Heat 1 | | time | | 1. José Antonio Redolat | Spain | 3:41.53 | Q | 6. Luís Feiteira | Portugal | 3:42.43 | Q | 7. Balázs Tölgyesi | Hungary | 3:42.66 | Q | 9. Juan Carlos Higuero | Spain | 3:42.88 | q | 10.Branko Zorko | Croatia | 3:42.92 | | 11.Gareth Turnbull | Ireland | 3:42.97 | PB | 12.Lorenzo Lazzari | Italy | 3:43.06 | | 14.Patrick Grammens | Belgium | 3:45.96 | PB | 15.Piotr Rostkowski | Poland | 3:46.45 | |
|
|
Heat 2 | | time | | 2. Mehdi Baala | France | 3:41.76 | Q | 3. Vyacheslav Shabunin | Russia | 3:41.84 | Q | 4. James Nolan | Ireland | 3:41.90 | Q | 5. Marko Koers | Netherlands | 3:42.13 | q, PB | 8. Peter Philipp | Switzerland | 3:42.81 | q | 13.Antonio Travassos | Portugal | 3:45.45 | | 16.Pedro Esteso | Spain | 3:48.94 | | 17.Eddie King | Great Britain | 3:49.18 | |
|