| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 664 | Steve Mullings |
JAM |
20.23 Q | -0.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 888 | Alonso EDWARD |
PAN |
20.33 Q | -0.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 1174 | Shawn Crawford |
USA |
20.37 Q | -0.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 154 | Ramil GULIYEV |
AZE |
20.40 Q | -0.3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 656 | Usain BOLT |
JAM |
20.41 Q | 0.0 |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 1230 | Wallace Spearmon |
USA |
20.44 Q | -0.6 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 622 | Paul Hession |
IRL |
20.48 Q | -0.3 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 434 | David Alerte |
FRA |
20.51 Q SB | 0.0 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 457 | Martial Mbandjock |
FRA |
20.55 Q PB | 0.0 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | 1172 | Charles Clark |
USA |
20.55 q | 0.0 |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 552 | Robert Hering |
GER |
20.58 Q | -0.6 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 1115 | Rondel Sorrillo |
TTO |
20.58 q | 0.0 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 112 | Brendan Christian |
ANT |
20.58 q | -0.3 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 1111 | Emmanuel Callender |
TTO |
20.62 q | -0.3 |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | 494 | Marlon Devonish |
GBR |
20.66 Q | -0.2 |
| 16 | 6 | 3 | 557 | Aleixo-Platini Menga |
GER |
20.68 | -0.3 |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | 599 | Rolando Palacios |
HON |
20.69 Q SB | -0.2 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 692 | Shinji Takahira |
JPN |
20.69 | -0.2 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 1017 | Roman Smirnov |
RUS |
20.72 SB | -0.2 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | 277 | Ben Youssef Meité |
CIV |
20.78 | -0.3 |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | 1056 | Marco Cribari |
SUI |
20.81 | -0.6 |
| 22 | 6 | 1 | 1032 | Kim COLLINS |
SKN |
20.84 | 0.0 |
| 23 | 5 | 4 | 967 | Thuso Mpuang |
RSA |
20.87 | -0.6 |
| 24 | 7 | 1 | 1060 | Marc Schneeberger |
SUI |
20.91 | 0.0 |
| 25 | 6 | 2 | 1125 | Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa |
UAE |
20.97 | -0.2 |
| 26 | 7 | 4 | 254 | Sam Effah |
CAN |
20.97 | -0.6 |
| 27 | 6 | 4 | 684 | Kenji FUJIMITSU |
JPN |
20.97 | -0.6 |
| 28 | 8 | 1 | 253 | Gavin SMELLIE |
CAN |
21.27 | 0.0 |
| 29 | 8 | 3 | 839 | Stéphane Buckland |
MRI |
21.33 | -0.3 |
| 2 | 252 | Jared Connaughton |
CAN |
DQ | -0.2 | ||
| 2 | 1256 | Brian Dzingai |
ZIM |
DNF | -0.2 | ||
| 4 | 394 | Marek Niit |
EST |
DNS | -0.6 |