| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Carosi |
ITA
|
8:19.73 Q |
| 2 | Matthew Kiprotich Birir |
KEN
|
8:20.17 Q |
| 3 | Christopher Koskei |
KEN
|
8:20.53 Q |
| 4 | Florin Ionescu |
ROU
|
8:20.76 Q |
| 5 | Javier RodrÃguez |
ESP
|
8:20.89 Q |
| 6 | Vladimir Golyas |
RUS
|
8:20.97 q |
| 7 | Martin Strege |
GER
|
8:22.33 q |
| 8 | Elarbi Khattabi |
MAR
|
8:24.13 |
| 9 | Graeme Fell |
CAN
|
8:24.74 |
| 10 | Karl Van Calcar |
USA
|
8:30.32 |
| 11 | Brahim Boulami |
MAR
|
8:35.42 |
| 12 | Jim Svenøy |
NOR
|
8:40.53 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari |
KSA
|
8:25.19 Q |
| 2 | Steffen Brand |
GER
|
8:26.35 Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Pronin |
RUS
|
8:26.70 Q |
| 4 | Moses Kiptanui |
KEN
|
8:27.26 Q |
| 5 | Alessandro Lambruschini |
ITA
|
8:27.75 Q |
| 6 | Michal Bartoszak |
POL
|
8:29.14 |
| 7 | Ville Hautala |
FIN
|
8:31.37 |
| 8 | Justin Chaston |
GBR
|
8:38.90 |
| 9 | Kim Bauermeister |
GER
|
8:45.27 |
| 10 | Shadrack Mogotsi |
RSA
|
8:54.27 |
| Mark Croghan |
USA
|
DNF | |
| Abdelaziz Sahere |
MAR
|
DNF |