Heat 1
1. Tim Maeyens, Belgium, 7 minutes 16.60 seconds
2. Andre Vonarburg, Switzerland, 7:26.21
3. Ioannis Christou, Greece, 7:29.86
4. Santiago Fernandez, Argentina, 7:38.87
5. Naghdeh Mohsen Shadi, Iran, 7:48.24
6. Lidaywa Matthew Mwange, Kenya, 8:16.09
Heat 2
1. Mahe Drysdale, New Zealand, 7:28.80
2. Anderson Nocetti, Brazil, 7:35.52
3. Oscar Vasquez, Chile, 7:39.58
4. Andrei Jamsa, Estonia, 7:48.24
5. Alexander Dhison Hernandez, Venezuela, 7:54.52
Heat 3
1. Lassi Karonen, Sweden, 7:14.64
2. Marcel Hacker, Germany, 7:26.71
3. Law Hiu Fung, Hong Kong, 7:45.96
4. Leandro Salvagno, Uruguay, 7:52.53
5. Paul Ndoumbe Etia, Cameroon, 7:59.26
6. Norberto Bernardez Avila, Honduras, 9:01.27
Heat 4
1. Ondrej Synek, Czech Republic, 7:23.94
2. Mindaugas Griskonis, Lithuania, 7:28.05
3. Bajranglal Takhar, India, 7:39.91
4. Mathias Raymond, Monaco, 7:51.69
5. Chaouki Dries, Algeria, 7:57.65
Heat 5
1. Alan Campbell, Britain, 7:14.98
2. Peter Hardcastle, Australia, 7:17.74
3. Patrick Loliger, Mexico, 7:22.55
4. Ken Jurkowski, United States, 7:25.13
5. Ruslan Naurzaliyev, Uzbekistan, 7:58.43
Heat 6
1. Olaf Tufte, Norway, 7:20.20
2. Sjoerd Hamburger, Netherland, 7:27.05
3. Aly Ibrahim, Eygpt, 7:43.70
4. Wang Ming-Hui, Chinese Taipei, 7:46.83
5. Rodrigo Ideus, Colombia, 7:56.85