| | | Final | Team | time |  | 1. Deresse Mekonnen | ETH | 3:41.86 |  | 2. Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:41.96 |  | 3. Haron Keitany | KEN | 3:42.32 |  | 4. Mekonnen Gebremedhin | ETH | 3:42.42 |  | 5. Amine Laalou | MAR | 3:42.42 |  | 6. Juan van Deventer | RSA | 3:43.77 |  | 7. Garrett Heath | USA | 3:43.81 |  | 8. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | 3:45.22 |  | 9. Diego Ruiz | ESP | 3:52.45 | 
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 | | Heat 2 15:45 | Team | time |  | 1. Amine Laalou | MAR | 3:39.96 |  | 2. Juan van Deventer | RSA | 3:40.07 |  | 3. Gideon Gathimba | KEN | 3:40.08 |  | 4. Abdelkader Bakhtache | FRA | 3:40.49 |  | 5. Rodríguez Álvaro | ESP | 3:40.96 |  | 6. Bruno Albuquerque | POR | 3:44.32 |  | 7. Christian Klein | GER | 3:46.14 |  | 8. Abubaker Ali Kamal | QAT | 3:46.51 | 
 | | Heat 2 15:56 | Team | time |  | 1. Deresse Mekonnen | ETH | 3:39.66 |  | 2. Diego Ruiz | ESP | 3:40.00 |  | 3. Haron Keitany | KEN | 3:40.04 |  | 4. Will Leer | USA | 3:42.16 |  | 5. Tim Bayley | GBR | 3:42.57 |  | 6. Peter van der Westhuizen | RSA | 3:45.76 |  | 7. Thamer Kamal Ali | QAT | 3:49.64 |  | 8. Alex Ngouari-Mouissi | CGO | 4:02.55 |  | 9. Ajmal Amirov | TJK | 4:03.75 | 
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 | | Heat 3 16:07 | Team | time |  | 1. Abdalaati Iguider | MAR | 3:37.14 |  | 2. Mekonnen Gebremedhin | ETH | 3:38.90 |  | 3. Garrett (Heath | USA | 3:39.25 |  | 4. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad | FRA | 3:39.63 |  | 5. Adrian Blincoe | NZL | 3:40.50 |  | 6. Goran Nava | SRB | 3:42.79 |  | 7. Christian Obrist | ITA | 3:46.33 |  | -. Belal Mansoor Ali | BRN | DNS | 
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