| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1866 | Lamecha GIRMA |
ETH |
8:09.83 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2704 | Ryuji MIURA |
JPN |
8:09.92 Q NR | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2774 | Benjamin KIGEN |
KEN |
8:10.80 Q SB | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 2773 | Abraham KIBIWOT |
KEN |
8:12.25 Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1877 | Getnet WALE |
ETH |
8:12.55 Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 2412 | Ahmed ABDELWAHED |
ITA |
8:12.71 Q | |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1429 | Matthew HUGHES |
CAN |
8:13.56 q SB | |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 2445 | Ala ZOGHLAMI |
ITA |
8:14.06 q PB | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 1747 | Yemane HAILESELASSIE |
ERI |
8:14.63 q SB | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 2896 | Mohamed TINDOUFT |
MAR |
8:15.91 q | |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 1427 | John GAY |
CAN |
8:16.99 q PB | |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 3941 | Benard KETER |
USA |
8:17.31 q PB | |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | 2302 | Avinash Mukund SABLE |
IND |
8:18.12 NR | |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | 2885 | Soufiane EL BAKKALI |
MAR |
8:19.00 Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 1908 | Topi RAITANEN |
FIN |
8:19.17 Q SB | |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | 1972 | Alexis PHELUT |
FRA |
8:19.36 Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | 2446 | Osama ZOGHLAMI |
ITA |
8:19.51 | |
| 18 | 5 | 3 | 2768 | Leonard Kipkemoi BETT |
KEN |
8:19.62 | |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | 3908 | Hillary BOR |
USA |
8:19.80 | |
| 20 | 7 | 1 | 1941 | Djilali BEDRANI |
FRA |
8:20.23 | .223 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | 3923 | Mason FERLIC |
USA |
8:20.23 | .226 |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | 1079 | Ben BUCKINGHAM |
AUS |
8:20.95 PB | |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | 1802 | Sebastián MARTOS |
ESP |
8:23.07 | |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | 1662 | Ole HESSELBJERG |
DEN |
8:24.08 | |
| 25 | 9 | 3 | 1875 | Tadese TAKELE |
ETH |
8:24.69 | |
| 26 | 9 | 2 | 2685 | Ryoma AOKI |
JPN |
8:24.82 | |
| 27 | 10 | 2 | 2882 | Abdelkarim BEN ZAHRA |
MAR |
8:28.63 SB | |
| 28 | 10 | 3 | 1330 | Altobeli SILVA |
BRA |
8:29.17 | |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | 3710 | Albert CHEMUTAI |
UGA |
8:29.81 | |
| 30 | 11 | 3 | 3570 | Simon SUNDSTRÖM |
SWE |
8:29.84 | |
| 31 | 11 | 2 | 1100 | Edward TRIPPAS |
AUS |
8:29.90 | |
| 32 | 12 | 3 | 2721 | Kosei YAMAGUCHI |
JPN |
8:31.27 | |
| 33 | 10 | 1 | 3564 | Vidar JOHANSSON |
SWE |
8:32.86 | |
| 34 | 11 | 1 | 2150 | Karl BEBENDORF |
GER |
8:33.27 | |
| 35 | 12 | 1 | 1548 | Carlos Andres SAN MARTIN |
COL |
8:33.47 | |
| 36 | 12 | 2 | 1954 | Louis GILAVERT |
FRA |
8:36.35 | |
| 37 | 13 | 3 | 1782 | Daniel ARCE |
ESP |
8:38.09 | |
| 38 | 13 | 2 | 3561 | Emil BLOMBERG |
SWE |
8:39.57 | |
| 39 | 14 | 3 | 1080 | Matthew CLARKE |
AUS |
8:42.37 | |
| 40 | 14 | 2 | 2066 | Zak SEDDON |
GBR |
8:43.29 | |
| 41 | 15 | 2 | 1006 | Hichem BOUCHICHA |
ALG |
8:44.75 | |
| 42 | 13 | 1 | 2058 | Phil NORMAN |
GBR |
8:46.57 | |
| 1 | 1787 | Fernando CARRO |
ESP |
DNF | |||
| 1 | 1354 | John KOECH |
BRN |
DNF |
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second