| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafal Wójcik |
POL
|
8:24.93 Q PB |
| 2 | Brahim Boulami |
MAR
|
8:24.95 Q |
| 3 | Moses Kiptanui |
KEN
|
8:25.80 Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Pronin |
RUS
|
8:25.95 Q SB |
| 5 | Mark Croghan |
USA
|
8:25.95 Q |
| 6 | Alessandro Lambruschini |
ITA
|
8:26.35 Q SB |
| 7 | Michael Buchleitner |
AUT
|
8:26.76 q |
| 8 | Florin Ionescu |
ROU
|
8:27.39 q |
| 9 | Robert Hough |
GBR
|
8:28.54 q SB |
| 10 | Stathis Stasi |
CYP
|
8:28.85 q |
| 11 | Christopher Unthank |
AUS
|
8:32.02 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari |
KSA
|
8:25.23 Q |
| 2 | Mark Ostendarp |
GER
|
8:25.97 Q |
| 3 | Bernard Barmasai |
KEN
|
8:26.62 Q |
| 4 | Simon Vroemen |
NED
|
8:28.96 Q |
| 5 | Elarbi Khattabi |
MAR
|
8:32.53 Q |
| 6 | Thomas Nohilly |
USA
|
8:32.70 Q |
| 7 | Million Wolde |
ETH
|
8:32.77 |
| 8 | Abderrahmane Daas |
ALG
|
8:33.35 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Maffei |
ITA
|
8:37.12 |
| 10 | VÃtor Almeida |
POR
|
8:40.75 |
| 11 | Michal Bartoszak |
POL
|
8:47.01 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilson Boit Kipketer |
KEN
|
8:29.40 Q |
| 2 | Jim Svenøy |
NOR
|
8:29.65 Q |
| 3 | Hicham Bouaouiche |
MAR
|
8:29.67 Q |
| 4 | Angelo Carosi |
ITA
|
8:29.92 Q |
| 5 | Ramiro Morán |
ESP
|
8:29.98 Q |
| 6 | Marcel Laros |
NED
|
8:30.24 Q |
| 7 | Wander do Prado Moura |
BRA
|
8:30.70 q |
| 8 | Adam Dobrzynski |
POL
|
8:31.69 q |
| 9 | Antonios Vouzis |
GRE
|
8:33.51 |
| 10 | Stéphane Desaulty |
FRA
|
8:33.56 |
| 11 | Hector Begeo |
PHI
|
9:17.82 |