| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stéphane Buckland |  MRI | 20.29 Q | 0.185 | 
| 2 | Francis Obikwelu |  POR | 20.40 Q | 0.243 | 
| 2 | Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 20.40 Q NR | 0.214 | 
| 4 | Yaozu Yang |  CHN | 20.59 Q SB | 0.217 | 
| 5 | Johan Wissman |  SWE | 20.60 q | 0.245 | 
| 6 | Paul Brizzel |  IRL | 21.00 SB | 0.179 | 
| 7 | Nabie Foday Fofana |  GUI | 21.45 | 0.227 | 
| Hamed Hamdan AlBishi |  KSA | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Crawford |  USA | 20.55 Q | 0.272 | 
| 2 | Christopher Williams |  JAM | 20.57 Q | 0.140 | 
| 3 | Marcin Urbas |  POL | 20.71 Q SB | 0.174 | 
| 4 | Darren Campbell |  GBR | 20.72 Q | 0.155 | 
| 5 | Jaysuma SAIDY NDURE |  GAM | 20.78 q | 0.158 | 
| 6 | Leigh Julius |  RSA | 20.80 | 0.164 | 
| 7 | Geronimo Goeloe |  AHO | 21.09 | 0.167 | 
| 8 | BasÃlio de Moraes |  BRA | 21.14 | 0.236 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.54 Q | 0.235 | 
| 2 | Malik Louahla |  ALG | 20.67 Q | 0.187 | 
| 3 | David Canal |  ESP | 20.72 Q | 0.181 | 
| 4 | Brian Dzingai |  ZIM | 20.72 Q | 0.184 | 
| 5 | Heber Viera |  URU | 20.94 SB | 0.256 | 
| 6 | Oleg Sergeyev |  RUS | 20.95 | 0.269 | 
| 7 | Mphelave Dlamin |  SWZ | 21.82 | 0.270 | 
| Chris Lambert |  GBR | DNF | 0.244 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcin Jedrusinski |  POL | 20.63 Q SB | 0.256 | 
| 2 | Tobias Unger |  GER | 20.65 Q | 0.160 | 
| 3 | Joseph Batangdon |  CMR | 20.92 Q | 0.239 | 
| 4 | Géza Pauer |  HUN | 21.02 Q | 0.257 | 
| 5 | Usain BOLT |  JAM | 21.05 | 0.254 | 
| 6 | Christian Nsiah |  GHA | 21.06 | 0.146 | 
| 7 | Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami |  OMA | 21.82 | 0.152 | 
| 8 | Ryo Matsuda |  JPN | 24.59 | 0.223 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominic Demeritte |  BAH | 20.62 Q | 0.246 | 
| 2 | Christian Malcolm |  GBR | 20.62 Q | 0.284 | 
| 3 | Panayiótis SarrÃs |  GRE | 20.67 Q | 0.254 | 
| 4 | Asafa POWELL |  JAM | 20.77 Q | 0.207 | 
| 5 | Jirà VojtÃk |  CZE | 20.79 | 0.179 | 
| 6 | Dion Crabbe |  IVB | 20.85 | 0.231 | 
| 7 | Nazmizan Muhammad |  MAS | 21.24 | 0.238 | 
| 8 | Adam Miller |  AUS | 21.31 | 0.198 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Williams |  USA | 20.29 Q | 0.207 | 
| 2 | Anastásios Goúsis |  GRE | 20.44 Q PB | 0.236 | 
| 3 | Andrew Howe |  ITA | 20.55 Q | 0.198 | 
| 4 | Matic Osovnikar |  SLO | 20.57 Q PB | 0.203 | 
| 5 | Till Helmke |  GER | 20.73 q | 0.241 | 
| 6 | Oumar Loum |  SEN | 20.97 | 0.240 | 
| 7 | Anninos Marcoullides |  CYP | 23.94 | 0.247 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Ernst |  GER | 20.47 Q =PB | 0.220 | 
| 2 | Justin GATLIN |  USA | 20.51 Q | 0.282 | 
| 3 | Marco Torrieri |  ITA | 20.68 Q | 0.222 | 
| 4 | Cláudio Roberto Souza |  BRA | 20.70 Q =SB | 0.165 | 
| 5 | Brendan Christian |  ANT | 20.71 q | 0.251 | 
| 6 | Shinji Takahira |  JPN | 21.05 | 0.212 | 
| 7 | Dadash Ibrahimov |  AZE | 21.60 | 0.141 | 
| 8 | Russel Roman |  PLW | 24.89 | 0.264 |