| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Fabián Silio |
ARG
|
28:16.62 Q |
| 2 | Haile Gebrselassie |
ETH
|
28:17.95 Q |
| 3 | Moses Tanui |
KEN
|
28:18.56 Q |
| 4 | Richard Chelimo |
KEN
|
28:18.70 Q |
| 5 | Boay Akonay |
TAN
|
28:18.97 Q |
| 6 | Stéphane Franke |
GER
|
28:19.11 Q |
| 7 | Francesco Panetta |
ITA
|
28:20.49 Q |
| 8 | Gérman Silva |
MEX
|
28:22.16 Q |
| 9 | José Carlos Adán |
ESP
|
28:23.08 q |
| 10 | Steve Plasencia |
USA
|
28:40.69 |
| 11 | Fackson Nkandu |
ZAM
|
29:03.67 |
| 12 | Steve Moneghetti |
AUS
|
29:21.18 |
| 13 | Domingos Castro |
POR
|
29:35.47 |
| 14 | Nozomi Saho |
JPN
|
29:36.40 |
| 15 | John Mwathiwa |
MAW
|
29:45.55 |
| Zoltán Káldy |
HUN
|
DNF | |
| José Regalo |
POR
|
DNF | |
| Mohamed Moosa Ahmed |
PLE
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvatore Antibo |
ITA
|
28:27.48 Q |
| 2 | Fita Bayisa |
ETH
|
28:28.32 Q |
| 3 | William Sigei |
KEN
|
28:28.33 Q |
| 4 | Todd Williams |
USA
|
28:28.62 Q |
| 5 | Dan Nelson |
USA
|
28:28.76 Q |
| 6 | Aloÿs Nizigama |
BDI
|
28:29.18 Q |
| 7 | Tadashi Fukushima |
JPN
|
28:29.49 Q |
| 8 | Oleg Strizhakov |
RUS
|
28:29.84 Q |
| 9 | Antonio Serrano |
ESP
|
28:31.48 q |
| 10 | Armando Quintanilla |
MEX
|
28:34.57 q |
| 11 | Rolando Vera |
ECU
|
28:35.45 q |
| 12 | Martin Pitayo |
MEX
|
28:54.23 |
| 13 | Tendai Chimusasa |
ZIM
|
28:57.68 |
| 14 | LuÃs Jesús |
POR
|
29:12.00 |
| 15 | Jun Hiratsuka |
JPN
|
29:12.22 |
| 16 | Murusamy Ramachandran |
MAS
|
29:38.97 |
| 17 | Thein Win Gopal |
MYA
|
29:56.61 |
| Mathias Ntawulikura |
RWA
|
DNS |