S drugim rezultatom u finale se plasirao Kenijac Eliud Kipchoge (13:19.01). Etiopljanin Kenenisa Bekele istračao je 13.21.16, što mu je bilo dovoljno za najbolje vrijeme prve kvalifikacijske skupine.
REZULTATI:
Skupina 1:
1. Kenenisa Bekele (Eti) 13:21.16 Q
2. Gebre Gebremariam (Eti) 13:21.20 Q
3. Hicham El Guerrouj (Mar) 13:21.87 Q
4. Craig Mottram (Aus) 13:21.88 Q
5. Abraham Chebii (Ken) 13:22.30 Q
6. Hicham Bellani (Mar) 13:22.64 q
7. Alistair Ian Cragg (Irs) 13:23.01 q
8. Samir Moussaoui (Alž) 13:24.98 q
9. Sultan Khamis Zaman (Kat) 13:26.52
10. John Mayock (VB) 13:26.81
11. Guenther Weidlinger (Aut) 13:29.32
12. Christian Belz (Švi) 13:29.59
13. Alejandro Suarez (Mek) 13:35.32
14. Jonathon Riley (SAD) 13:38.79
15. Mohammed Zakaria (Bah) 13:42.04
16. Monder Rizki (Bel) 14:03.58
17. Sergiy Lebid (Ukr) 14:10.23
Skupina 2:
1. Ali Saidi Sief (Alž) 13:18.94 Q
2. Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) 13:19.01 Q
3. Dejene Berhanu (Eti) 13:19.42 Q
4. John Kibowen (Ken) 13:19.65 Q
5. Abderrahim Goumri (Mar) 13:20.03 Q
6. Tim Broe (SAD) 13:20.29 q
7. Zersenay Tadesse (Eri) 13:22.17 q
8. Samson Kiflemariam (Eri) 13:26.97
9. Roberto Garcia (Špa) 13:27.71
10. Khoudir Aggoune (Alž) 13:29.37
11. Fabiano Joseph (Tan) 13:31.89
12. Marius Bakken (Nor) 13:36.38
13. Freddy Gonzalez (Ven) 13:42.44
14. Tom Compernolle (Bel) 13:43.44
15. Mark Carroll (Irs) 13:46.81
16. Carles Castillejo (Špa) 13:49.16
17. Michael Aish (NZ) 13:50.00
18. Rajendra Bhandari (Nep) 14:04.89