| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 462 | Willy Rutto Komen |
KEN |
8:33.36 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 586 | Thamer Kamal Ali |
QAT |
8:33.66 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 500 | Abdelghani Aït Bahmad |
MAR |
8:34.64 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 239 | Nahom Mesfin |
ETH |
8:35.05 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 738 | Benjamin Kiplagat |
UGA |
8:35.77 q PB |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 460 | Bisluke Kipkorir Kiplagat |
KEN |
8:36.34 Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 136 | Xiangqian Lin |
CHN |
8:41.10 Q |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 259 | Vincent Chapuis |
FRA |
8:45.80 Q PB |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 588 | Salem Saeed Malek |
QAT |
8:47.59 q PB |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | 372 | László Tóth |
HUN |
8:49.15 q PB |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | 447 | Tsuyoshi Takeda |
JPN |
8:51.75 |
| 12 | 8 | 1 | 810 | José Peña |
VEN |
8:52.36 NJ |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | 273 | Yoann Kowal |
FRA |
8:58.74 |
| 14 | 10 | 1 | 620 | Igor Chernobay |
RUS |
8:58.81 PB |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 680 | Osman Yahya |
SUD |
8:59.92 SB |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 557 | Mario Bazán |
PER |
9:02.33 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | 808 | Marvin BLANCO |
VEN |
9:02.56 PB |
| 18 | 11 | 1 | 147 | Le Yang |
CHN |
9:05.38 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 102 | Marcus Dillon |
CAN |
9:10.12 |
| 20 | 12 | 1 | 547 | Shafat Salad |
NZL |
9:11.16 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | 437 | Atsuro Kikuchi |
JPN |
9:12.11 |
| 22 | 13 | 1 | 732 | Adem Belir |
TUR |
9:12.28 |
| 23 | 14 | 1 | 513 | Aroon Arias |
MEX |
9:13.84 |
| 24 | 10 | 2 | 731 | Osman Bas |
TUR |
9:14.52 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | 406 | Alessandro Salsi |
ITA |
9:23.10 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | 797 | Cory Thorne |
USA |
9:24.10 |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | 212 | José Luis Galván |
ESP |
9:24.19 |
| 28 | 14 | 2 | 729 | Messaoud Hamed |
TUN |
9:31.69 |
| 29 | 15 | 2 | 12 | Benjamin ASHKETTLE |
AUS |
9:33.86 |
| 30 | 15 | 1 | 208 | Jesús Manuel Cardó |
ESP |
9:42.32 |
| 31 | 16 | 1 | 606 | Edwin Molepo |
RSA |
9:46.06 |
| 32 | 17 | 1 | 780 | Alexander Mason |
USA |
9:51.61 |
| 2 | 88 | Tareq Mubarak Taher |
BRN |
DQ | ||
| 2 | 473 | Ali Ahmed Al-Amri |
KSA |
DQ |