| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 725 | William Wynne |  USA | 50.28 Q WYL | 0.137 | 
| 2 | 40 | Nathan Arnett |  BAH | 51.77 Q PB | 0.188 | 
| 3 | 402 | Julius Rotich Oletygor |  KEN | 51.77 Q PB | 0.162 | 
| 4 | 553 | PC Beneke |  RSA | 51.94 Q | 0.150 | 
| 5 | 234 | Michael Baker |  GBR | 51.98 PB | 0.159 | 
| 6 | 584 | Nikita Andriyanov |  RUS | 52.70 | 0.172 | 
| 7 | 413 | Adel Al-Nasser |  KSA | 53.33 PB | 0.209 | 
| 8 | 702 | Ihor Shyrokyy |  UKR | 55.44 | 0.169 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 724 | Reginald Wyatt |  USA | 50.48 Q PB | 0.181 | 
| 2 | 132 | Amaurys R. Valle |  CUB | 51.04 Q PB | 0.161 | 
| 3 | 559 | Cornel Fredericks |  RSA | 51.82 Q | 0.141 | 
| 4 | 410 | Hamada Al-Bishi |  KSA | 52.27 Q PB | 0.157 | 
| 5 | 380 | Tatsuhiko Mizuno |  JPN | 52.71 | 0.190 | 
| 6 | 367 | Dwayne Extol |  JAM | 52.92 PB | 0.156 | 
| 7 | 84 | Gabriel El Hanbli |  CAN | 53.18 | 0.147 | 
| 8 | 397 | Boniface Linga Mutunga |  KEN | 53.31 | 0.173 |