Hicham looking in good form less then a second of his WR.
The rest of the results look pretty weak, my guess is that they tried to go out a WR pace and fell off hard.
1 El Guerrouj Hicham MAR 3:26.89 12
2 Chirchir Cornelius KEN 3:30.88 10
3 Silva Rui POR 3:31.22 9
4 Lagat Bernard KEN 3:31.52 8
5 Chirchir William KEN 3:32.76 7
6 Estévez Reyes ESP 3:33.08 6
7 Rono Robert KEN 3:33.10 5
8 Hachlaf Abdelkader MAR 3:33.78 4
9 Chouki Fouad FRA 3:35.41
10 Rotich Laban KEN 3:36.84
11 Mottram Craig AUS 3:37.34
12 Philipp Peter SUI 3:38.01
Kisilu Bernard KEN DNF
Lelei David KEN DNF