| Heat 1 | Viby Stadium - 29 July 2017 - 15:00 |
| Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 3718 | PIHLSTRAND-TRULP Joakim | 1977 | M40 | SWE SWEDEN | 4:18.67 |
| 3114 | VAN DE VOORT Dolf | 1974 | M40 | NED NETHERLANDS | 4:39.94 |
| 1639 | RICHARDSON Dean | 1973 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 3:55.00 |
| 2754 | DEMARNI Nicola | 1973 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 4:19.72 |
| 2548 | KONSTANTINIDIS Charalam | 1974 | M40 | GRE GREECE | 4:24.11 |
| 2390 | SEEMANN Jan | 1975 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 4:27.5 |
| 797 | PENA MARTINEZ Victor | 1974 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 4:06.8 |
| 542 | PEDERSEN SKOVLUND Micha | 1973 | M40 | DEN DENMARK | 4:43.24 |
| 150 | VERSCHOREN Bart | 1977 | M40 | BEL BELGIUM | 4:10.38 |
| 2670 | SHEIL Niall | 1977 | M40 | IRL IRELAND | 4:03.5 |
| 286 | ABRAHAMSSON Bo | 1976 | M40 | DEN DENMARK | 4:12.0 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 10 fastest times qualified. |
| Heat 2 | Viby Stadium - 29 July 2017 - 15:10 |
| Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 714 | FRANCO Antonio | 1974 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 3:58.75 |
| 158 | BUNIC Slavisa | 1976 | M40 | BIH BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | 4:15.20 |
| 534 | PEDERSEN Jesper | 1975 | M40 | DEN DENMARK | 4:06.76 |
| 657 | BERNAL GRAVALOS Pablo | 1974 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 4:20.00 |
| 3126 | VAN DER PUTTEN Marijn | 1975 | M40 | NED NETHERLANDS | 4:14.34 |
| 605 | THOMSEN Regin | 1976 | M40 | DEN DENMARK | 4:35.00 |
| 174 | TRANKOV Nikolay | 1975 | M40 | BUL BULGARIA | 4:24.10 |
| 2653 | MCDERMOTT Sean | 1974 | M40 | IRL IRELAND | 4:30.25 |
| 2049 | KIRSCH Viktor | 1972 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 4:10.36 |
| 1609 | O'MAHONEY Dominic | 1974 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:08.0 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 10 fastest times qualified. |
| Heat 3 | Viby Stadium - 29 July 2017 - 15:20 |
| Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | SB |
| 2665 | O'SULLIVAN Peter | 1974 | M40 | IRL IRELAND | 4:09.20 |
| 2281 | REUSCHENBACH Andreas | 1976 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 4:35.0 |
| 1181 | GIBIER Julien | 1974 | M40 | FRA FRANCE | 4:02.01 |
| 2516 | WITTIG Jens | 1976 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 4:31.14 |
| 1132 | CHEVAUX Christophe | 1975 | M40 | FRA FRANCE | 4:00.09 |
| 2567 | BOROSS Gabor | 1975 | M40 | HUN HUNGARY | 4:09.75 |
| 859 | ULISES Avila Lluch | 1975 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 4:14.01 |
| 1446 | FAIRHURST Peter | 1972 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 4:20.5 |
| 853 | SIMARRO FERNANDEZ Ricar | 1976 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 4:21.10 |
| 3068 | MEKKING Bas | 1977 | M40 | NED NETHERLANDS | 4:15.03 |
| Qual.Rule: first 2 of each heat plus the 10 fastest times qualified. |
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