| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli |  ALG | 3:37.26 Q | 
| 2 | Andrey Zadorozhniy |  RUS | 3:37.28 Q PB | 
| 3 | John Mayock |  GBR | 3:37.37 Q | 
| 4 | Kevin Sullivan |  CAN | 3:37.42 Q | 
| 5 | Niall Bruton |  IRL | 3:37.57 Q SB | 
| 6 | António Travassos |  POR | 3:37.70 q | 
| 7 | Saïd Chébili |  FRA | 3:37.75 q | 
| 8 | Julius Achon |  UGA | 3:38.21 | 
| 9 | John Kemboi Kibowen |  KEN | 3:41.69 | 
| 10 | Balázs Tölgyesi |  HUN | 3:44.16 | 
| 11 | Alexis Sharangabo |  RWA | 3:44.95 NR | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rüdiger Stenzel |  GER | 3:40.17 Q | 
| 2 | Kevin McKay |  GBR | 3:40.25 Q | 
| 3 | Driss Maazouzi |  MAR | 3:40.39 Q | 
| 4 | Isaac Viciosa |  ESP | 3:40.41 Q | 
| 5 | Laban Rotich |  KEN | 3:40.43 Q | 
| 6 | Vyacheslav Shabunin |  RUS | 3:40.46 | 
| 7 | Abdelkader Chékhémani |  FRA | 3:41.02 | 
| 8 | Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |  SOM | 3:41.23 | 
| 9 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |  ALG | 3:41.48 | 
| 10 | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker |  SUD | 3:41.54 | 
| 11 | José López |  VEN | 3:42.83 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reyes Estévez |  ESP | 3:36.20 Q | 
| 2 | Azzeddine Sediki |  MAR | 3:36.40 Q SB | 
| 3 | Mohamed Suleiman |  QAT | 3:36.64 Q SB | 
| 4 | Graham Hood |  CAN | 3:36.69 Q | 
| 5 | Steve Holman |  USA | 3:36.75 Q | 
| 6 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen |  DEN | 3:36.77 q | 
| 7 | Branko Zorko |  CRO | 3:37.99 q | 
| 8 | Alexandru Vasile |  ROU | 3:39.01 | 
| 9 | LuÃs Feiteira |  POR | 3:45.37 | 
| 10 | Scott Petersen |  AUS | 3:50.65 | 
| 11 | Brent Butler |  GUM | 3:58.29 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hicham El Guerrouj |  MAR | 3:36.72 Q | 
| 2 | FermÃn Cacho |  ESP | 3:37.16 Q | 
| 3 | Alà Hakimi |  TUN | 3:37.43 Q | 
| 4 | Nadir Bosch |  FRA | 3:37.45 Q | 
| 5 | Gennaro Di Napoli |  ITA | 3:37.50 Q SB | 
| 6 | Ahmed Krama |  ALG | 3:38.02 | 
| 7 | Matthew Yates |  GBR | 3:38.34 | 
| 8 | Piotr Rostkowski |  POL | 3:39.52 | 
| 9 | Jason Pyrah |  USA | 3:40.17 | 
| 10 | Panayiótis Papoúlias |  GRE | 3:40.30 | 
| 11 | Shane Healy |  IRL | 3:50.64 |