| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 325 | Leonard Kipkemoi BETT |
KEN |
5:46.66 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 231 | Girma DIRIBA |
ETH |
5:47.86 Q |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 234 | Alemu Kitessa |
ETH |
5:49.79 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 334 | Cleophas Kandie MEYAN |
KEN |
5:51.83 Q |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 482 | Anil Kalayci |
TUR |
5:52.64 Q PB |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 487 | Murat Yalçinkaya |
TUR |
5:54.33 Q PB |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 253 | Saba Khvichava |
GEO |
5:56.21 Q |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | 368 | Hamza Sekhmani |
MAR |
5:56.50 Q |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 495 | Joel Kiplangat |
UGA |
5:56.54 Q |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 397 | Mohammed Al-Suleimani |
OMA |
5:58.89 Q PB |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | 430 | Robert De Villiers |
RSA |
5:59.82 q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 411 | Aleksander WIĄCEK |
POL |
6:00.34 q |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | 104 | Hamdani Benahmed |
ALG |
6:06.57 q |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | 472 | Aziz Jdai |
TUN |
6:09.85 q |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | 222 | Toni Baños |
ESP |
6:13.28 q |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | 362 | Ayoub Basraoui |
MAR |
6:14.44 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | 491 | Vincent Chemutai |
UGA |
6:15.15 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | 225 | Alex Salas |
ESP |
6:25.07 |
| 19 | 10 | 2 | 159 | Patricio Pinto |
CHI |
6:26.34 |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | 412 | Samuel A. Morales |
PUR |
6:26.92 |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | 101 | Akram Abed |
ALG |
6:28.44 |
| 2 | 450 | Jakob Mali |
SLO |
DQ | ||
| 1 | 306 | Hasan Saad Alasdi |
IRQ |
DQ | ||
| 2 | 248 | Félix Laurent |
FRA |
DQ |