| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Phillips |
USA
|
50.44 | |
| 2 | Rik Tommelein |
BEL
|
50.99 | |
| 3 | Gary Oakes |
GBR
|
51.23 | |
| 4 | Ian Newhouse |
CAN
|
51.45 | |
| 5 | Meshak Munyoro |
KEN
|
53.25 | |
| 6 | Paiwa Bogela |
PNG
|
54.68 | |
| Aleksandr Yatsevich |
URS
|
DNF |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Kharlov |
URS
|
50.12 | |
| 2 | Sven Nylander |
SWE
|
50.23 | |
| 3 | José Alonso |
ESP
|
50.53 | |
| 4 | Vladislav Pecen |
TCH
|
50.86 | |
| 5 | István Takács |
HUN
|
50.97 | |
| 6 | Peter Rwamuhanda |
UGA
|
50.99 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lee |
USA
|
50.15 | |
| 2 | Toma Tomov |
BUL
|
50.39 | |
| 3 | Karl Smith |
JAM
|
50.64 | |
| 4 | Thomas Futterknecht |
AUT
|
50.68 | |
| 5 | Antonio Diaz Ferreira |
BRA
|
50.76 | |
| 6 | Stephen Sole |
GBR
|
51.80 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem |
EGY
|
52.32 |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Moses |
USA
|
49.54 | |
| 2 | Daniel Ogidi |
NGR
|
50.44 | |
| 3 | Amadou Dia Ba |
SEN
|
50.59 | |
| 4 | Krasimir Demirev |
BUL
|
50.62 | |
| 5 | Greg Rolle |
BAH
|
50.92 | |
| 6 | Rok Kopitar |
YUG
|
52.34 | |
| 7 | Carlos Azulay |
ESP
|
DQ* |
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harald Schmid |
FRG
|
49.99 | |
| 2 | Ryszard Szparak |
POL
|
50.09 | |
| 3 | Franz Meier |
SUI
|
50.09 | |
| 4 | Ahmed Hamada |
BRN
|
50.53 | |
| 5 | Petter Hesselberg |
NOR
|
51.67 | |
| 6 | Georgios Vamvakas |
GRE
|
51.92 | |
| 7 | David Charlton |
BAH
|
52.02 |