| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 711 | Asbel Kiprop | 
 KEN                 | 
                3:38.15 Q | 
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 700 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | 
 KEN                 | 
                3:38.37 Q | 
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 776 | Abdelaati IGUIDER | 
 MAR                 | 
                3:38.41 Q | 
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1144 | Lopez LOMONG | 
 USA                 | 
                3:38.48 Q | 
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 242 | Nathan Brannen | 
 CAN                 | 
                3:38.49 Q | 
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 421 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 
 ETH                 | 
                3:38.55 Q | 
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 698 | Bethwell BIRGEN | 
 KEN                 | 
                3:38.60 Q | 
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 1114 | Matthew CENTROWITZ | 
 USA                 | 
                3:38.62 Q | 
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 343 | Ayanleh SOULEIMAN | 
 DJI                 | 
                3:38.63 Q | 
| 10 | 6 | 3 | 547 | Homiyu TESFAYE | 
 GER                 | 
                3:38.66 Q | 
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 446 | Florian CARVALHO | 
 FRA                 | 
                3:38.70 Q | 
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 837 | Henrik INGEBRIGTSEN | 
 NOR                 | 
                3:38.78 Q | 
| 13 | 7 | 3 | 472 | Bouabdellah Tahri | 
 FRA                 | 
                3:38.82 q | 
| 14 | 8 | 3 | 497 | Chris O'Hare | 
 GBR                 | 
                3:38.86 q | 
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 432 | Aman Wote | 
 ETH                 | 
                3:38.89 q | 
| 16 | 9 | 3 | 780 | Mohamed Moustaoui | 
 MAR                 | 
                3:39.20 q | 
| 17 | 8 | 1 | 970 | Valentin Smirnov | 
 RUS                 | 
                3:39.21 q | 
| 18 | 1 | 2 | 710 | Silas KIPLAGAT | 
 KEN                 | 
                3:39.31 Q | 
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 1146 | Leonel Manzano | 
 USA                 | 
                3:39.39 Q | 
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 1073 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | 
 TUR                 | 
                3:39.73 Q | 
| 21 | 9 | 1 | 846 | Nick WILLIS | 
 NZL                 | 
                3:39.83 q | 
| 22 | 4 | 2 | 910 | Johan Cronje | 
 RSA                 | 
                3:39.95 Q | 
| 23 | 10 | 1 | 896 | Mohamed AL GARNI | 
 QAT                 | 
                3:40.01 | 
| 24 | 5 | 2 | 543 | Carsten SCHLANGEN | 
 GER                 | 
                3:40.31 Q | 
| 25 | 10 | 3 | 182 | Pieter-Jan HANNES | 
 BEL                 | 
                3:40.39 | 
| 26 | 6 | 2 | 779 | Zakaria Mazouzi | 
 MAR                 | 
                3:40.76 Q | 
| 27 | 7 | 2 | 413 | Zebene Alemayehu | 
 ETH                 | 
                3:41.28 | 
| 28 | 8 | 2 | 148 | Andreas VOJTA | 
 AUT                 | 
                3:41.51 | 
| 29 | 9 | 2 | 746 | Emad Noor | 
 KSA                 | 
                3:41.68 | 
| 30 | 11 | 1 | 375 | David Bustos | 
 ESP                 | 
                3:41.69 | 
| 31 | 10 | 2 | 448 | Simon DENISSEL | 
 FRA                 | 
                3:42.06 | 
| 32 | 11 | 3 | 805 | Flavio Seholhe | 
 MOZ                 | 
                3:53.18 | 
| 33 | 12 | 3 | 1203 | Nabil Mohammed Al-Garbi | 
 YEM                 | 
                3:59.95 SB | 
| 34 | 11 | 2 | 996 | Omar Mohamed Abdi | 
 SOM                 | 
                4:00.00 | 
| 35 | 13 | 3 | 833 | Omar Bachir | 
 NIG                 | 
                4:00.18 PB | 
| 36 | 12 | 1 | 565 | Mamadou Barry | 
 GUI                 | 
                4:16.38 SB | 
| 37 | 13 | 1 | 187 | Tenzin Thinley | 
 BHU                 | 
                4:24.54 PB | 
| 2 | 109 | Imed Touil | 
 ALG                 | 
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