Men 1500 m
Heat 1
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | 3:39.36 | Q |
| 2 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:39.41 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:39.57 | Q |
| 4 | Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:39.61 | Q |
| 5 | Joseph Chesire | KEN | 3:39.97 | Q |
| 6 | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:40.43 | q |
| 7 | Andrey Loginov | RUS | 3:40.84 | q |
| 8 | Edgar De Oliveira | BRA | 3:41.88 | |
| 9 | Johan Landsman | RSA | 3:43.05 | |
| 10 | Carlos Mairena | NCA | 3:54.21 | |
| 11 | Gop Bahadur Adhikari | NEP | 3:54.47 |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:42.64 | Q |
| 2 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:42.75 | Q |
| 3 | Mário Silva | POR | 3:42.81 | Q |
| 4 | David Kibet | KEN | 3:42.98 | Q |
| 5 | Azat Rakipov | BLR | 3:43.05 | Q |
| 6 | Isaac Viciosa | ESP | 3:43.61 | |
| 7 | Michael Busch | GER | 3:44.03 | |
| 8 | Bill Burke | USA | 3:44.03 | |
| 9 | Keiruan Tawai | VAN | 4:04.77 | |
| 10 | Naseer Ismail | MLD | 4:12.11 | |
| Davide Tirelli | ITA | DNS |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:37.84 | Q |
| 2 | Christophe Impens | BEL | 3:38.87 | Q |
| 3 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3:38.98 | Q |
| 4 | Jonah Birir | KEN | 3:39.03 | Q |
| 5 | Branko Zorko | CRO | 3:39.20 | Q |
| 6 | Terrance Herrington | USA | 3:39.35 | q |
| 7 | Zeki Öztürk | TUR | 3:41.58 | |
| 8 | Hamid Sadjadi | IRN | 3:41.66 | |
| 9 | Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3:50.64 | |
| 10 | Juan Jose Tapia | PAN | 3:52.44 | |
| 11 | Ali Khazaal | LIB | 4:02.62 |
Heat 4
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:39.91 | Q |
| 2 | Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:40.01 | Q |
| 3 | Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:40.08 | Q |
| 4 | Jim Spivey | USA | 3:40.08 | Q |
| 5 | Vénuste Niyongabo | BUR | 3:40.18 | Q |
| 6 | Rüdiger Stenzel | GER | 3:40.30 | q |
| 7 | Abdi Bile | SOM | 3:41.05 | q |
| 8 | Ovidiu Olteanu | ROM | 3:47.62 | |
| 9 | Andrey Bulkovskiy | UKR | 3:50.02 | |
| 10 | Mohamed Al-Malaki | YEM | 3:50.44 | |
| 11 | Dale Jones | ANT | 3:54.91 |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | 3:41.66 | Q |
| 2 | Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:42.06 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:42.12 | Q |
| 4 | Rüdiger Stenzel | GER | 3:42.29 | Q |
| 5 | Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:42.48 | Q |
| 6 | Mário Silva | POR | 3:42.85 | |
| 7 | Christophe Impens | BEL | 3:42.85 | |
| 8 | Branko Zorko | CRO | 3:43.12 | |
| 9 | Jonah Birir | KEN | 3:43.79 | |
| 10 | David Kibet | KEN | 3:44.92 | |
| 11 | Azat Rakipov | BLR | 3:45.46 | |
| 12 | Terrance Herrington | USA | 3:46.64 |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:40.07 | Q |
| 2 | Abdi Bile | SOM | 3:40.65 | Q |
| 3 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:41.06 | Q |
| 4 | Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:41.06 | Q |
| 5 | Jim Spivey | USA | 3:41.15 | Q |
| 6 | Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:41.26 | q |
| 7 | Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:41.56 | q |
| 8 | Andrey Loginov | RUS | 3:42.11 | |
| 9 | Vénuste Niyongabo | BUR | 3:42.34 | |
| 10 | Joseph Chesire | KEN | 3:42.37 | |
| 11 | Niall Bruton | IRL | 3:42.43 | |
| 12 | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 3:42.48 | |
