| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Reyes Estévez |
ESP |
3:36.20 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Azzeddine Sediki |
MAR |
3:36.40 Q SB |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Mohamed Suleiman |
QAT |
3:36.64 Q SB |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Graham Hood |
CAN |
3:36.69 Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Hicham El Guerrouj |
MAR |
3:36.72 Q |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Steve Holman |
USA |
3:36.75 Q |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Robert Kiplagat Andersen |
DEN |
3:36.77 q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | FermÃn Cacho |
ESP |
3:37.16 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Noureddine Morceli |
ALG |
3:37.26 Q |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Andrey Zadorozhniy |
RUS |
3:37.28 Q PB |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | John Mayock |
GBR |
3:37.37 Q |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Kevin Sullivan |
CAN |
3:37.42 Q |
| 13 | 3 | 4 | Alà Hakimi |
TUN |
3:37.43 Q |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Nadir Bosch |
FRA |
3:37.45 Q |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Gennaro Di Napoli |
ITA |
3:37.50 Q SB |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Niall Bruton |
IRL |
3:37.57 Q SB |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | António Travassos |
POR |
3:37.70 q |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | Saïd Chébili |
FRA |
3:37.75 q |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | Branko Zorko |
CRO |
3:37.99 q |
| 20 | 6 | 4 | Ahmed Krama |
ALG |
3:38.02 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Julius Achon |
UGA |
3:38.21 |
| 22 | 7 | 4 | Matthew Yates |
GBR |
3:38.34 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Alexandru Vasile |
ROU |
3:39.01 |
| 24 | 8 | 4 | Piotr Rostkowski |
POL |
3:39.52 |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Rüdiger Stenzel |
GER |
3:40.17 Q |
| 26 | 9 | 4 | Jason Pyrah |
USA |
3:40.17 |
| 27 | 2 | 2 | Kevin McKay |
GBR |
3:40.25 Q |
| 28 | 10 | 4 | Panayiótis Papoúlias |
GRE |
3:40.30 |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Driss Maazouzi |
MAR |
3:40.39 Q |
| 30 | 4 | 2 | Isaac Viciosa |
ESP |
3:40.41 Q |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | Laban Rotich |
KEN |
3:40.43 Q |
| 32 | 6 | 2 | Vyacheslav Shabunin |
RUS |
3:40.46 |
| 33 | 7 | 2 | Abdelkader Chékhémani |
FRA |
3:41.02 |
| 34 | 8 | 2 | Mohamed Ibrahim Aden |
SOM |
3:41.23 |
| 35 | 9 | 2 | Ali Saïdi-Sief |
ALG |
3:41.48 |
| 36 | 10 | 2 | Mohamed Yagoub Babiker |
SUD |
3:41.54 |
| 37 | 9 | 1 | John Kemboi Kibowen |
KEN |
3:41.69 |
| 38 | 11 | 2 | José López |
VEN |
3:42.83 |
| 39 | 10 | 1 | Balázs Tölgyesi |
HUN |
3:44.16 |
| 40 | 11 | 1 | Alexis Sharangabo |
RWA |
3:44.95 NR |
| 41 | 9 | 3 | LuÃs Feiteira |
POR |
3:45.37 |
| 42 | 11 | 4 | Shane Healy |
IRL |
3:50.64 |
| 43 | 10 | 3 | Scott Petersen |
AUS |
3:50.65 |
| 44 | 11 | 3 | Brent Butler |
GUM |
3:58.29 |