| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | Haile Gebrselassie |
ETH |
27:55.36 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Habte Jifar |
ETH |
27:55.71 Q |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Dominic Kirui |
KEN |
27:56.62 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Abderrahim Zitouna |
MAR |
27:57.11 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Darren Wilson |
AUS |
27:57.54 Q SB |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Kamiel Maase |
NED |
27:57.78 Q |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | Julio Rey |
ESP |
28:03.36 Q |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Hendrick Ramaala |
RSA |
28:05.70 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Domingos Castro |
POR |
28:07.04 Q |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Toshinari Takaoka |
JPN |
28:07.36 q |
| 11 | 10 | 2 | Stefano Baldini |
ITA |
28:07.81 q |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Mohammed Mourhit |
BEL |
28:12.02 Q |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Saïd Berioui |
MAR |
28:12.33 Q |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Carsten Eich |
GER |
28:12.46 Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Paul Kipsigich Koech |
KEN |
28:13.24 Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Assefa Mezgebu |
ETH |
28:13.95 Q |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | Paul Tergat |
KEN |
28:13.98 Q SB |
| 18 | 11 | 2 | Tendai Chimusasa |
ZIM |
28:14.03 q |
| 19 | 8 | 1 | Salah Hissou |
MAR |
28:15.09 Q |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | José Ramos |
POR |
28:20.06 q |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Carlos de la Torre |
ESP |
28:20.50 |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Toshiyuki Hayata |
JPN |
28:27.97 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Mohamed Ezzher |
FRA |
28:47.48 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Dan Middleman |
USA |
28:56.76 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | João N'Tyamba |
ANG |
29:38.92 |
| 26 | 14 | 2 | Bradley Barquist |
USA |
29:43.01 |
| 27 | 13 | 1 | Marco Antonio Condori |
BOL |
29:51.24 |
| 28 | 15 | 2 | Margarito Zamora |
MEX |
29:52.03 |
| 29 | 16 | 2 | Panayotis Charamis |
GRE |
30:08.60 |
| 30 | 14 | 1 | AgustÃn Morán |
PAN |
30:12.32 NR |
| 31 | 17 | 2 | Georges Richmond |
PYF |
31:48.17 NR |
| 32 | 2 | Carlos PatrÃcio |
POR |
DNF | |
| 33 | 2 | Zoltán Káldy |
HUN |
DNF |