| 1 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | NOR | 7:51,20 | Q | |
| 2 | Andrew Butchart | GBR | 7:51,28 | Q | |
| 3 | Djilali Bedrani | FRA | 7:51,30 | Q | |
| 4 | Amos Bartelsmeyer | GER | 7:51,35 | Q | |
| 5 | Jimmy Gressier | FRA | 7:51,45 | q | |
| 6 | Jonas Leanderson | SWE | 7:51,47 | q | |
| 7 | Sam Atkin | GBR | 7:52,12 | q | |
| 8 | Florian Orth | GER | 7:54,59 | q | |
| 9 | Topi Raitanen | FIN | 7:55,71 | ||
| 10 | Artur Bossy | ESP | 7:58,46 | ||
| 11 | Yegor Nikolayev | ANA | 8:00,71 | ||
| 12 | Per Svela | NOR | 8:02,62 | ||
| 13 | Hlynur Andrésson | ISL | 8:06,97 | ||
| 14 | John Travers | IRL | 8:12,54 | ||
| 15 | Bram Anderiessen | NED | 8:18,30 | ||
| 16 | Ramazan Özdemir | TUR | 8:20,52 | ||
| Dario Ivanovski | MKD | DNF |
| 1 | Chris O'Hare | GBR | 7:53,39 | Q | |
| 2 | Henrik Børkja Ingebrigtsen | NOR | 7:53,80 | Q | |
| 3 | Yoann Kowal | FRA | 7:55,42 | Q | |
| 4 | Sam Parsons | GER | 7:55,60 | Q | |
| 5 | Seán Tobin | IRL | 7:56,27 | ||
| 6 | Mike Foppen | NED | 7:57,55 | ||
| 7 | Robin Hendrix | BEL | 7:58,14 | ||
| 8 | Benjamin Kovács | HUN | 7:59,89 | ||
| 9 | Sergio Jiménez | ESP | 8:03,58 | ||
| 10 | Suldan Hassan | SWE | 8:05,08 | ||
| 11 | David Palacio | ESP | 8:07,61 | ||
| 12 | Andreas Vojta | AUT | 8:09,72 | ||
| 13 | Ugis Jocis | LAT | 8:09,99 | ||
| 14 | Benjamin Rainero De Haan | NED | 8:11,57 | ||
| 15 | Mitko Tsenov | BUL | 8:12,45 | ||
| 16 | Harvey Dixon | GIB | 8:14,86 | ||
| 17 | Ivo Balabanov | BUL | 8:20,31 |