| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 459 | Stéphane Diagana |
FRA |
48.55 Q SB |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | 1339 | Marcel Schelbert |
SUI |
48.66 Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 154 | Eronilde Nunes de Araújo |
BRA |
48.81 Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1553 | Samuel Matete |
ZAM |
48.90 Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | 1522 | Torrance Zellner |
USA |
48.97 q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 819 | Dinsdale Morgan |
JAM |
48.99 Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | 1179 | Carlos Silva |
POR |
49.02 Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 794 | Fabrizio Mori |
ITA |
49.07 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 835 | Kazuhiko Yamikaze |
JPN |
49.08 Q |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 820 | Kemel Thompson |
JAM |
49.17 Q |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | 1521 | Joey Woody |
USA |
49.18 Q |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 1143 | Pawel Januszewski |
POL |
49.21 Q |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | 691 | Tibor Bédi |
HUN |
49.38 Q |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | 320 | Jirà MužÃk |
CZE |
49.40 q SB |
| 15 | 3 | 6 | 1279 | Ibou Faye |
SEN |
49.48 |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 592 | Thomas Goller |
GER |
49.52 Q |
| 17 | 4 | 6 | 836 | Shunji Karube |
JPN |
49.52 |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | 654 | PeriklÃs Iakovákis |
GRE |
49.53 PB |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | 1507 | Angelo Taylor |
USA |
49.58 |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | 1298 | Miro Kocuvan |
SLO |
49.63 |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | 980 | Mustapha Sdad |
MAR |
49.64 SB |
| 22 | 4 | 5 | 837 | Hideaki Kawamura |
JPN |
49.66 |
| 23 | 4 | 2 | 344 | Felix Sánchez |
DOM |
49.67 |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | 1557 | Ken Harnden |
ZIM |
49.72 |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 480 | Jean-Laurent Heusse |
FRA |
49.82 Q |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | 898 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
KSA |
49.88 |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | 278 | Darko Juricic |
CRO |
49.96 SB |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | 1177 | Pedro Rodrigues |
POR |
49.97 SB |
| 29 | 5 | 1 | 155 | Cleverson da Silva |
BRA |
49.98 |
| 30 | 6 | 6 | 517 | Anthony Borsumato |
GBR |
50.05 |
| 31 | 5 | 2 | 242 | Chunhua Tan |
CHN |
50.10 |
| 32 | 6 | 1 | 1029 | Vadim Zadoynov |
MDA |
50.14 |
| 33 | 4 | 7 | 529 | Paul Gray |
GBR |
50.15 |
| 34 | 6 | 2 | 200 | Alexandre Marchand |
CAN |
50.30 |
| 35 | 5 | 7 | 1260 | Vladislav Shiryayev |
RUS |
50.34 |
| 36 | 7 | 1 | 1303 | Zahr-Edin Al Najem |
SYR |
50.35 PB |
| 37 | 5 | 3 | 1547 | Siniša Peša |
SCG |
50.40 |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | 93 | Victor Houston |
BAR |
50.57 |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | 201 | Monte Raymond |
CAN |
50.75 |
| 40 | 5 | 4 | 207 | Jeff Ellis |
CAN |
50.77 |
| 41 | 6 | 4 | 37 | Zid Abou Hamed |
AUS |
50.85 |
| 42 | 6 | 3 | 1122 | Curt Young |
PAN |
51.48 |
| 43 | 7 | 2 | 1315 | Ashok K. Jayasundara |
SRI |
51.70 |
| 44 | 6 | 5 | 1137 | Ivan Wakit |
PNG |
52.55 |
| 45 | 7 | 7 | 1066 | Asha Ram Chaudhari |
NEP |
53.87 |
| 1 | 1404 | Tien-Wen Chen |
TPE |
DQ | ||
| 5 | 305 | Konstantinos Pochanis |
CYP |
DNF | ||
| 3 | 1210 | Llewellyn Herbert |
RSA |
DNS | ||
| 6 | 1078 | Kenneth Enyiazu |
NGR |
DNS | ||
| 4 | 550 | Christopher Rawlinson |
GBR |
DNS |