Men 5000 m
Heat 1
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 13:30.59 | Q |
| 2 | Brahim Lahlafi | MAR | 13:31.21 | Q |
| 3 | Philemon Hanneck | ZIM | 13:31.93 | Q |
| 4 | Worku Bikila | ETH | 13:32.47 | Q |
| 5 | Enrique Molina | ESP | 13:32.87 | |
| 6 | Robert Denmark | GBR | 13:37.14 | |
| 7 | Simon Chemoiywo | KEN | 13:39.04 | |
| 8 | Réda Benzine | ALG | 13:45.39 | |
| 9 | Hamid Sadjadi | IRN | 13:53.40 | |
| 10 | Jan Pešava | CZE | 13:53.86 | |
| 11 | Panagiotis Papoulias | GRE | 14:00.93 | |
| 12 | Atiq Naaji | FRA | 14:06.28 | |
| 13 | Bahadur Prasad | IND | 14:09.51 | |
| 14 | Jim Spivey | USA | 14:25.39 | |
| 15 | Mahmoud-Hasini Sreiss | JOR | 14:38.15 | |
| Paulo Guerra | POR | DNS |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 13:23.87 | Q |
| 2 | Khalid Boulami | MAR | 13:24.05 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Carroll | IRL | 13:24.19 | Q |
| 4 | Ismael Kirui | KEN | 13:24.30 | Q |
| 5 | Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 13:24.83 | q |
| 6 | John Nuttall | GBR | 13:25.18 | q |
| 7 | Abdellah Béhar | FRA | 13:26.70 | q |
| 8 | Róbert Stefko | SVK | 13:30.70 | |
| 9 | Mark Coogan | USA | 13:36.86 | |
| 10 | Aurélio Handanga | ANO | 13:40.12 | |
| 11 | Vener Kashayev | RUS | 13:45.35 | |
| 12 | Silvio Guerra | ECU | 13:45.81 | |
| Abdel Kareem Moti | PAL | DNF | ||
| José Ramos | POR | DNF | ||
| Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | DNS | ||
| Charles Mulinga | ZAM | DNS |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Isma? Sghyr | MAR | 13:24.56 | Q |
| 2 | Fita Bayissa | ETH | 13:25.19 | Q |
| 3 | Shem Kororia | KEN | 13:25.27 | Q |
| 4 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 13:26.72 | Q |
| 5 | Shaun Creighton | AUS | 13:29.43 | |
| 6 | Manuel Pancorbo | ESP | 13:33.74 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Herrera | MEX | 13:35.90 | |
| 8 | Cormac Finnerty | IRL | 13:36.01 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Ezzher | FRA | 13:37.05 | |
| 10 | Yahia Azaidj | ALG | 13:47.63 | |
| 11 | Ruddy Walem | BEL | 13:59.87 | |
| 12 | Adrian Passey | GBR | 14:08.06 | |
| 13 | Sipho Dlamini | SWZ | 14:34.99 | |
| 14 | Ali Awad | LIB | 14:46.80 | |
| 15 | Said Gomez | PAN | 15:07.13 | |
| Alyan Sultan Al-Qahtani | KSA | DNS |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark |
| 1 | Ismael Kirui | KEN | 13:16.77 |
| 2 | Khalid Boulami | MAR | 13:17.15 |
| 3 | Shem Kororia | KEN | 13:17.59 |
| 4 | Isma? Sghyr | MAR | 13:17.86 |
| 5 | Brahim Lahlafi | MAR | 13:18.89 |
| 6 | Worku Bikila | ETH | 13:20.12 |
| 7 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 13:32.10 |
| 8 | Fita Bayissa | ETH | 13:34.52 |
| 9 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 13:39.98 |
| 10 | Philemon Hanneck | ZIM | 13:41.28 |
| 11 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 13:46.51 |
| 12 | Mark Carroll | IRL | 13:46.80 |
| 13 | Anacleto Jimenez | ESP | 13:48.53 |
| 14 | John Nuttall | GBR | 13:49.25 |
| 15 | Abdellah Béhar | FRA | 14:19.04 |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Elena Fidatov | ROM | 15:36.39 | Q |
| 2 | Olga Churbanova | RUS | 15:37.23 | Q |
