| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Sang |
KEN
|
8:24.49 Q |
| 2 | Azzedine Brahmi |
ALG
|
8:24.73 Q |
| 3 | Abdelaziz Sahere |
MAR
|
8:24.89 Q |
| 4 | Michael Buchleitner |
AUT
|
8:24.92 Q |
| 5 | Shaun Creighton |
AUS
|
8:25.29 q |
| 6 | Tom Buckner |
GBR
|
8:27.26 |
| 7 | Vladimir Pronin |
RUS
|
8:32.26 |
| 8 | Kim Bauermeister |
GER
|
8:37.41 |
| 9 | Wander do Prado Moura |
BRA
|
8:46.03 |
| 10 | Brian Diemer |
USA
|
9:01.88 |
| 11 | Davendra Prakash Singh |
FIJ
|
9:21.15 |
| Antonio Peula |
ESP
|
DNS |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Kiprotich Birir |
KEN
|
8:23.11 Q |
| 2 | Steffen Brand |
GER
|
8:23.27 Q |
| 3 | Elarbi Khattabi |
MAR
|
8:23.57 Q |
| 4 | Alessandro Lambruschini |
ITA
|
8:25.46 Q |
| 5 | Marc Davis |
USA
|
8:26.49 q |
| 6 | Colin Walker |
GBR
|
8:36.22 |
| 7 | Bezunen Yae Tura |
ETH
|
8:37.13 |
| 8 | Thierry Brusseau |
FRA
|
8:39.82 |
| 9 | Akira Nakamura |
JPN
|
8:48.89 |
| 10 | Eduardo Henriques |
POR
|
8:57.21 |
| Gustavo Castillo |
MEX
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moses Kiptanui |
KEN
|
8:19.08 Q |
| 2 | Mark Croghan |
USA
|
8:19.14 Q |
| 3 | Angelo Carosi |
ITA
|
8:19.66 Q |
| 4 | Martin Strege |
GER
|
8:21.24 Q |
| 5 | Tom Hanlon |
GBR
|
8:23.16 q |
| 6 | Ricardo Vera |
URU
|
8:23.65 q |
| 7 | João Junqueira |
POR
|
8:28.39 |
| 8 | Jim Svenøy |
NOR
|
8:29.34 |
| 9 | Ville Hautala |
FIN
|
8:32.49 |
| 10 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari |
KSA
|
8:35.06 |
| 11 | Whaddon Niewoudt |
RSA
|
8:36.40 |