| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2095 | Jacob KROP |  KEN | 13:13.30 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2190 | Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN |  NOR | 13:13.92 Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1948 | Luis GRIJALVA |  GUA | 13:14.04 Q SB | |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 1799 | Yomif KEJELCHA |  ETH | 13:14.87 Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 1636 | Mohammed AHMED |  CAN | 13:15.17 Q | .169 | 
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 2084 | Daniel Simiu EBENYO |  KEN | 13:15.17 q | .170 | 
| 7 | 7 | 2 | 1794 | Muktar EDRIS |  ETH | 13:21.19 q | |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | 1888 | Marc SCOTT |  GBR | 13:22.54 q | |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 2331 | Oscar CHELIMO |  UGA | 13:24.24 Q | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | 2376 | Grant FISHER |  USA | 13:24.44 Q | .433 | 
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 1790 | Selemon BAREGA |  ETH | 13:24.44 Q | .435 | 
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 2333 | Joshua CHEPTEGEI |  UGA | 13:24.47 Q | |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 2412 | Abdihamid NUR |  USA | 13:24.48 Q | |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | 1915 | Sam PARSONS |  GER | 13:24.50 q | |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 2089 | Nicholas KIPKORIR |  KEN | 13:24.56 q | |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 1791 | Telahun Haile BEKELE |  ETH | 13:24.77 | |
| 17 | 10 | 2 | 1750 | Merhawi MEBRAHTU |  ERI | 13:24.89 | |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | 2392 | William KINCAID |  USA | 13:25.02 | |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | 1550 | Ky ROBINSON |  AUS | 13:27.03 | |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | 1860 | Andrew BUTCHART |  GBR | 13:31.26 SB | |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | 1856 | Sam ATKIN |  GBR | 13:34.36 | |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | 1775 | Adel MECHAAL |  ESP | 13:36.48 | |
| 23 | 12 | 1 | 2199 | Geordie BEAMISH |  NZL | 13:36.86 | |
| 24 | 13 | 1 | 2194 | Narve Gilje NORDÃ…S |  NOR | 13:37.14 | |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | 2200 | Hamish CARSON |  NZL | 13:37.62 | |
| 26 | 14 | 1 | 2124 | Soufiyan BOUQANTAR |  MAR | 13:37.69 | |
| 27 | 15 | 1 | 1653 | Charles PHILIBERT-THIBOUTOT |  CAN | 13:38.80 | |
| 28 | 16 | 1 | 1925 | Maximilian THORWIRTH |  GER | 13:43.02 | |
| 29 | 17 | 1 | 1628 | Altobeli SILVA |  BRA | 13:43.80 SB | |
| 30 | 18 | 1 | 2271 | Adriaan WILDSCHUTT |  RSA | 13:44.32 | |
| 31 | 13 | 2 | 2049 | Hyuga ENDO |  JPN | 13:47.07 | |
| 32 | 14 | 2 | 2337 | Peter MARU |  UGA | 13:47.65 | |
| 33 | 19 | 1 | 1912 | Mohamed ABDILAAHI |  GER | 13:52.00 | |
| 34 | 15 | 2 | 2258 | Precious Lesiba MASHELE |  RSA | 13:52.37 | |
| 35 | 16 | 2 | 1547 | Matthew RAMSDEN |  AUS | 13:52.90 | |
| 36 | 20 | 1 | 1521 | Jamal Abdelmaji EISA MOHAMMED |  ART | 14:02.79 SB | |
| 37 | 17 | 2 | 2122 | Hicham AKANKAM |  MAR | 14:05.11 | |
| 38 | 18 | 2 | 2286 | Yaseen ABDALLA |  SUD | 14:15.59 | .586 | 
| 39 | 21 | 1 | 2105 | Nursultan KENESHBEKOV |  KGZ | 14:15.59 | .590 | 
| 40 | 19 | 2 | 2310 | Kieran TUNTIVATE |  THA | 14:19.28 | |
| 41 | 20 | 2 | 1523 | Jethro SAINT-FLEUR |  ARU | 16:04.46 PB | |
| 2 | 1663 | Ali Hissein MAHAMAT |  CHA | DNS | 
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second