| 1 | Amine Laalou | MAR | 3:39,96 | Q | |
| 2 | Juan van Deventer | RSA | 3:40,07 | Q | |
| 3 | Gideon Gathimba | KEN | 3:40,08 | ||
| 4 | Abdelkader Bakhtache | FRA | 3:40,49 | ||
| 5 | Álvaro Rodríguez | ESP | 3:40,96 | ||
| 6 | Bruno Albuquerque | POR | 3:44,32 | ||
| 7 | Christian Klein | GER | 3:46,14 | ||
| 8 | Abubaker Ali Kamal | QAT | 3:46,51 |
| 1 | Deresse Mekonnen | ETH | 3:39,66 | Q | |
| 2 | Diego Ruiz | ESP | 3:40,00 | Q | |
| 3 | Haron Keitany | KEN | 3:40,04 | q | |
| 4 | Will Leer | USA | 3:42,16 | ||
| 5 | Tim Bayley | GBR | 3:42,57 | ||
| 6 | Peter van der Westhuizen | RSA | 3:45,76 | ||
| 7 | Thamer Kamal Ali | QAT | 3:49,64 | ||
| 8 | Alex Ngouari-Mouissi | CGO | 4:02,55 | NR | |
| 9 | Ajmal Amirov | TJK | 4:03,75 |
| 1 | Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:37,14 | Q | |
| 2 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | ETH | 3:38,90 | Q | |
| 3 | Garrett Heath | USA | 3:39,25 | q | |
| 4 | Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | 3:39,63 | q | |
| 5 | Adrian Blincoe | NZL | 3:40,50 | ||
| 6 | Goran Nava | SRB | 3:42,79 | ||
| 7 | Christian Obrist | ITA | 3:46,33 | ||
| Belal Mansoor Ali | BRN | DNS |