Gjeldende rekorder før øvelsen.
Plass
|
Finale
|
Tid
|
|
Steve Cram, Storbritannia
|
3:41.59
|
|
Steve Scott, USA
|
3:41.87
|
|
Saïd Aouita, Marokko
|
3:42.02
|
4.
|
Steve Ovett, Storbritannia
|
3:42.34
|
5.
|
José Manuel Abascal, Spania
|
3:42.47
|
6.
|
Pierre Délèze, Sveits
|
3:43.69
|
7.
|
Andreas Busse, Øst-Tyskland
|
3:43.72
|
8.
|
Dragan Zdravković, Jugoslavia
|
3:43.75
|
9.
|
John Walker, New Zealand
|
3:44.24
|
10.
|
Jan Kubista, Tsjekkoslovakia
|
3:44.30
|
11.
|
Uwe Becker, Vest-Tyskland
|
3:45.09
|
12.
|
Mike Boit, Kenya
|
3:46.46
|
- Avholdt lørdag den 13. august 1983
Plass
|
Heat 1
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Steve Scott, USA
|
3:36.43
|
2.
|
Saïd Aouita, Marokko
|
3:36.43
|
3.
|
Jan Kubista, Tsjekkoslovakia
|
3:37.12
|
4.
|
Uwe Becker, Vest-Tyskland
|
3:37.27
|
5.
|
Andreas Busse, Øst-Tyskland
|
3:37.54
|
6.
|
José Luis González, Spania
|
3:38.77
|
7.
|
Niels Kim Hjorth, Danmark
|
3:39.75
|
8.
|
Abderrahmane Morceli, Algerie
|
3:39.88
|
9.
|
Stefano Mei, Italia
|
3:41.78
|
10.
|
Graham Williamson, Storbritannia
|
3:45.84
|
11.
|
Frank O'Mara, Irland
|
3:47.10
|
—
|
Robert Nemeth, Østerrike
|
DNF
|
Plass
|
Heat 2
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Steve Cram, Storbritannia
|
3:35.77
|
2.
|
Steve Ovett, Storbritannia
|
3:36.26
|
3.
|
José Manuel Abascal, Spania
|
3:36.35
|
4.
|
Pierre Délèze, Sveits
|
3:36.37
|
5.
|
John Walker, New Zealand
|
3:36.52
|
6.
|
Dragan Zdravković, Jugoslavia
|
3:37.31
|
7.
|
Mike Boit, Kenya
|
3:37.75
|
8.
|
Claudio Patrignani, Italia
|
3:38.36
|
9.
|
Sydney Maree, USA
|
3:38.65
|
10.
|
Piotr Kurek, Polen
|
3:39.54
|
11.
|
Ray Flynn, Irland
|
3:40.26
|
12.
|
Eddy Stevens, Belgia
|
3:42.63
|
13.
|
Tom Byers, USA
|
3:43.97
|
- Avholdt fredag den 12. august 1983
Plass
|
Heat 1
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Pierre Délèze, Sveits
|
3:42.28
|
2.
|
Sydney Maree, USA
|
3:43.13
|
3.
|
Uwe Becker, Vest-Tyskland
|
3:43.18
|
4.
|
Ray Flynn, Irland
|
3:43.27
|
5.
|
João Campos, Portugal
|
3:43.44
|
6.
|
Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya
|
3:43.58
|
7.
|
Nikolay Kirov, Sovjetunionen
|
3:43.77
|
8.
|
Jan Persson, Sverige
|
3:43.83
|
9.
|
Dave Reid, Canada
|
3:45.08
|
10.
|
Mohamed Neji Henkiri, Tunisia
|
3:45.90
|
11.
|
Jama Aden, Somalia
|
3:46.87
|
12.
|
Tisbite Rakotoarisoa, Madagaskar
|
3:52.91
|
13.
|
Luis Munguia, Nicaragua
|
4:02.06
|
Plass
|
Heat 2
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Steve Cram, Storbritannia
|
3:40.17
|
2.
|
Saïd Aouita, Marokko
|
3:40.39
|
3.
|
Frank O'Mara, Irland
|
3:40.53
|
4.
|
John Walker, New Zealand
|
3:40.67
|
5.
|
Piotr Kurek, Polen
|
3:40.96
|
6.
|
Niels Kim Hjorth, Danmark
|
3:41.29
|
7.
|
Peter Wirz, Sveits
|
3:41.69
|
8.
|
Philippe Dien, Frankrike
|
3:43.15
|
9.
|
Spyros Spyrou, Hellas
|
3:43.94
|
10.
|
Paul Rugut, Kenya
|
3:46.00
|
11.
|
Jimmy Igohe, Tanzania
|
3:48.58
|
12.
|
Charlie Oliver, Salomonøyene
|
4:18.24
|
—
|
Mehdi Aidet, Algerie
|
DNS
|
Plass
|
Heat 3
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Andreas Busse, Øst-Tyskland
|
3:38.65
|
2.
|
Steve Ovett, Storbritannia
|
3:39.00
|
3.
|
Dragan Zdravković, Jugoslavia
|
3:39.18
|
4.
|
Jan Kubista, Tsjekkoslovakia
|
3:39.20
|
5.
|
Tom Byers, USA
|
3:39.41
|
6.
|
Eddy Stevens, Belgia
|
3:39.77
|
7.
|
Stefano Mei, Italia
|
3:39.93
|
8.
|
José Luis González, Spania
|
3:41.29
|
9.
|
Pascal Thiebaut, Frankrike
|
3:41.51
|
10.
|
Amar Brahmia, Algerie
|
3:42.75
|
11.
|
Omer Khalifa, Sudan
|
3:48.23
|
12.
|
John Chappory, Gibraltar
|
3:56.92
|
13.
|
Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa, Rwanda
|
3:57.49
|
Plass
|
Heat 4
|
Tid
|
1.
|
Steve Scott, USA
|
3:37.87
|
2.
|
José Manuel Abascal, Spania
|
3:38.06
|
3.
|
Claudio Patrignani, Italia
|
3:38.35
|
4.
|
Graham Williamson, Storbritannia
|
3:38.99
|
5.
|
Abderrahmane Morceli, Algerie
|
3:39.77
|
6.
|
Robert Nemeth, Østerrike
|
3:39.93
|
7.
|
Mike Boit, Kenya
|
3:40.06
|
8.
|
Antti Loikkanen, Finland
|
3:44.47
|
9.
|
Sermet Timurlenk, Tyrkia
|
3:46.74
|
10.
|
Mohammed Darwish, Irak
|
3:50.04
|
11.
|
Ibrahim Malallah, Qatar
|
3:52.05
|
12.
|
Masini Situ-Kubanza, Zaire
|
4:06.44
|
13.
|
Sekou Camara, Guinea
|
4:08.46
|