| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 454 | Moussa Karich |  MAR | 8:14.33 Q SB | 
| 2 | 404 | Daniel Lemashon Salel |  KEN | 8:14.35 Q | 
| 3 | 212 | Abera Kuma |  ETH | 8:16.08 Q PB | 
| 4 | 691 | Alex Cherop |  UGA | 8:18.42 Q | 
| 5 | 161 | Jakub Živec |  CZE | 8:19.35 Q PB | 
| 6 | 377 | Yohei Kondo |  JPN | 8:20.01 q PB | 
| 7 | 113 | Yunlong Tai |  CHN | 8:26.32 q PB | 
| 8 | 100 | VÃctor Aravena |  CHI | 8:28.20 q | 
| 9 | 558 | Sityhilo Diko |  RSA | 8:34.19 q | 
| 10 | 509 | Derlys AYALA |  PAR | 8:34.80 PB | 
| 11 | 190 | Mario Mola |  ESP | 8:38.77 | 
| 12 | 649 | Miroslav Dobiáš |  SVK | 8:42.51 PB | 
| 13 | 736 | Yousef Al-Lathaa |  YEM | 8:44.81 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 403 | Lucas Kimeli Rotich |  KEN | 8:12.14 Q PB | 
| 2 | 451 | Hicham El Amrani |  MAR | 8:15.58 Q SB | 
| 3 | 575 | Flavio Seholhe |  RSA | 8:17.65 Q PB | 
| 4 | 381 | Akinobu Murasawa |  JPN | 8:17.85 Q PB | 
| 5 | 11 | Sami Lafi |  ALG | 8:21.68 Q PB | 
| 6 | 201 | Jaime Villa |  ESP | 8:29.26 q PB | 
| 7 | 103 | Iván Guido López Bilbao |  CHI | 8:37.82 | 
| 8 | 698 | Vitaliy Merkulov |  UKR | 8:38.20 PB | 
| 9 | 273 | José Alfredo Raxon |  GUA | 8:46.76 | 
| 10 | 434 | Fares Hassan |  LBA | 8:55.86 PB | 
| 11 | 495 | San Naing San Naing |  MYA | 9:09.75 PB | 
| 360 | Kemoy Campbell |  JAM | DNF |