| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 893 | Selemon BAREGA |  ETH | 13:21.50 Q | 
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 734 | Birhanu BALEW |  BRN | 13:21.91 Q | 
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1147 | Cyrus Rutto |  KEN | 13:22.45 Q | 
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 655 | Patrick TIERNAN |  AUS | 13:22.52 Q | 
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1402 | Ryan HILL |  USA | 13:22.79 Q | 
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 749 | Mohammed AHMED |  CAN | 13:22.97 | 
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 950 | Andrew BUTCHART |  GBR | 13:24.78 | 
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1382 | Paul CHELIMO |  USA | 13:24.88 | 
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 1076 | Kemoy Campbell |  JAM | 13:26.67 | 
| 10 | 10 | 2 | 850 | Awet HABTE |  ERI | 13:27.70 | 
| 11 | 11 | 2 | 691 | Soufiane BOUCHIKHI |  BEL | 13:28.64 | 
| 12 | 12 | 2 | 839 | Djamal Abdi DIREH |  DJI | 13:28.98 | 
| 13 | 13 | 2 | 733 | Zouhaïr AWAD |  BRN | 13:29.28 | 
| 14 | 1 | 1 | 899 | Yomif KEJELCHA |  ETH | 13:30.07 Q | 
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 954 | Mo FARAH |  GBR | 13:30.18 Q | 
| 16 | 3 | 1 | 896 | Muktar EDRIS |  ETH | 13:30.22 Q | 
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 758 | Justyn KNIGHT |  CAN | 13:30.27 Q | 
| 18 | 5 | 1 | 852 | Aron KIFLE |  ERI | 13:30.36 Q | 
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 686 | Bashir ABDI |  BEL | 13:30.71 | 
| 20 | 7 | 1 | 650 | Morgan MCDONALD |  AUS | 13:30.73 | 
| 21 | 8 | 1 | 1172 | Soufiyan BOUQANTAR |  MAR | 13:30.78 | 
| 22 | 9 | 1 | 1357 | Jacob KIPLIMO |  UGA | 13:30.92 | 
| 23 | 10 | 1 | 1409 | Eric JENKINS |  USA | 13:31.09 | 
| 24 | 11 | 1 | 651 | Sam MCENTEE |  AUS | 13:31.58 | 
| 25 | 14 | 2 | 1212 | Sondre Nordstad MOEN |  NOR | 13:31.71 | 
| 26 | 12 | 1 | 662 | Hayle Ibrahimov |  AZE | 13:32.15 | 
| 27 | 13 | 1 | 1316 | Emanuel Giniki GISAMODA |  TAN | 13:32.31 | 
| 28 | 14 | 1 | 738 | Albert ROP |  BRN | 13:32.40 | 
| 29 | 15 | 2 | 1358 | Stephen KISSA |  UGA | 13:32.86 | 
| 30 | 16 | 2 | 1141 | Josphat Kiprono Menjo |  KEN | 13:35.68 | 
| 31 | 15 | 1 | 1042 | Lakshmanan Govindan |  IND | 13:35.69 PB | 
| 32 | 17 | 2 | 1007 | Richard RINGER |  GER | 13:36.87 | 
| 33 | 16 | 1 | 867 | Ilias FIFA |  ESP | 13:47.90 | 
| 34 | 18 | 2 | 978 | Marc SCOTT |  GBR | 13:58.11 | 
| 35 | 17 | 1 | 631 | Kadar Omar Abdullahi |  ART | 14:32.67 PB | 
| 36 | 18 | 1 | 1291 | Mohamed Daud Mohamed |  SOM | 14:34.27 PB | 
| 37 | 19 | 1 | 1133 | Davis KIPLANGAT |  KEN | 14:52.98 | 
| 38 | 20 | 1 | 1296 | David Kulang |  SSD | 14:53.19 SB | 
| 39 | 21 | 1 | 1192 | Mohamed Sambe |  MTN | 16:16.29 PB | 
| 2 | 1177 | Brahim KAAZOUZI |  MAR | DNF | ||
| 2 | 897 | Hagos GEBRHIWET |  ETH | DNS | ||
| 2 | 1315 | Gabriel Gerald GEAY |  TAN | DNS |