| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 559 | Justus Lagat |  KEN | 5:35.22 Q PB | 
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 320 | Micheale Atsbaha |  ETH | 5:39.97 Q | 
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 552 | Nicholas Kiptonui BETT |  KEN | 5:44.69 Q | 
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 260 | Filip SASÍNEK |  CZE | 5:45.03 Q PB | 
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 321 | Meresa Kahsay |  ETH | 5:45.10 Q | 
| 6 | 4 | 3 | 891 | Bailey Roth |  USA | 5:45.20 q PB | 
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 598 | Hicham Chemlal |  MAR | 5:45.84 Q PB | 
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 834 | Soufien Cherni |  TUN | 5:50.82 Q PB | 
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 207 | Tobias Wolter |  CAN | 5:51.03 q PB | 
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 538 | Hiroshi Yanokura |  JPN | 5:53.85 Q | 
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 386 | Patrick KARL |  GER | 5:55.54 Q | 
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 698 | Mohamed Elnazir Ramadan |  QAT | 5:55.83 q PB | 
| 13 | 6 | 2 | 811 | Andreas Jansson |  SWE | 5:56.04 q | 
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 674 | Mateusz Kaczmarek |  POL | 5:56.46 q | 
| 15 | 5 | 1 | 370 | Haran Dunderdale |  GBR | 5:56.78 q | 
| 16 | 6 | 1 | 202 | Ben PREISNER |  CAN | 5:57.60 | 
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 412 | Konstadínos Mígas |  GRE | 5:58.30 | 
| 18 | 6 | 3 | 478 | Said Ettaqy |  ITA | 6:01.49 | 
| 19 | 7 | 3 | 172 | Weverton Fidelis |  BRA | 6:01.58 | 
| 20 | 8 | 3 | 615 | Daniel Reyes |  MEX | 6:03.11 PB | 
| 21 | 7 | 2 | 723 | Ruan Meintjies |  RSA | 6:03.49 | 
| 22 | 7 | 1 | 851 | Ömer Tuncer |  TUR | 6:03.96 PB | 
| 23 | 9 | 3 | 272 | Jonnathan Mogroviejo |  ECU | 6:04.32 | 
| 24 | 8 | 2 | 671 | Patryk Blaszczyk |  POL | 6:04.97 | 
| 25 | 10 | 3 | 364 | Matthew Axe |  GBR | 6:05.28 | 
| 26 | 8 | 1 | 806 | Michal Talán |  SVK | 6:07.03 PB | 
| 27 | 9 | 1 | 136 | Luca Sinn |  AUT | 6:07.87 | 
| 28 | 9 | 2 | 616 | Francisco Ángel Reyes |  MEX | 6:08.74 | 
| 29 | 10 | 1 | 884 | Bohdan Shkilnyuk |  UKR | 6:12.22 | 
| 30 | 11 | 3 | 539 | Islam AMANGOS |  KAZ | 6:13.15 | 
| 31 | 11 | 1 | 290 | Samuel Abascal |  ESP | 6:13.83 | 
| 32 | 10 | 2 | 496 | Giulio Perpetuo |  ITA | 6:13.87 | 
| 33 | 12 | 1 | 436 | Dávid Major |  HUN | 6:14.01 | 
| 34 | 11 | 2 | 883 | Serhii Shevchenko |  UKR | 6:14.33 | 
| 35 | 13 | 1 | 271 | Danny Guamán |  ECU | 6:14.54 | 
| 36 | 12 | 2 | 312 | Julián Sánchez-Pinto |  ESP | 6:15.22 | 
| 37 | 13 | 2 | 709 | Rares Popescu |  ROU | 6:15.83 | 
| 38 | 14 | 2 | 794 | Bandula M. S. Withanage |  SRI | 6:29.32 | 
| 39 | 12 | 3 | 664 | Luis De la Cruz |  PER | 6:32.10 | 
| 40 | 13 | 3 | 702 | Darius Cristea |  ROU | 6:33.22 | 
| 41 | 14 | 3 | 792 | Hansajith M. W. Mudiyanselage |  SRI | 6:38.63 | 
| 2 | 108 | Nabil El Hannachi |  ALG | DQ | ||
| 1 | 279 | Salama Modihi |  EGY | DNS |