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Date: 29 September 1988 / 30 September 1988 / 1 October 1988
Heats
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Peter Rono | KEN | 3:35.96 |
| 2 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 3:36.15 |
| 3 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3:36.21 |
| 4 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3:36.24 |
| 5 | Steve Scott | USA | 3:36.99 |
| 6 | Han Kulker | NED | 3:37.08 |
| 7 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | KEN | 3:37.94 |
| 8 | Marcus O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:38.39 |
| 9 | Mario Silva | POR | 3:38.77 |
| 10 | Jeff Atkinson | USA | 3:40.80 |
| 11 | Joseph Chesire | KEN | 3:40.82 |
| 12 | Omar Khalifa | SUD | 3:41.07 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 13 | Markus Hacksteiner | SUI | 3:39.18 |
| 14 | Mark Deady | USA | 3:39.47 |
| 15 | Steve Crabb | GBR | 3:39.55 |
| 16 | Mogens Guldberg | DEN | 3:39.86 |
| 17 | Remi Geoffroy | FRA | 3:40.96 |
| 18 | Rachid Kram | ALG | 3:41.39 |
| 19 | Mbiganyi Thee | BOT | 3:42.62 |
| 20 | Spyros Spyrou | CYP | 3:43.49 |
| 21 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:43.58 |
| 22 | Mustafa Lachaal | MAR | 3:45.65 |
| 23 | Abdel Majid Moncef | MAR | |
| 23 | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | |
| 23 | Said Aouita | MAR | |
| 23 | Peter Wirz | SUI | |
| Heats | |||
| 27 | Markus Rapp | SUI | 3:42.64 |
| 28 | David Campbell | CAN | 3:42.97 |
| 29 | Gerry O'Reilly | IRL | 3:43.23 |
| 30 | Ari Suhonen | FIN | 3:43.61 |
| 31 | Mahmoud Kalboussi | TUN | 3:43.72 |
| 32 | Mohamed Ahmed Sulaiman | QAT | 3:44.43 |
| 33 | Jose Luiz Barbosa | BRA | 3:44.46 |
| 34 | Duan Xiuquan | CHN | 3:44.88 |
| 35 | Pat Scammell | AUS | 3:45.21 |
| 36 | Branko Zorko | YUG | 3:45.52 |
| 37 | Cho Jin-Saeng | KOR | 3:45.63 |
| 38 | Jan Kubista | TCH | 3:46.41 |
| 39 | Michael Watson | BER | 3:46.49 |
| 40 | Melford Homela | ZIM | 3:47.38 |
| 41 | Jama Mohamed Aden | SOM | 3:49.84 |
| 42 | Dale Jones | ANT | 3:51.22 |
| 43 | Mohamed Al-Dosari | KSA | 3:51.53 |
| 44 | Hoche Yaya Aden | DJI | 3:51.56 |
| 45 | Eulucane Ndagijimana | RWA | 3:51.61 |
| 46 | Josep Graells | AND | 3:52.68 |
| 47 | Ramon Lopez | PAR | 3:53.31 |
| 48 | Eugenio Katombi | ANG | 3:54.25 |
| 49 | Zeki Ozturk | TUR | 3:54.26 |
| 50 | Modupe Jonah | SLE | 3:55.15 |
| 51 | Douglas Consiglio | CAN | 3:55.31 |
| 52 | Seid Gayaple | CHA | 3:58.46 |
| 53 | Hari Bahadur Rokaya | NEP | 4:01.17 |
| 54 | Kenneth Dzekedzeke | MAW | 4:02.61 |
| 55 | Moses Khan | FIJ | 4:03.20 |
| 56 | Awad Saleh Ahmed | YAR | 4:03.86 |
| 57 | John Siguria | PNG | 4:07.04 |
| 58 | Mohamed El-Moctar Ould Khayar | MTN | 4:12.18 |
| 59 | Bernardo Elonga Molico | GEQ | 4:16.40 |
| Did not start | |||
| Nimley Twegbe | LBR | ||