| Pos. | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
| 1 | 1182 | GILBERT Frederic | 1972 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 4:14.72 Q |
| 2 | 1406 | COOMBES Simon | 1972 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:16.16 Q |
| 3 | 910 | ALANEN Sami | 1971 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 4:17.09 q |
| 4 | 3524 | HRCKA Lubomir | 1969 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 4:17.85 q |
| 5 | 1679 | SYMES Mark | 1968 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:22.97 Q |
| 6 | 3828 | STEFANOV Blagovest | 1970 | M45 | BUL BULGARIA | 4:23.66 Q |
| 7 | 652 | BARDAVIO ATIENZA Julio | 1971 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 4:23.87 Q |
| 8 | 2010 | HOVAN Thomas | 1971 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 4:24.44 q |
| 9 | 648 | BALAGUE RUBIO Miguel An | 1970 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 4:25.80 Q |
| 10 | 471 | LAU Henrik Allan | 1971 | M45 | DEN DENMARK | 4:26.51 q |
| 11 | 3634 | JONSSON Mattias | 1970 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 4:26.59 q |
| 12 | 2540 | APOSTOLIDES Anestis | 1972 | M45 | GRE GREECE | 4:27.67 q |
| 13 | 2047 | KINADETER JUN Georg | 1969 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 4:28.75 q |
| 14 | 3598 | FRIBERG Christer | 1972 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 4:28.87 q |
| 15 | 2117 | LANGE Harald | 1968 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 4:29.33 q |
| 16 | 2634 | FITZGERALD Eoin | 1971 | M45 | IRL IRELAND | 4:29.49 q |
| 17 | 1415 | DATNOW Robert | 1971 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:30.20 |
| 18 | 668 | CALERO BERMEJO Angel Ma | 1968 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 4:30.76 |
| 19 | 2244 | PETERMANN Jan | 1967 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 4:30.78 |
| 20 | 1584 | MOFFATT Graham | 1968 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:31.75 |
| 21 | 847 | SANCHO ESTEBAN Miguel A | 1969 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 4:34.44 |
| 22 | 12 | BOSSOWSKI Jakub | 1970 | M45 | AUT AUSTRIA | 4:39.43 |
| 23 | 2271 | REICHELT Karsten | 1970 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 4:40.93 |
| 24 | 1195 | GUTIERREZ-MOUGIN Arnaud | 1968 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 4:42.13 |
| 25 | 1654 | SCOLTOCK Calvin | 1969 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:42.61 |
| 26 | 378 | FROBERG Kjeld | 1970 | M45 | DEN DENMARK | 4:43.42 |
| 27 | 1475 | GLENDINNING Greig | 1971 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:46.14 |
| 28 | 2714 | BRATINA Vojko | 1969 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 4:51.37 |
| 29 | 3208 | NEDREGAARD Svein Oskar | 1968 | M45 | NOR NORWAY | 5:47.48 |
| 30 | 324 | BOE Karl | 1968 | M45 | DEN DENMARK | 5:59.30 |
| | 1169 | FIEVET Hugues | 1972 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | DNS |
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