| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Ghana |
GHA |
3:07.07 | |
| 3 | 3 | Australia |
AUS |
3:04.13 q SB | |
| 4 | 5 | Senegal |
SEN |
3:02.67 q SB | |
| 1 | 1 | Jamaica |
JAM |
3:03.85 Q | |
| 2 | Algeria |
ALG |
DQ | ||
| 5 | 3 | Greece |
GRE |
3:06.50 | |
| 1 | 4 | Japan |
JPN |
3:05.21 Q | |
| 4 | 2 | India |
IND |
3:08.38 | |
| 3 | 5 | Bahamas |
BAH |
3:01.50 q SB | |
| 7 | 1 | Slovenia |
SLO |
3:10.07 | |
| 2 | 3 | South Africa |
RSA |
3:04.08 Q SB | |
| 4 | 1 | Switzerland |
SUI |
3:06.01 | |
| 5 | 5 | Botswana |
BOT |
3:04.19 q NR | |
| 5 | 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
3:07.51 | |
| 3 | 2 | Ireland |
IRL |
3:07.42 | |
| 1 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
SRI |
3:06.25 Q | |
| 1 | 5 | Nigeria |
NGR |
3:01.20 Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Spain |
ESP |
3:06.87 SB | |
| 3 | 4 | Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
3:05.60 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ukraine |
UKR |
3:05.41 q SB | |
| 1 | 3 | United States |
USA |
3:03.52 Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Russia |
RUS |
3:05.37 Q SB | |
| 2 | 1 | Great Britain & NI |
GBR |
3:04.35 Q SB | |
| 2 | 2 | Kenya |
KEN |
3:06.77 Q | |
| 6 | 5 | Serbia and Montenegro |
SCG |
3:07.41 | |
| 6 | 3 | Saudi Arabia |
KSA |
3:09.57 | |
| 5 | Croatia |
CRO |
DQ | ||
| 6 | 4 | Slovak Republic |
SVK |
3:09.54 | |
| 2 | Qatar |
QAT |
DQ | ||
| 6 | 1 | Hungary |
HUN |
3:08.77 | |
| 7 | 3 | Thailand |
THA |
3:11.65 | |
| 3 | 1 | France |
FRA |
3:04.45 q SB | |
| 2 | 5 | Poland |
POL |
3:01.30 Q SB | |
| 4 | Kuwait |
KUW |
DQ |