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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Athens Olympic Sports Complex Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Date Started: August 21, 2004
Date Finished: August 21, 2004
Format: Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Ezekiel Kemboi |
| Silver: | Brimin Kipruto |
| Bronze: | Paul Kipsiele Koech |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khamis Abdullah Seifeddine | 27 | Qatar | QAT | 8:17.89 | QU |
| 2 | Ezekiel Kemboi | 22 | Kenya | KEN | 8:18.20 | QU |
| 3 | Bob Tahri | 25 | France | FRA | 8:18.98 | QU |
| 4 | Daniel Lincoln | 23 | United States | USA | 8:19.62 | QC |
| 5 | Ali Ezzine | 25 | Morocco | MAR | 8:20.18 | QC |
| 6 | Eliseo Martín | 30 | Spain | ESP | 8:21.88 | QC |
| 7 | Radosław Popławski | 21 | Poland | POL | 8:22.16 | QC |
| 8 | Martin Pröll | 23 | Austria | AUT | 8:26.01 | |
| 9 | Ion Luchianov | 23 | Moldova | MDA | 8:26.17 | |
| 10 | Boštjan Buč | 24 | Slovenia | SLO | 8:37.29 | |
| 11 | Pavel Potapovich | 23 | Russia | RUS | 8:52.65 | |
| AC | Giuseppe Maffei | 30 | Italy | ITA | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brimin Kipruto | 19 | Kenya | KEN | 8:15.11 | QU |
| 2 | Simon Vroemen | 35 | Netherlands | NED | 8:15.28 | QU |
| 3 | Luis Miguel Martín | 32 | Spain | ESP | 8:16.90 | QU |
| 4 | Mustafa Mohamed | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 8:19.37 | QC |
| 5 | Vincent Le Dauphin | 28 | France | FRA | 8:20.13 | QC |
| 6 | Jan Zakrzewski | 33 | Poland | POL | 8:23.72 | |
| 7 | Roman Usov | 26 | Russia | RUS | 8:24.19 | |
| 8 | Vadym Slobodeniuk | 23 | Ukraine | UKR | 8:24.84 | |
| 9 | Abdelatif Chemlal | 22 | Morocco | MAR | 8:29.36 | |
| 10 | Tewodros Shiferaw | 23 | Ethiopia | ETH | 8:33.15 | |
| 11 | Abdelhakim Maazouz | 28 | Algeria | ALG | 8:36.12 | |
| 12 | Robert Gary | 31 | United States | USA | 8:38.01 | |
| 13 | Ruben Ramolefi | 26 | South Africa | RSA | 8:46.17 | |
| 14 | Bashar Omar | 25 | Kuwait | KUW | 8:48.65 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musa Amer | 19 | Qatar | QAT | 8:23.94 | QU |
| 2 | Antonio Jiménez | 27 | Spain | ESP | 8:24.13 | QU |
| 3 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | 22 | Kenya | KEN | 8:24.68 | QU |
| 4 | Zouhair El-Ouardi | 27 | Morocco | MAR | 8:27.55 | |
| 5 | Justin Chaston | 35 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:28.35 | |
| 6 | Yoshitaka Iwamizu | 25 | Japan | JPN | 8:29.07 | |
| 7 | Peter Nowill | 25 | Australia | AUS | 8:29.14 | |
| 8 | Anthony Famiglietti | 26 | United States | USA | 8:31.59 | |
| 9 | Alex Greaux | 26 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 8:33.62 | |
| 10 | Jim Svenøy | 32 | Norway | NOR | 8:33.97 | |
| 11 | Manuel da Silva | 25 | Portugal | POR | 8:38.31 | |
| 12 | Luleseged Wale | 22 | Ethiopia | ETH | 8:50.73 | |
| 13 | Jakub Czaja | 23 | Poland | POL | 8:56.24 |