| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 449 | James Kiplagat Magut |  KEN | 3:46.41 Q | 
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 24 | Ryan GREGSON |  AUS | 3:46.82 Q | 
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 640 | Dumisane Hlaselo |  RSA | 3:47.35 q | 
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 260 | David Forrester |  GBR | 3:47.64 q | 
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 395 | Mario Scapini |  ITA | 3:47.71 q | 
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 158 | David Bustos |  ESP | 3:48.54 | 
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 12 | Imed Touil |  ALG | 3:48.86 Q | 
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 688 | Nemanja Cerovac |  SRB | 3:49.02 | 
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 825 | Evan JAGER |  USA | 3:49.23 Q | 
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 227 | Florian CARVALHO |  FRA | 3:49.35 Q | 
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 695 | Osman Yahya |  SUD | 3:49.39 | 
| 12 | 8 | 3 | 98 | Matthew Leeder |  CAN | 3:49.57 | 
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 279 | James Shane |  GBR | 3:49.71 | 
| 14 | 6 | 1 | 671 | Ivan Tukhtachev |  RUS | 3:50.44 | 
| 15 | 7 | 1 | 321 | Richard RINGER |  GER | 3:50.77 | 
| 16 | 9 | 3 | 779 | Moses KIBET |  UGA | 3:50.82 | 
| 17 | 8 | 1 | 20 | Craig Huffer |  AUS | 3:50.90 | 
| 18 | 9 | 1 | 205 | Dawit WOLDE |  ETH | 3:51.44 | 
| 19 | 10 | 3 | 700 | Maxime Zermatten |  SUI | 3:51.82 | 
| 20 | 1 | 2 | 11 | Abdelmadjed Touil |  ALG | 3:53.89 Q | 
| 21 | 2 | 2 | 452 | Fredrick Musyoki Ndunge |  KEN | 3:54.18 Q | 
| 22 | 3 | 2 | 197 | Bikila Demma |  ETH | 3:54.64 Q | 
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 253 | Mehdi Yazidi |  FRA | 3:54.73 | 
| 24 | 11 | 3 | 320 | Florian ORTH |  GER | 3:55.45 | 
| 24 | 10 | 1 | 606 | Kamil Zielinski |  POL | 3:55.45 | 
| 26 | 5 | 2 | 834 | Duncan Phillips |  USA | 3:55.80 | 
| 27 | 6 | 2 | 597 | Szymon Sznura |  POL | 3:56.25 | 
| 28 | 7 | 2 | 471 | Emad Noor |  KSA | 3:57.55 | 
| 29 | 11 | 1 | 162 | Victor CORRALES VAQUERO |  ESP | 3:58.29 | 
| 30 | 8 | 2 | 561 | Derlys AYALA |  PAR | 3:58.56 | 
| 31 | 9 | 2 | 100 | Thomas Morrison |  CAN | 4:01.95 | 
| 32 | 10 | 2 | 409 | Kemoy Campbell |  JAM | 4:02.80 | 
| 33 | 11 | 2 | 723 | Nkosinathi Zwane |  SWZ | 4:05.23 SB | 
| 34 | 12 | 2 | 529 | Antoine Berlin |  MON | 4:07.12 NJ | 
| 35 | 12 | 1 | 531 | San Naing San Naing |  MYA | 4:18.85 | 
| 3 | 510 | Taha Belkorchi |  MAR | DQ | ||
| 2 | 762 | Hamza Ben Salah |  TUN | DNS |