| 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 |