| Final 19:24 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 1. Grant Hackett |   Australia | 7:38.65 | WR |   | 1:51.891 | 3:47.171 | 5:43.551 | - | 4 | 25 |  | 2. Larsen Jensen |   United States | 7:45.63 | AM | +6.98s | 1:55.073 | 3:53.042 | 5:50.403 | - | 5 | 19 |  | 3. Yuriy Prilukov |   Russia | 7:46.64 | ER | +7.99s | 1:55.576 | 3:54.385 | 5:52.424 | - | 3 | 21 |  | 4. Przemyslaw Stanczyk |   Poland | 7:50.83 |   | +12.18s | 1:56.098 | 3:55.617 | 5:54.356 | - | 1 | 20 |  | 5. Oussama Mellouli |   Tunisia | 7:51.03 |   | +12.38s | 1:54.982 | 3:53.894 | 5:52.002 | - | 7 | 21 |  | 6. David Davies |   Great Britain | 7:51.54 |   | +12.89s | 1:55.404 | 3:53.693 | 5:52.985 | - | 6 | 20 |  | 7. Lukasz Drzewinski |   Poland | 7:58.62 |   | +19.97s | 1:55.565 | 3:55.516 | 5:56.717 | - | 8 | 21 |  | 8. Sebastien Rouault |   France | 8:03.52 |   | +24.87s | 1:56.037 | 3:55.908 | 5:59.898 | - | 2 | 19 |   
| World and Championship Record: Ian Thorpe, Australia 7:39.16 Fukuoka, Japan, 24th July |   
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 Heats - Tuesday, 26th July  |  | Best 8 times advanced to Final.  |   
| Heat 6 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 1. Grant Hackett |   Australia | 7:47.62 | Q |   | 1:55.72 | 3:54.60 | 5:53.05 | - | 4 | 25 |  | 2. Larsen Jensen |   United States | 7:48.89 | Q | +1.27s | 1:56.29 | 3:54.91 | 5:53.30 | - | 5 | 19 |  | 10.Christian Hein |   Germany | 7:56.38 |   | +8.76s | 1:56.78 | 3:56.50 | 5:57.19 | - | 6 | 22 |  | 19.Andrew Hurd |   Canada | 8:00.05 |   | +12.43s | 1:58.53 | 4:00.51 | 6:01.25 | - | 8 | 22 |  | 20.Chris Thompson |   United States | 8:04.67 |   | +17.05s | 1:58.30 | 4:00.73 | 6:03.91 | - | 1 | 26 |  | 23.Spyridon Gianniotis |   Greece | 8:07.46 |   | +19.84s | 1:57.66 | 4:00.10 | 6:04.73 | - | 7 | 25 |  | 24.Taehwan Park |   South Korea | 8:08.52 |   | +20.90s | 1:58.96 | 4:02.17 | 6:06.28 | - | 3 | 15 |  | 26.Kurtis MacGillivary |   Australia | 8:09.01 |   | +21.39s | 1:58.80 | 1:58.20 | 4:00.53 | - | 2 |   |   
| Heat 5 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 6. Oussama Mellouli |   Tunisia | 7:52.55 | Q | +4.93s | 1:57.15 | 3:57.93 | 5:56.34 | - | 5 | 21 |  | 7. Przemyslaw Stanczyk |   Poland | 7:52.56 | Q | +4.94s | 1:57.20 | 3:57.53 | 5:56.74 | - | 6 | 20 |  | 9. Nicolas Rostoucher |   France | 7:54.55 |   | +6.93s | 1:57.42 | 3:57.86 | 5:57.12 | - | 7 | 24 |  | 11.Sergei Fesenko |   Ukraine | 7:57.11 |   | +9.49s | 1:57.45 | 3:58.52 | 5:58.51 | - | 1 | 23 |  | 15.Massimiliano Rosolino |   Italy | 7:59.60 |   | +11.98s | 1:56.65 | 3:58.09 | 5:58.92 | - | 4 | 27 |  | 17.Marco Rivera |   Spain | 7:59.66 |   | +12.04s | 1:57.79 | 3:58.84 | 6:00.59 | - | 2 | 22 |  | 25.Felipe Araujo |   Brazil | 8:08.65 |   | +21.03s | 1:57.80 | 3:58.64 | 6:02.17 | - | 8 | 21 |  | -. Emiliano Brembilla |   Italy | DNS |   |   |   |   |   | - | 3 | 26 |   
