| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Azzeddine Sediki |
MAR |
3:38.24 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Gary Lough |
GBR |
3:38.62 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Eric Dubus |
FRA |
3:38.80 Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Hicham El Guerrouj |
MAR |
3:38.93 Q |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | Julius Achon |
UGA |
3:39.04 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Mohamed Suleiman |
QAT |
3:39.06 Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Vyacheslav Shabunin |
RUS |
3:39.21 Q |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Niall Bruton |
IRL |
3:39.27 Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Abdelkader Chékhémani |
FRA |
3:39.34 Q |
| 10 | 5 | 4 | Terrance Herrington |
USA |
3:39.40 Q |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Isaac Viciosa |
ESP |
3:39.42 q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Joaquim Cruz |
BRA |
3:39.47 q |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Christophe Impens |
BEL |
3:40.37 q |
| 14 | 7 | 4 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen |
DEN |
3:40.50 q |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Rüdiger Stenzel |
GER |
3:40.65 |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Passmore Furusa |
ZIM |
3:41.01 |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Edgar de Oliveira |
BRA |
3:41.74 |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Noureddine Morceli |
ALG |
3:42.58 Q |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | FermÃn Cacho |
ESP |
3:43.05 Q |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Ovidiu Olteanu |
ROU |
3:43.20 |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Reuben Chesang Kambich |
KEN |
3:43.26 Q |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Rachid El Basir |
MAR |
3:43.29 Q |
| 23 | 5 | 2 | Kevin Sullivan |
CAN |
3:43.41 Q |
| 24 | 6 | 2 | Kevin McKay |
GBR |
3:43.87 |
| 25 | 7 | 2 | Brian Hyde |
USA |
3:44.03 |
| 26 | 10 | 4 | Sammy Mutai |
KEN |
3:44.57 |
| 27 | 8 | 2 | Martin Johns |
NZL |
3:45.10 |
| 28 | 9 | 2 | LuÃs Jesús |
POR |
3:46.43 |
| 29 | 10 | 2 | José López |
VEN |
3:46.81 |
| 30 | 11 | 2 | Werner Edler-Muhr |
AUT |
3:47.06 |
| 31 | 1 | 1 | Alà Hakimi |
TUN |
3:48.40 Q |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | Vénuste Niyongabo |
BDI |
3:48.58 Q |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Samir Benfarés |
FRA |
3:48.64 Q |
| 34 | 4 | 1 | John Mayock |
GBR |
3:48.65 Q |
| 35 | 5 | 1 | Paul McMullen |
USA |
3:48.70 Q |
| 36 | 6 | 1 | Branko Zorko |
CRO |
3:48.83 |
| 37 | 7 | 1 | Abdi Bile |
SOM |
3:48.86 |
| 38 | 8 | 1 | Jens-Peter Herold |
GER |
3:49.24 |
| 39 | 9 | 1 | Jonah Birir |
KEN |
3:49.26 |
| 40 | 10 | 1 | Mateo Cañellas |
ESP |
3:49.71 |
| 41 | 11 | 1 | Xandru Grech |
MLT |
3:54.96 |
| 42 | 10 | 3 | Nioka Pululu |
COD |
4:02.68 |
| 43 | 11 | 4 | Selwyn Kole |
SOL |
4:05.07 |
| 3 | Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama |
QAT |
DNS |