| Pos | Rank | Heat | Bib | Athlete | Mark | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1088 | KEN | 4:00.34  | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1083 | KEN | 4:00.65  | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 788 | ETH | 4:01.03  | Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1416 | USA | 4:01.08  | Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 768 | ESP | 4:01.19  | Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 839 | FRA | 4:01.30  | Q | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 527 | AUS | 4:01.65  | ||
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 1109 | LTU | 4:01.79  | ||
| 9 | 9 | 1 | 1209 | POL | 4:03.39  | ||
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1078 | KEN | 4:06.86  | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 530 | AUS | 4:06.87  | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 1405 | USA | 4:07.04  | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 1204 | POL | 4:07.83  | Q | |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 621 | CAN | 4:08.29  | Q | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 955 | IRL | 4:08.78  | Q | |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 1082 | KEN | 4:09.28  | ||
| 17 | 8 | 2 | 883 | GBR | 4:11.07  | ||
| 18 | 9 | 2 | 830 | FRA | 4:11.33  | ||
| 19 | 10 | 1 | 1424 | USA | 4:12.80  | ||
| 20 | 11 | 1 | 1005 | ITA | 4:12.93  | ||
| 21 | 10 | 2 | 1229 | POR | 4:15.08  | qJ | |
| 22 | 12 | 1 | 963 | IRL | 4:18.18  | ||
| 23 | 11 | 2 | 923 | GER | 4:18.21  | qR | |
| 2 | 1011 | ITA | DQ  |