| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenenisa BEKELE |  ETH | 13:21.16 Q | 
| 2 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam |  ETH | 13:21.20 Q | 
| 3 | Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 13:21.87 Q | 
| 4 | Craig Mottram |  AUS | 13:21.88 Q | 
| 5 | Abraham Chebii |  KEN | 13:22.30 Q | 
| 6 | Hicham Bellani |  MAR | 13:22.64 q | 
| 7 | Alistair Ian Cragg |  IRL | 13:23.01 q | 
| 8 | Samir Moussaoui |  ALG | 13:24.98 q | 
| 9 | Sultan Khamis Zaman |  QAT | 13:26.52 | 
| 10 | John Mayock |  GBR | 13:26.81 | 
| 11 | Günther Weidlinger |  AUT | 13:29.32 | 
| 12 | Christian Belz |  SUI | 13:29.59 | 
| 13 | Alejandro Suárez |  MEX | 13:35.32 | 
| 14 | Jonathon Riley |  USA | 13:38.79 | 
| 15 | Abdulhak Elgorche Zakaria |  BRN | 13:42.04 | 
| 16 | Monder Rizki |  BEL | 14:03.58 | 
| 17 | Serhiy Lebid |  UKR | 14:10.23 | 
| Carlos Garcia |  ESP | DNF | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |  ALG | 13:18.94 Q | 
| 2 | Eliud KIPCHOGE |  KEN | 13:19.01 Q | 
| 3 | Dejene Berhanu |  ETH | 13:19.42 Q | 
| 4 | John Kemboi Kibowen |  KEN | 13:19.65 Q | 
| 5 | Abderrahim Goumri |  MAR | 13:20.03 Q | 
| 6 | Tim Broe |  USA | 13:20.29 q | 
| 7 | Zersenay Tadese |  ERI | 13:22.17 q | 
| 8 | Samson Kiflemariam |  ERI | 13:26.97 | 
| 9 | Roberto GarcÃa |  ESP | 13:27.71 | 
| 10 | Khoudir Aggoune |  ALG | 13:29.37 | 
| 11 | Fabiano Joseph |  TAN | 13:31.89 | 
| 12 | Marius Bakken |  NOR | 13:36.38 | 
| 13 | Freddy González |  VEN | 13:42.44 | 
| 14 | Tom Compernolle |  BEL | 13:43.44 | 
| 15 | Mark Carroll |  IRL | 13:46.81 | 
| 16 | Carles Castillejo |  ESP | 13:49.16 | 
| 17 | Michael Aish |  NZL | 13:50.00 | 
| 18 | Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari |  NEP | 14:04.89 NR |