| 13 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3:42.63 |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark |
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3:34.24 |
| 2 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | 3:35.56 |
| 3 | Abdi Bile | SOM | 3:35.96 |
| 4 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3:36.87 |
| 5 | Jim Spivey | USA | 3:37.42 |
| 6 | Matthew Yates | GBR | 3:37.61 |
| 7 | Rachid El Basir | MAR | 3:37.68 |
| 8 | Mohamed Taki | MAR | 3:37.76 |
| 9 | Simon Doyle | AUS | 3:38.04 |
| 10 | Rüdiger Stenzel | GER | 3:38.66 |
| 11 | Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 3:39.68 |
| 12 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3:47.38 |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:05.81 | Q |
| 2 | Yi Lu | CHN | 4:05.97 | Q |
| 3 | Theresia Kiesl | AUT | 4:06.89 | Q |
| 4 | Maite Zúñiga | ESP | 4:07.46 | Q |
| 5 | Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:08.33 | q |
| 6 | Bettina Andersen | DEN | 4:09.75 | |
| 7 | Blandine Bitzner-Ducret | FRA | 4:10.70 | |
| 8 | Alisa Harvey-Hill | USA | 4:11.29 | |
| 9 | Sonia Mcgeorge | GBR | 4:12.93 | |
| 10 | Sarah Howell | CAN | 4:13.40 | |
| 11 | Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich | BLR | 4:17.43 | |
| 12 | Laurence Niyonsaba | RWA | 4:25.70 | |
| 13 | Raj Kumari Pandey | NEP | 4:49.22 | |
| Lyubov Kremlyova | RUS | DNS |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:13.13 | Q |
| 2 | Wei Yan | CHN | 4:13.87 | Q |
| 3 | Oksana Mernikova | BLR | 4:13.93 | Q |
| 4 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:13.94 | Q |
| 5 | Elena Fidatov | ROM | 4:14.34 | |
| 6 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4:14.75 | |
| 7 | Gwen Griffiths | RSA | 4:14.81 | |
| 8 | Annette Peters | USA | 4:15.15 | |
| 9 | Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 4:19.67 | |
| 10 | Vera Chuvashova | RUS | 4:21.33 | |
| 11 | Lyudmila Derevyankina | KGZ | 4:28.39 | |
| Karolina Tanona | FIJ | DNS | ||
| Alia Al Matari | JOR | DNS |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Dong Liu | CHN | 4:04.36 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:07.52 | Q |
| 3 | Fabia Trabaldo | ITA | 4:07.95 | Q |
| 4 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:08.32 | Q |
| 5 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 4:08.82 | q |
| 6 | Leah Pells | CAN | 4:08.97 | q |
| 7 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | 4:11.75 | |
| 8 | Andrea Sollarova | SVK | 4:14.47 | |
| 9 | Soraya Telles | BRA | 4:18.67 | |
| 10 | Gina Procaccio | USA | 4:29.17 | |
| 11 | Shirley Cespedes | CRC | 4:42.15 | |
| 12 | Martha Portobanco | NCA | 4:56.22 | |
| Simone Weidner | GER | DNF |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark |
| 1 | Dong Liu | CHN | 4:00.50 |
| 2 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 4:03.48 |
| 3 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4:04.29 |
| 4 | Yi Lu | CHN | 4:06.06 |
| 5 | Angela Chalmers | CAN | 4:07.95 |
| 6 | Theresia Kiesl | AUT | 4:08.04 |
| 7 | Anna Brzezinska | POL | 4:08.11 |
| 8 | Fabia Trabaldo | ITA | 4:08.23 |
| 9 | Violeta Beclea-Szekely | ROM | 4:08.57 |
| 10 | Wei Yan | CHN | 4:09.05 |
| 11 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4:09.15 |
| 12 | Maite Zúñiga | ESP | 4:10.79 |
| 13 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 4:12.14 |
| 14 | Leah Pells | CAN | 4:13.87 |
| 15 | Oksana Mernikova | BLR | 4:18.93 |
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