| 1 | Bernard Lagat | USA | 13:33,90 | Q | |
| 2 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | KEN | 13:34,46 | Q | |
| 3 | Dejen Gebremeskel | ETH | 13:34,48 | Q | |
| 4 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | KEN | 13:34,54 | Q | |
| 5 | Galen Rupp | USA | 13:34,91 | Q | |
| 6 | Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah | KSA | 13:35,47 | q | |
| 7 | Bilisuma Shugi | BRN | 13:35,86 | q | |
| 8 | Daniele Meucci | ITA | 13:39,90 | q | |
| 9 | Javier Carriqueo | ARG | 13:47,51 | ||
| 10 | Collis Birmingham | AUS | 13:47,88 | ||
| 11 | Mumin Gala | DJI | 13:48,19 | ||
| 12 | Rui Silva | POR | 13:50,16 | ||
| 13 | Craig Mottram | AUS | 13:56,60 | ||
| 14 | Moses Kibet | UGA | 14:05,15 | ||
| 15 | Goitom Kifle | ERI | 14:06,42 | ||
| 16 | Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle | SOM | 15:13,64 | ||
| Mounir Miout | ALG | DNF | |||
| Francisco Javier Alves | ESP | DNF | |||
| Kenenisa Bekele | ETH | DNS | |||
| Adrian Blincoe | NZL | DNS |
| 1 | Imane Merga | ETH | 13:37,96 | Q | |
| 2 | Mohamed Farah | GBR | 13:38,03 | Q | |
| 3 | Abera Kuma | ETH | 13:38,41 | Q | |
| 4 | Eliud Kipchoge | KEN | 13:39,02 | Q | |
| 5 | Alistair Ian Cragg | IRL | 13:39,36 | Q | |
| 6 | Amanuel Mesel | ERI | 13:39,97 | q | |
| 7 | Jesús España | ESP | 13:40,38 | q | |
| 8 | Abraham Kiplimo | UGA | 13:44,09 | ||
| 9 | Andrew Bumbalough | USA | 13:44,38 | ||
| 10 | Elroy Gelant | RSA | 13:48,33 | ||
| 11 | Ben St.Lawrence | AUS | 13:51,64 | ||
| 12 | Jake Robertson | NZL | 13:53,57 | q | |
| 13 | Geofrey Kusuro | UGA | 13:54,58 | ||
| 14 | Dejene Regassa | BRN | 13:56,83 | ||
| 15 | Sylvain Rukundo | RWA | 13:58,92 | ||
| 16 | Rabah Aboud | ALG | 14:00,34 | ||
| 17 | Gérard Gahungu | BDI | 14:09,15 | ||
| 18 | Kazuya Watanabe | JPN | 14:20,62 | ||
| 19 | Seung-Ho Baek | KOR | 15:01,37 | ||
| 20 | Christian Ngningba | GAB | 18:44,06 | ||
| Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud | KSA | DNF |