| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 934 | Pieter de Villiers |
RSA |
49.24 Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 898 | Marek Plawgo |
POL |
49.66 Q | |
| 3 | 5 | 752 | Kenji Narisako |
JPN |
48.92 Q SB | |
| 3 | 3 | 914 | Javier Culson |
PUR |
49.09 Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 840 | Kurt Couto |
MOZ |
50.06 | |
| 1 | 5 | 490 | Felix Sánchez |
DOM |
48.70 Q SB | |
| 7 | 1 | 666 | Jonnie Lowe |
HON |
52.66 | |
| 4 | 710 | Markino Buckley |
JAM |
DNF | ||
| 7 | 3 | 589 | Dale Garland |
GBR |
49.98 | |
| 3 | 2 | 692 | Gianni Carabelli |
ITA |
49.81 Q | |
| 4 | 4 | 558 | Fadil Bellaabouss |
FRA |
49.51 Q | |
| 1 | 2 | 1091 | James Carter |
USA |
49.52 Q | |
| 5 | 1 | 398 | Raphael Fernandes |
BRA |
50.33 | |
| 1 | 3 | 720 | Danny McFarlane |
JAM |
48.91 Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 722 | Isa Phillips |
JAM |
49.38 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 881 | Bayano Kamani |
PAN |
49.67 Q | |
| 4 | 1 | 948 | L.J. van Zyl |
RSA |
49.71 | |
| 7 | 5 | 520 | José MarÃa Romera |
ESP |
50.82 | |
| 1 | 4 | 426 | Adam Kunkel |
CAN |
49.03 Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 1093 | Kerron Clement |
USA |
49.07 Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 880 | Haq Nawaz |
PAK |
51.72 PB | |
| 1 | 1 | 1155 | Derrick Williams |
USA |
49.65 Q | |
| 4 | 1061 | Ali Obaid Shirook |
UAE |
DNS | ||
| 5 | 3 | 952 | Aleksandr Derevyagin |
RUS |
49.66 q | |
| 6 | 2 | 761 | Masahira Yoshikata |
JPN |
50.59 | |
| 6 | 4 | 888 | Mowen Boino |
PNG |
52.45 | |
| 6 | 3 | 756 | Dai Tamesue |
JPN |
49.67 | |
| 4 | 2 | 763 | Yevgeniy Meleshenko |
KAZ |
49.94 Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 660 | Allan Ayala |
GUA |
52.26 | |
| 2 | 5 | 1106 | Bershawn Jackson |
USA |
48.87 Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 675 | Joseph G. Abraham |
IND |
49.64 q | |
| 2 | 4 | 654 | PeriklÃs Iakovákis |
GRE |
49.10 Q | |
| 1 | 570 | Naman Keïta |
FRA |
DQ | ||
| 4 | 3 | 911 | Edivaldo Monteiro |
POR |
49.66 Q | |
| 2 | 939 | Alwyn Myburgh |
RSA |
DNF | ||
| 5 | 5 | 835 | Ibrahim Maïga |
MLI |
49.55 q | |
| 3 | 1 | 442 | Yan Meng |
CHN |
49.66 Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 368 | Jonathan Williams |
BIZ |
49.61 q |