| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 267 | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku |
KEN |
7:42.75 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 183 | Hagos GEBRHIWET |
ETH |
7:42.95 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 399 | Bernard Lagat |
USA |
7:42.98 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | 107 | Hayle Ibrahimov |
AZE |
7:43.15 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 130 | Cameron LEVINS |
CAN |
7:44.04 q |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 296 | Zane ROBERTSON |
NZL |
7:44.16 q NIR |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 264 | Augustine Kiprono Choge |
KEN |
7:44.85 Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 182 | Dejen Gebremeskel |
ETH |
7:45.09 Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 405 | Galen RUPP |
USA |
7:45.23 Q |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 210 | Andy Vernon |
GBR |
7:45.49 Q PB |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | 336 | Elroy GELANT |
RSA |
7:45.85 q |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 104 | Collis Birmingham |
AUS |
7:46.15 q PB |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | 167 | Antonio ABADÍA |
ESP |
7:46.36 PB |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | 375 | Ali Kaya |
TUR |
7:51.27 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | 315 | Lukasz Parszczynski |
POL |
7:52.91 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | 161 | Youssouf HISS BACHIR |
DJI |
7:53.96 |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | 203 | Jonathan MELLOR |
GBR |
8:03.17 |
| 1 | 272 | Othmane EL GOUMRI |
MAR |
DQ | ||
| 2 | 274 | Abdelhadi Labäli |
MAR |
DQ | ||
| 2 | 187 | Yoann Kowal |
FRA |
DQ R163.3(b) |