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