| 3 | Gina Procaccio | USA | 15:37.66 | Q |
| 4 | Jepkemoi Florence Barsosio | KEN | 15:38.22 | Q |
| 5 | Päivi Tikkanen | FIN | 15:38.25 | |
| 6 | Atsumi Yashima | JPN | 15:40.02 | |
| 7 | Rosario Murcia | FRA | 15:41.73 | |
| 8 | Nina Christiansen | DEN | 15:44.66 | |
| 9 | Brynhild Synstnes | NOR | 15:46.17 | |
| 10 | Adriana Fernández | MEX | 15:46.89 | |
| 11 | Milka Mikhaylova | BUL | 15:49.31 | |
| 12 | Tamara Koba | UKR | 15:53.67 | |
| 13 | Martha Ernstsdottir | ISL | 16:05.33 | |
| 14 | Marina Bastos | POR | 16:16.78 | |
| Alison Wyeth | GBR | DNF | ||
| Derartu Tulu | ETH | DNS | ||
| Elana Meyer | RSA | DNS |
Heat 2
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 15:13.88 | Q |
| 2 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 15:14.65 | Q |
| 3 | Mariya Pantyukhova | RUS | 15:14.70 | Q |
| 4 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 15:14.77 | Q |
| 5 | Sara Wedlund | SWE | 15:15.67 | q |
| 6 | Sally Barsosio | KEN | 15:18.41 | q |
| 7 | Michiko Shimizu | JPN | 15:18.97 | q |
| 8 | Silvia Sommaggio | ITA | 15:20.89 | |
| 9 | Ana Dias | POR | 15:29.32 | |
| 10 | Serap Aktas | TUR | 15:53.76 | |
| 11 | Libbie Johnson-Hickman | USA | 15:54.97 | |
| 12 | Anne Cross | AUS | 16:09.32 | |
| Monika Schäfer | GER | DNF | ||
| Zhaoxia Dong | CHN | DNF | ||
| Hilde Stavik | NOR | DNF | ||
| Gete Wami | ETH | DNS | ||
| Marleen Renders | BEL | DNS |
Heat 3
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark | |
| 1 | Rose Cheruiyot | KEN | 15:21.36 | Q |
| 2 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 15:22.02 | Q |
| 3 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 15:22.04 | Q |
| 4 | Gwen Griffiths | RSA | 15:32.22 | Q |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Danneels | BEL | 15:33.70 | |
| 6 | Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 15:35.13 | |
| 7 | Carolyn Schuwalow | AUS | 15:37.62 | |
| 8 | Gitte Karlshøj | DEN | 15:39.12 | |
| 9 | Luchia Yishak | ETH | 15:42.37 | |
| 10 | Laura Mykytok | USA | 15:48.95 | |
| 11 | Andrea Karhoff | GER | 16:02.26 | |
| 12 | Ursula Jeitziner | SUI | 16:12.57 | |
| 13 | Sinead Delahunty | IRL | 16:18.61 | |
| 14 | Marie-Pierre Duros | FRA | 16:48.66 | |
| 15 | Mirsada Buric-Adam | BSH | 17:07.44 | |
| Viktoriya Nenasheva | RUS | DNF | ||
| Gunhild Halle | NOR | DNF |
| Pos | Athlete | NOC | Mark |
| 1 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 14:46.47 |
| 2 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 14:48.54 |
| 3 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 14:53.77 |
| 4 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 14:56.57 |
| 5 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 14:57.02 |
| 6 | Mariya Pantyukhova | RUS | 15:01.23 |
| 7 | Rose Cheruiyot | KEN | 15:02.45 |
| 8 | Gwen Griffiths | RSA | 15:08.05 |
| 9 | Sara Wedlund | SWE | 15:08.36 |
| 10 | Elena Fidatov | ROM | 15:12.58 |
| 11 | Sally Barsosio | KEN | 15:39.57 |
| 12 | Michiko Shimizu | JPN | 15:45.30 |
| 13 | Jepkemoi Florence Barsosio | KEN | 15:56.96 |
| Gina Procaccio | USA | DNF | |
| Olga Churbanova | RUS | DNF |
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