| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 683 | Bernard Lagat |
KEN |
3:35.82 Q |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 767 | Adil Kaouch |
MAR |
3:36.01 Q SB |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 920 | Rui Silva |
POR |
3:36.07 Q |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 365 | Mehdi Baala |
FRA |
3:36.15 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 296 | Reyes Estévez |
ESP |
3:36.46 Q |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | 831 | Gert-Jan Liefers |
NED |
3:36.64 Q |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 445 | Anthony Whiteman |
GBR |
3:36.77 SB |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | 135 | Hudson de Souza |
BRA |
3:37.13 |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 760 | Hicham El Guerrouj |
MAR |
3:39.54 Q |
| 10 | 9 | 1 | 1040 | Peter Philipp |
SUI |
3:39.66 |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 315 | José Antonio Redolat |
ESP |
3:39.75 Q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 766 | Abdelkader Hachlaf |
MAR |
3:40.16 Q |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 674 | William Chirchir |
KEN |
3:40.23 Q |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 393 | Driss Maazouzi |
FRA |
3:40.26 Q |
| 15 | 10 | 1 | 11 | Reda Khaldi |
ALG |
3:40.38 |
| 16 | 11 | 1 | 171 | Graham Hood |
CAN |
3:40.52 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 1186 | Paul McMullen |
USA |
3:40.57 Q |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 685 | Laban Rotich |
KEN |
3:41.09 |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 343 | Daniel Zegeye |
ETH |
3:42.15 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | 184 | Kevin Sullivan |
CAN |
3:42.30 |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | 438 | John Mayock |
GBR |
3:42.63 |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | 44 | Craig Mottram |
AUS |
3:43.21 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | 371 | Saïd Chébili |
FRA |
3:43.58 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | 757 | Youssef Baba |
MAR |
3:44.90 |