| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:38.37 Q | 
| 2 | Niall Bruton |  IRL | 3:39.00 Q | 
| 3 | Abdelkader Chékhémani |  FRA | 3:39.08 Q | 
| 4 | Kevin Sullivan |  CAN | 3:39.23 Q | 
| 5 | FermÃn Cacho |  ESP | 3:39.35 Q | 
| 6 | Alà Hakimi |  TUN | 3:39.40 | 
| 7 | Eric Dubus |  FRA | 3:39.73 | 
| 8 | Terrance Herrington |  USA | 3:39.96 | 
| 9 | John Mayock |  GBR | 3:40.20 | 
| 10 | Christophe Impens |  BEL | 3:44.86 | 
| 11 | Azzeddine Sediki |  MAR | 3:46.84 | 
| Joaquim Cruz |  BRA | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:37.47 Q | 
| 2 | Vénuste Niyongabo |  BDI | 3:37.62 Q | 
| 3 | Mohamed Suleiman |  QAT | 3:37.78 Q | 
| 4 | Gary Lough |  GBR | 3:37.78 Q | 
| 5 | Rachid El Basir |  MAR | 3:37.96 Q | 
| 6 | Isaac Viciosa |  ESP | 3:38.03 q | 
| 7 | Paul McMullen |  USA | 3:38.54 q | 
| 8 | Vyacheslav Shabunin |  RUS | 3:38.61 | 
| 9 | Julius Achon |  UGA | 3:39.87 | 
| 10 | Reuben Chesang Kambich |  KEN | 3:40.63 | 
| 11 | Samir Benfarés |  FRA | 3:43.19 | 
| 12 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen |  DEN | 3:46.41 |