| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 2169 | Yohan BLAKE |
JAM |
20.01 Q | -0.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3253 | Wallace Spearmon |
USA |
20.02 Q | -0.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1759 | Christophe LEMAITRE |
FRA |
20.03 q | -0.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 2547 | Churandy MARTINA |
NED |
20.17 Q | -0.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2170 | Usain BOLT |
JAM |
20.18 Q | -0.6 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2783 | Anaso JOBODWANA |
RSA |
20.27 Q PB | -0.6 |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 2191 | Warren Weir |
JAM |
20.28 Q | -0.4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | 1576 | Alex QUIÑÓNEZ |
ECU |
20.37 q | -0.6 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1283 | Aaron BROWN |
CAN |
20.42 PB | -0.6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 2598 | Jaysuma SAIDY NDURE |
NOR |
20.42 | -0.5 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 1820 | Christian Malcolm |
GBR |
20.51 | -0.4 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 1987 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas |
GRE |
20.52 =PB | -0.5 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | 1224 | Bruno de Barros |
BRA |
20.55 | -0.5 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 3240 | Maurice Mitchell |
USA |
20.56 | -0.4 |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 1017 | Brendan Christian |
ANT |
20.58 SB | -0.4 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | 1220 | Aldemir JUNIOR |
BRA |
20.63 | -0.6 |
| 17 | 7 | 1 | 1284 | Jared Connaughton |
CAN |
20.64 | -0.5 |
| 18 | 8 | 1 | 2237 | Kei Takase |
JPN |
20.70 | -0.5 |
| 19 | 6 | 3 | 2236 | Shinji Takahira |
JPN |
20.77 | -0.4 |
| 20 | 6 | 2 | 2654 | Kamil Krynski |
POL |
20.83 | -0.6 |
| 21 | 7 | 2 | 2973 | Alex WILSON |
SUI |
20.85 | -0.6 |
| 22 | 8 | 2 | 3264 | Isiah YOUNG |
USA |
20.89 | -0.6 |
| 3 | 2919 | Antoine Adams |
SKN |
DQ | -0.4 | ||
| 3 | 1104 | Michael Mathieu |
BAH |
DQ | -0.4 |