| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibrahim Kinuthia |  KEN | 13:57.65 Q | 
| 2 | Khalid Skah |  MAR | 13:58.45 Q | 
| 3 | Gary Staines |  GBR | 13:58.68 Q | 
| 4 | Doug Padilla |  USA | 13:58.83 Q | 
| 5 | Andrea Sambu Sipe |  TAN | 13:59.01 | 
| 6 | Marti ten Kate |  NED | 13:59.51 | 
| 7 | Mikhail Dasko |  URS | 13:59.71 | 
| 8 | Antonio Serrano |  ESP | 13:59.75 | 
| 9 | Zeki Öztürk |  TUR | 14:06.20 | 
| 10 | Jonny Danielson |  SWE | 14:07.03 | 
| 11 | Valdenor dos Santos |  BRA | 14:35.00 | 
| 12 | Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan |  MGL | 15:26.62 | 
| Mauricio Gonzalez |  MEX | DNF | |
| Dieudonné Lamothe |  HAI | DNF | |
| Davendra Prakash Singh |  FIJ | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brahim Boutayeb |  MAR | 13:53.75 Q | 
| 2 | Dieter Baumann |  GER | 13:54.07 Q | 
| 3 | Stefano Mei |  ITA | 13:54.35 Q | 
| 4 | Dionisio Castro |  POR | 13:54.39 Q | 
| 5 | Ondoro Osoro |  KEN | 13:54.41 | 
| 6 | Ian Hamer |  GBR | 13:54.49 | 
| 7 | Slawomir Majusiak |  POL | 13:57.98 | 
| 8 | Reuben Reina |  USA | 13:59.19 | 
| 9 | MartÃn Fiz |  ESP | 13:59.52 | 
| 10 | John Halvorsen |  NOR | 14:14.85 | 
| 11 | Katsuhito Kumagai |  JPN | 14:20.84 | 
| 12 | Gerard De Gaetano |  MLT | 15:31.08 | 
| Addis Abebe |  ETH | DNS | |
| Daouda Kassougue |  MTN | DNS | |
| Lucas Eningo Elonga |  GEQ | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fita Bayisa |  ETH | 13:41.59 Q | 
| 2 | Robert Denmark |  GBR | 13:46.25 Q | 
| 3 | Yobes Ondieki |  KEN | 13:47.05 Q | 
| 4 | Domingos Castro |  POR | 13:47.61 Q | 
| 5 | Risto Ulmala |  FIN | 13:48.86 q | 
| 6 | Bob Kennedy |  USA | 13:53.56 q | 
| 7 | Abel Antón |  ESP | 13:53.60 q | 
| 8 | Mohamed Issangar |  MAR | 13:55.49 | 
| 9 | Andrew Lloyd |  AUS | 13:59.71 | 
| 10 | Frank O'Mara |  IRL | 14:03.19 | 
| 11 | Kerry Rodger |  NZL | 14:03.81 | 
| 12 | Yahia Azaïdj |  ALG | 14:43.49 | 
| 13 | Souley Oumarou |  NIG | 14:52.89 | 
| 14 | Obva Elengha |  CGO | 15:37.13 | 
| 15 | Charbi Abi Tayeh |  LBN | 16:13.21 |