| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2002 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 707 | Mandla Maseko |  RSA | 8:57.21 | 8:57.21 | 
| 2 | 375 | Ruben Schwarz |  GER | 8:56.04 | 8:56.04 | 
| 3 | 219 | Zaki Hussein |  EGY | 9:02.94 | 9:02.94 | 
| 4 | 544 | Mohammed Ali Al-Banai |  KSA | 9:00.52 | |
| 5 | 275 | Gulte Bekele |  ETH | 8:52.59 | 8:52.59 | 
| 6 | 48 | Michael Shelley |  AUS | 9:08.28 | 9:08.28 | 
| 7 | 574 | Vitalij Gorlukovic |  LTU | 8:54.43 | 8:54.43 | 
| 8 | 15 | Atef Zaamouchi |  ALG | 8:52.2 | 8:52.2 | 
| 9 | 217 | Cristian Patiño |  ECU | 9:05.5 | 9:05.5 | 
| 10 | 527 | David Kirwa |  KEN | 8:30.3 | 8:30.3 | 
| 11 | 301 | Michael Fadeau |  FRA | 9:00.45 | 9:00.45 | 
| 12 | 145 | Robert Nissen |  CAN | 9:03.73 | 9:03.73 | 
| 13 | 884 | Miloš Vuckovic |  SCG | ||
| 14 | 673 | Radoslaw Poplawski |  POL | 8:33.46 | 8:33.46 | 
| 15 | 511 | Shuji Yoshioka |  JPN | 8:53.40 | 8:53.40 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2002 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 526 | Michael Kipkorir Kipyego |  KEN | 8:28.7 | 8:28.7 | 
| 2 | 10 | Larbi Hamidi |  ALG | 9:03.0 | 9:03.0 | 
| 3 | 447 | Marco Carbonetti |  ITA | 9:03.66 | 9:03.66 | 
| 4 | 85 | Pieter Desmet |  BEL | 8:55.25 | 8:55.25 | 
| 5 | 817 | Halil Akkas |  TUR | 8:54.76 | 8:54.76 | 
| 6 | 119 | Fernando Alex Fernandes |  BRA | 8:54.94 | 8:55.37 | 
| 7 | 143 | Kristjan Hunter |  CAN | 9:02.70 | 9:02.70 | 
| 8 | 270 | Sergei Tcherepannikov |  EST | 9:09.47 | 9:09.47 | 
| 9 | 333 | Stephen Murphy |  GBR | 8:47.8 | 8:47.8 | 
| 10 | 50 | Luke Taylor |  AUS | 9:06.93 | 9:06.93 | 
| 11 | 764 | Arkangelo Roko |  SUD | 9:01.0 | 9:01.0 | 
| 12 | 365 | Christian Klein |  GER | 8:53.04 | 8:53.04 | 
| 13 | 693 | Abubaker Ali Kamal |  QAT | 8:40.14 | 8:40.14 | 
| 14 | 701 | Anthony Godongwana |  RSA | 8:58.75 | 8:58.75 | 
| 15 | 254 | Enrique Sánchez |  ESP | 9:00.21 | 9:00.21 |