 28 | 2.18.5h | Patrick Grammens | BEL | 710410 | 1 | Woluwe | 0620 |   |   |
| 29 | 2.18.8h | Luc Bernaert | BEL | 660624 | 2 | Woluwe | 0620 |   |   |
| 30 | 2.18.95 | Jörgen Zaki | SWE | 720204 | 9 | Stockholm | 0730 |   |   |
| 31 | 2.19.00 | Andrea Giocondi | ITA | 690117 | 10 | Stockholm | 0730 | 2.18.2 | 970426 |