| Heat 1 11:15 | Team | time | N | Rk. | | 1. Mo Farah | GBR | 8:02.36 | 5 | 9. | | 2. Rui Silva | POR | 8:02.69 | 6 | 11. | | 3. Daniele Meucci | ITA | 8:02.71 | 3 | 12. | | 4. Francisco Javier Alves | ESP | 8:02.90 | 2 | 13. | | 5. Sergey Ivanov | RUS | 8:07.27 | 4 | 17. | | 6. Mykola Labovskyy | UKR | 8:08.17 | 8 | 18. | | 7. Nordine Gezzar | FRA | 8:10.69 | 1 | 19. | | 8. Bjornar Ustad Kristensen | NOR | 8:11.63 | 9 | 21. | | 9. Sevak Yeghikyan | ARM | 8:23.83 | 7 | 25. |
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| Heat 2 11:27 | Team | time | N | Rk. | | 1. Hayle Ibrahimov | AZE | 8:00.36 | 1 | 1. | | 2. Florian Carvalho | FRA | 8:00.90 | 2 | 2. | | 3. Jesus Espana | ESP | 8:01.56 | 8 | 6. | | 4. Mert Girmalegese | TUR | 8:02.12 | 5 | 8. | | 5. Lukasz Parszczynski | POL | 8:03.14 | 4 | 14. | | 6. Siarhei Chabiarak | BLR | 8:05.29 | 6 | 16. | | 7. Jonas Hamm | FIN | 8:16.51 | 7 | 23. | | 8. Adil Bouafif | SWE | 8:20.69 | 3 | 24. | | 9. Valentin Smirnov | RUS | 8:29.23 | 9 | 26. |
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