| Heat 4 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 3. Yuriy Prilukov |   Russia | 7:51.75 | Q | +4.13s | 1:57.95 | 3:57.72 | 5:56.28 | - | 3 | 21 |  | 4. David Davies |   Great Britain | 7:51.92 | Q | +4.30s | 1:57.56 | 3:57.20 | 5:55.71 | - | 4 | 20 |  | 5. Sebastien Rouault |   France | 7:52.04 | Q | +4.42s | 1:57.05 | 3:55.69 | 5:54.20 | - | 5 | 19 |  | 8. Lukasz Drzewinski |   Poland | 7:53.33 | Q | +5.71s | 1:57.48 | 3:57.38 | 5:56.38 | - | 2 | 21 |  | 14.Igor Chervynskiy |   Ukraine | 7:59.09 |   | +11.47s | 1:57.59 | 3:57.98 | 5:58.71 | - | 6 | 23 |  | 16.Mark Randall |   South Africa | 7:59.65 |   | +12.03s | 1:57.13 | 3:57.68 | 5:58.64 | - | 1 | 19 |  | 18.Troyden Prinsloo |   South Africa | 7:59.69 |   | +12.07s | 1:58.01 | 3:58.88 | 5:59.59 | - | 7 | 19 |  | 30.Stef Verachten |   Belgium | 8:16.93 |   | +29.31s | 2:00.50 | 4:04.08 | 6:09.13 | - | 8 | 22 |   
| Heat 3 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 12.Dragos Coman |   Romania | 7:57.79 |   | +10.17s | 1:56.47 | 3:56.03 | 5:57.41 | - | 5 | 24 |  | 22.Fernando Costa |   Portugal | 8:06.98 |   | +19.36s | 2:00.29 | 4:02.67 | 6:06.35 | - | 4 | 20 |  | 27.Luka Turk |   Slovenia | 8:09.23 |   | +21.61s | 2:01.97 | 4:06.47 | 6:08.90 | - | 6 | 18 |  | 28.Gard Kvale |   Norway | 8:09.32 |   | +21.70s | 2:00.89 | 4:04.01 | 6:07.87 | - | 3 | 21 |  | 29.Tong Xin |   China | 8:12.91 |   | +25.29s | 2:00.89 | 4:04.99 | 6:10.27 | - | 2 | 18 |  | 31.Kuk-In Han |   South Korea | 8:18.06 |   | +30.44s | 2:03.70 | 4:09.04 | 6:14.19 | - | 8 |   |  | 35.Nawaf Al-Wazzan |   Kuwait | 8:29.83 |   | +42.21s | 2:05.34 | 4:12.90 | 6:21.56 | - | 1 | 18 |  | 36.Sheng-Chieh Tang |   Chinese Taipei | 8:29.91 |   | +42.29s | 2:05.21 | 4:13.82 | 6:22.75 | - | 7 |   |   
| Heat 2 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 13.Sho Uchida |   Japan | 7:58.00 |   | +10.38s | 1:57.32 | 3:56.84 | 5:57.77 | - | 3 | 17 |  | 21.Taishi Okude |   Japan | 8:05.65 |   | +18.03s | 1:57.86 | 3:59.28 | 6:03.37 | - | 5 | 21 |  | 32.Mahrez Mebarek |   Algeria | 8:20.55 | NR | +32.93s | 1:59.34 | 4:04.17 | 6:12.66 | - | 4 | 20 |  | 33.Evan Marcus |   Guatemala | 8:23.13 |   | +35.51s | 2:02.36 | 4:09.03 | 6:16.20 | - | 6 |   |  | 34.Juan Carlos Miguel Mendoza |   Philippines | 8:28.73 |   | +41.11s | 2:04.44 | 4:12.63 | 6:21.12 | - | 7 | 23 |  | 37.Lionel Lee |   Singapore | 8:39.94 |   | +52.32s | 2:05.02 | 4:16.06 | 6:28.11 | - | 1 |   |  | 39.Ming Zhe Marcus Cheah |   Singapore | 8:48.71 |   | +1:01.09 | 2:08.14 | 4:21.80 | 6:35.54 | - | 2 | 17 |  | 40.Neil Agius |   Malta | 8:53.14 |   | +1:05.52 | 2:10.24 | 4:24.21 | 6:37.53 | - | 8 | 19 |   
| Heat 1 10:31 |   | time |   | gap | 200m | 400m | 600m | pts | L | Ag |  | 38.Irakli Revishvili |   Georgia | 8:41.81 |   | +54.19s | 2:07.26 | 4:18.75 | 6:31.28 | - | 4 | 16 |  | 41.Rony Bakale |   Congo | 8:54.73 |   | +1:07.11 | 2:06.03 | 4:19.87 | 6:40.98 | - | 6 | 17 |  | 42.Steven Mangroo |   Seychelles | 8:55.03 | NR | +1:07.41 | 2:07.98 | 4:24.11 | 6:42.12 | - | 5 | 17 |  | 43.Yasser Omar Nunez Munguia |   Nicaragua | 8:58.55 |   | +1:10.93 | 2:07.38 | 4:22.28 | 6:41.16 | - | 3 | 21 |  | 44.Hei Meng Lao |   Macau | 9:17.94 |   | +1:30.32 | 2:13.32 | 4:33.35 | 6:56.22 | - | 2 | 17 |   
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