| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Hanlon |
GBR
|
8:18.02 Q |
| 2 | Julius Kariuki |
KEN
|
8:18.06 Q |
| 3 | Graeme Fell |
CAN
|
8:18.19 Q |
| 4 | Abdelaziz Sahere |
MAR
|
8:18.23 Q |
| 5 | Brian Diemer |
USA
|
8:18.29 q |
| 6 | Thierry Brusseau |
FRA
|
8:27.77 q |
| 7 | Shaun Creighton |
AUS
|
8:30.65 |
| 8 | Akira Nakamura |
JPN
|
8:33.89 |
| 9 | Jose Carlos Pereira |
POR
|
8:39.30 |
| 10 | Jirà Svec |
TCH
|
8:41.08 |
| 11 | Juan Azkueta |
ESP
|
8:50.50 |
| Alessandro Lambruschini |
ITA
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Sang |
KEN
|
8:26.78 Q |
| 2 | Francesco Panetta |
ITA
|
8:27.25 Q |
| 3 | Gábor Markó |
HUN
|
8:27.53 Q |
| 4 | Joseph Mahmoud |
FRA
|
8:28.35 Q |
| 5 | Mark Croghan |
USA
|
8:29.20 |
| 6 | Ricardo Vera |
URU
|
8:30.14 |
| 7 | Benito Nogales |
ESP
|
8:39.21 |
| 8 | Marcelo Cascabelo |
ARG
|
8:44.57 |
| 9 | Jörgen Salo |
FIN
|
8:45.68 |
| 10 | Peter McColgan |
GBR
|
8:58.34 |
| 11 | Deena Ram |
IND
|
9:05.21 |
| Ivan Konovalov |
URS
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui |
KEN
|
8:27.52 Q |
| 2 | Azzedine Brahmi |
ALG
|
8:27.95 Q |
| 3 | Angelo Carosi |
ITA
|
8:28.35 Q |
| 4 | William Van Dijck |
BEL
|
8:28.44 Q |
| 5 | Hagen Melzer |
GER
|
8:28.56 q |
| 6 | Colin Walker |
GBR
|
8:30.69 |
| 7 | Bruno Le Stum |
FRA
|
8:33.38 |
| 8 | Dan Nelson |
USA
|
8:40.23 |
| 9 | João Junqueira |
POR
|
8:43.37 |
| 10 | Antonio Peula |
ESP
|
8:45.41 |
| 11 | Mohamed Barak Al Dosari |
KSA
|
8:50.29 |
| 12 | Davendra Prakash Singh |
FIJ
|
9:23.28 |
| Adauto Domingues |
BRA
|
DNS |