| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Hartmut Weber |
FRG |
45.74 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Bert Cameron |
JAM |
46.11 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Michael Franks |
USA |
46.16 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Ján Tomko |
TCH |
46.17 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Sunder Nix |
USA |
46.19 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Thomas Schönlebe |
GDR |
46.23 |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Darren Clark |
AUS |
46.26 |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Erwin Skamrahl |
FRG |
46.31 |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Martin Weppler |
FRG |
46.32 |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | Michael Paul |
TTO |
46.33 |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Moses Kyeswa |
UGA |
46.35 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Gerson A. Souza |
BRA |
46.43 |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Todd Bennett |
GBR |
46.58 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Philip Brown |
GBR |
46.60 |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Hassan El Kashief |
SUD |
46.61 |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Douglas Hinds |
CAN |
46.64 |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | Susumu Takano |
JPN |
46.66 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Eliot Tabron |
USA |
46.68 |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Mike Okot |
UGA |
46.69 |
| 20 | 4 | 2 | Sándor Vasvári |
HUN |
46.69 |
| 21 | 3 | 5 | Viktor Markin |
URS |
46.74 |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Gary Minihan |
AUS |
46.90 |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Isidro Del Prado |
PHI |
46.92 |
| 24 | 5 | 3 | James Atuti |
KEN |
46.95 |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Oddur Sigurdsson |
ISL |
47.09 |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | Gabriel Tiacoh |
CIV |
47.11 |
| 27 | 3 | 6 | Christopher Madzokere |
ZIM |
47.17 |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | Héctor Daley |
PAN |
47.19 |
| 29 | 6 | 5 | Eric Josjö |
SWE |
47.25 |
| 30 | 4 | 6 | Dušan Malovec |
TCH |
47.35 |
| 31 | 4 | 7 | Matti Rusanen |
FIN |
47.37 |
| 32 | 5 | 4 | Marcel Arnold |
SUI |
47.44 |
| 33 | 5 | 1 | Aldo Canti |
FRA |
47.50 |
| 34 | 6 | 1 | Gordan Hinds |
BAR |
47.55 |
| 35 | 5 | 6 | Moussa Fall |
SEN |
47.72 |
| 36 | 5 | 2 | Abu Alhassan |
GHA |
48.14 |
| 37 | 6 | 2 | Khalil Ibrahim Salem |
UAE |
48.16 |
| 38 | 6 | 3 | Dean Greenaway |
IVB |
48.26 |
| 39 | 6 | 6 | Joseph Ramotshabi |
BOT |
48.35 |
| 40 | 7 | 6 | Agripa Mwausegha |
MAW |
49.02 |
| 41 | 5 | 7 | Adram M'Kumi |
TAN |
49.22 |
| 42 | 6 | 4 | David Sawyerr |
SLE |
49.29 |
| 43 | 7 | 1 | Kenrick Camerud |
SKN |
49.68 |
| 44 | 7 | 4 | Lenford O'Garro |
VIN |
50.25 |
| 45 | 7 | 5 | Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa |
RWA |
50.52 |
| 46 | 6 | 7 | Clive Williams |
BIZ |
51.82 |
| 47 | 7 | 2 | Ali Al Harazi |
YEM |
59.67 |
| 2 | Ángel Heras |
ESP |
DQ | ||
| 7 | Roberto Ribaud |
ITA |
DQ | ||
| 6 | Sunday Uti |
NGR |
DQ | ||
| 4 | Nafi Ahmed Mersal |
EGY |
DNS | ||
| 7 | Mike Solomon |
TTO |
DNS | ||
| 1 | Paiwa Bogela |
PNG |
DNS | ||
| 5 | Allan Ingraham |
BAH |
DNS | ||
| 3 | Emmanuel Bitanga |
CMR |
DNS |