| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1206 | LaShawn Merritt |
USA |
44.37 Q WL |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1113 | Renny QUOW |
TTO |
44.53 Q PB |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1242 | Jeremy Wariner |
USA |
44.69 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 490 | Michael Bingham |
GBR |
44.74 Q PB |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 448 | Leslie Djhone |
FRA |
44.80 q SB |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 619 | David Gillick |
IRL |
44.88 q |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 295 | Williams Collazo |
CUB |
44.93 PB |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 160 | Chris Brown |
BAH |
44.95 Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 629 | Tabarie Henry |
ISV |
44.97 Q |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 161 | Ramon Miller |
BAH |
44.99 PB |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 658 | Ricardo Chambers |
JAM |
45.13 SB |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | 176 | Kévin BORLÉE |
BEL |
45.28 SB |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 128 | Sean Wroe |
AUS |
45.32 |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 127 | John Steffensen |
AUS |
45.50 |
| 15 | 5 | 2 | 321 | Erison Hurtault |
DMA |
45.59 |
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 1055 | Rabah YOUSIF |
SUD |
45.63 |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 1197 | Lionel Larry |
USA |
45.85 |
| 18 | 7 | 3 | 504 | Robert Tobin |
GBR |
45.90 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | 505 | Martyn ROONEY |
GBR |
45.98 |
| 20 | 6 | 1 | 130 | Joel Milburn |
AUS |
46.06 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | 460 | Teddy Atine - Venel |
FRA |
46.30 |
| 22 | 7 | 1 | 787 | Mohamed Khouaja |
LBA |
46.43 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | 638 | Matteo GALVAN |
ITA |
46.87 |
| 1 | 1085 | Johan Wissman |
SWE |
DNS |