| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 866 | Noah Ngeny |
KEN |
3:36.13 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 363 | Andrés Manuel DÃaz |
ESP |
3:36.33 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 974 | Adil Kaouch |
MAR |
3:36.62 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 871 | David Kipkoech Lelei |
KEN |
3:36.81 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 209 | Graham Hood |
CAN |
3:37.23 Q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | Noureddine Morceli |
ALG |
3:37.32 q |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 967 | Hicham El Guerrouj |
MAR |
3:37.34 Q |
| 8 | 7 | 2 | 1473 | Steve Holman |
USA |
3:37.52 q |
| 9 | 8 | 2 | 458 | Abdelkader Chékhémani |
FRA |
3:37.77 |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | 1424 | Julius Achon |
UGA |
3:37.82 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 357 | FermÃn Cacho |
ESP |
3:37.88 Q |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 365 | Reyes Estévez |
ESP |
3:38.16 Q |
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 877 | Laban Rotich |
KEN |
3:38.20 Q |
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 485 | Driss Maazouzi |
FRA |
3:38.32 Q |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 1485 | David Krummenacker |
USA |
3:39.19 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 1414 | Alà Hakimi |
TUN |
3:39.27 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | 619 | Rüdiger Stenzel |
GER |
3:39.87 |
| 18 | 9 | 1 | 1055 | Marko Koers |
NED |
3:40.15 |
| 19 | 10 | 1 | 12 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |
ALG |
3:40.63 |
| 20 | 11 | 1 | 4 | Miloud Abaoub |
ALG |
3:43.21 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | 1180 | Rui Silva |
POR |
3:50.85 |
| 1 | 1311 | Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |
SOM |
DQ | ||
| 2 | 1057 | Gert-Jan Liefers |
NED |
DNF | ||
| 2 | 545 | John Mayock |
GBR |
DNF |