| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paiwa Bogela |  PNG | |||
| Philip Brown |  GBR | |||
| Kenrick Camerud |  SKN | 46.9 | ||
| Aldo Canti |  FRA | |||
| Isidro Del Prado |  PHI | |||
| Gordan Hinds |  BAR | |||
| Sunder Nix |  USA | 44.68 | ||
| Gerson A. Souza |  BRA | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Al Harazi |  YEM | |||
| Abu Alhassan |  GHA | |||
| Bert Cameron |  JAM | |||
| Ángel Heras |  ESP | |||
| Khalil Ibrahim Salem |  UAE | 47.49 | ||
| Thomas Schönlebe |  GDR | |||
| Ján Tomko |  TCH | 45.64 | 45.64 | |
| Sándor Vasvári |  HUN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Atuti |  KEN | |||
| Todd Bennett |  GBR | |||
| Emmanuel Bitanga |  CMR | 46.34 | ||
| Dean Greenaway |  IVB | 46.04 | ||
| Douglas Hinds |  CAN | |||
| Gary Minihan |  AUS | 45.65 | 45.65 | |
| Erwin Skamrahl |  FRG | 44.50 | 44.50 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Arnold |  SUI | |||
| Moses Kyeswa |  UGA | |||
| Nafi Ahmed Mersal |  EGY | 46.87 | ||
| Lenford O'Garro |  VIN | |||
| Michael Paul |  TTO | |||
| David Sawyerr |  SLE | |||
| Eliot Tabron |  USA | |||
| Susumu Takano |  JPN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Héctor Daley |  PAN | 45.29 | ||
| Hassan El Kashief |  SUD | 44.76 | ||
| Allan Ingraham |  BAH | |||
| Eric Josjö |  SWE | 45.63 | ||
| Viktor Markin |  URS | 44.60 | ||
| Jean-Marie Rudasinqwa |  RWA | |||
| Gabriel Tiacoh |  CIV | 46.94 | ||
| Martin Weppler |  FRG | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moussa Fall |  SEN | |||
| Michael Franks |  USA | |||
| Christopher Madzokere |  ZIM | |||
| Dušan Malovec |  TCH | 45.83 | 45.83 | |
| Agripa Mwausegha |  MAW | |||
| Joseph Ramotshabi |  BOT | |||
| Oddur Sigurdsson |  ISL | |||
| Sunday Uti |  NGR | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1983 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Clark |  AUS | |||
| Adram M'Kumi |  TAN | |||
| Mike Okot |  UGA | |||
| Roberto Ribaud |  ITA | |||
| Matti Rusanen |  FIN | |||
| Mike Solomon |  TTO | 46.20 | ||
| Hartmut Weber |  FRG | 44.72 | ||
| Clive Williams |  BIZ |