| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2003 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 433 | Luleseged Wale |  ETH | 8:22.36 | 8:22.36 | 
| 2 | 484 | Vincent Le Dauphin |  FRA | 8:15.76 | 8:17.48 | 
| 3 | 761 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu |  JPN | 8:23.53 | 8:23.53 | 
| 4 | 1411 | Daniel Lincoln |  USA | 8:22.34 | 8:24.10 | 
| 5 | 998 | Simon Vroemen |  NED | 8:06.91 | 8:19.68 | 
| 6 | 61 | Peter Nowill |  AUS | 8:26.13 | 8:26.13 | 
| 7 | 215 | Matthew Kerr |  CAN | 8:29.94 | 8:29.94 | 
| 8 | 800 | Ezekiel Kemboi |  KEN | 8:02.49 | 8:02.49 | 
| 9 | 1119 | Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin |  QAT | 8:13.45 | 8:18.51 | 
| 10 | 379 | José Luis Blanco |  ESP | 8:13.86 | 8:13.86 | 
| 11 | 911 | Ali Ezzine |  MAR | 8:03.57 | 8:16.52 | 
| 12 | 810 | Michael Kipkorir Kipyego |  KEN | 8:13.02 | 8:13.02 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2003 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | Martin Pröll |  AUT | 8:19.31 | 8:19.31 | 
| 2 | 1288 | Mustafa Mohamed |  SWE | 8:23.35 | 8:23.35 | 
| 3 | 1395 | Robert Gary |  USA | 8:19.26 | 8:24.82 | 
| 4 | 797 | Abraham Cherono |  KEN | 8:10.33 | 8:10.33 | 
| 5 | 392 | Eliseo Martín |  ESP | 8:13.38 | 8:13.38 | 
| 6 | 705 | Angelo Iannelli |  ITA | 8:22.06 | 8:25.65 | 
| 7 | 1342 | Lotfi Turki |  TUN | 8:18.79 | 8:18.79 | 
| 8 | 444 | Jukka Keskisalo |  FIN | 8:22.55 | 8:22.55 | 
| 9 | 17 | Abdelhakim Maazouz |  ALG | 8:22.9 | 8:33.04 | 
| 10 | 910 | Zouhair Ouerdi |  MAR | 8:16.91 | 8:16.91 | 
| 11 | 1121 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen |  QAT | 7:58.10 | 8:02.48 | 
| 12 | 1232 | Boštjan Buč |  SLO | 8:16.96 | 8:16.96 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2003 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 914 | Abdelkader Hachlaf |  MAR | 8:15.33 | 8:15.33 | 
| 2 | 428 | Tewodros Shifer |  ETH | 8:23.66 | 8:23.66 | 
| 3 | 67 | Günther Weidlinger |  AUT | 8:10.83 | 8:17.90 | 
| 4 | 568 | Filmon Ghirmai |  GER | 8:20.50 | 8:20.50 | 
| 5 | 493 | Bouabdellah Tahri |  FRA | 8:06.91 | 8:06.91 | 
| 6 | 1180 | Pavel Potapovich |  RUS | 8:15.54 | 8:15.54 | 
| 7 | 814 | Reuben Kosgei |  KEN | 7:57.29 | 8:09.65 | 
| 8 | 1431 | Steve Slattery |  USA | 8:23.44 | 8:23.58 | 
| 9 | 393 | Luis Miguel Martín |  ESP | 8:07.44 | 8:18.02 | 
| 10 | 1359 | Vadym Slobodenyuk |  UKR | 8:25.52 | 8:29.00 | 
| 11 | 1145 | Alexandra Motone |  RSA | 8:29.39 | 8:29.39 | 
| 12 | 1095 | Radoslaw Poplawski |  POL | 8:21.92 | 8:21.92 |