| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie |  ETH | 27:50.01 Q | 
| 2 | Patrick Mutuku Ivuti |  KEN | 27:50.10 Q | 
| 3 | John Cheruiyot Korir |  KEN | 27:50.19 Q | 
| 4 | Assefa Mezgebu |  ETH | 27:50.64 Q | 
| 5 | Toshinari Takaoka |  JPN | 27:59.95 Q SB | 
| 6 | Samir Moussaoui |  ALG | 28:08.22 Q | 
| 7 | Abdi ABDIRAHMAN |  USA | 28:09.04 Q | 
| 8 | Enrique Molina |  ESP | 28:09.76 Q | 
| 9 | Andres Jones |  GBR | 28:11.20 | 
| 10 | Armando Quintanilla |  MEX | 28:14.54 | 
| 11 | Sisay Bezabeh |  AUS | 28:21.63 | 
| 12 | Sean Kaley |  CAN | 28:36.07 | 
| 13 | Robert Denmark |  GBR | 28:43.74 | 
| 14 | Shaun Creighton |  AUS | 28:52.71 | 
| 15 | Daniele Caimmi |  ITA | 29:01.26 | 
| 16 | Teodoro Cuñado |  ESP | 29:10.90 | 
| 17 | Michael Aish |  NZL | 29:31.83 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girma Tolla |  ETH | 27:44.01 Q | 
| 2 | Paul Tergat |  KEN | 27:44.07 Q | 
| 3 | Katsuhiko Hanada |  JPN | 27:45.13 Q PB | 
| 4 | Mohammed Mourhit |  BEL | 27:45.75 Q | 
| 5 | Saïd Berioui |  MAR | 27:45.83 Q | 
| 6 | Karl Keska |  GBR | 27:48.29 Q PB | 
| 7 | David Galván |  MEX | 27:49.53 Q | 
| 8 | Aloÿs Nizigama |  BDI | 27:50.09 Q SB | 
| 9 | José RÃos |  ESP | 27:51.40 | 
| 10 | José Ramos |  POR | 27:56.30 PB | 
| 11 | Mebrahtom Keflezighi |  USA | 27:58.96 | 
| 12 | Rachid Berradi |  ITA | 28:01.18 | 
| 13 | Mauricio DÃaz |  CHI | 28:05.61 NR | 
| 14 | Yonas Kifle |  ERI | 28:08.59 NR | 
| 15 | Jeff Schiebler |  CAN | 28:30.46 | 
| 16 | Dmitriy Maksimov |  RUS | 28:54.15 | 
| 17 | Alan Culpepper |  USA | 29:00.71 |