| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Floyd Heard |  USA | 20.37 | |
| 2 | Vladimir Krylov |  URS | 20.77 | |
| 3 | Peter Klein |  FRG | 20.89 | |
| 4 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi |  ALG | 21.14 | |
| 5 | Nelson Boateng |  GHA | 21.19 | |
| 6 | Harouna Palé |  BUR | 21.26 | |
| 7 | Dazel Jules |  TTO | 21.53 | |
| Linford Christie |  GBR | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attila Kovács |  HUN | 20.77 | |
| 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose |  FRA | 20.82 | |
| 3 | Besik Gotsiridze |  URS | 20.89 | |
| 4 | Sergio Querol |  CUB | 20.94 | |
| 5 | Stefano Tilli |  ITA | 21.01 | |
| 6 | Feng Li |  CHN | 21.47 | |
| 7 | Felix Sandy |  SLE | 21.67 | |
| 8 | Yaya Seyba |  MLI | 21.93 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilles Quénéhervé |  FRA | 20.59 | |
| 2 | Clive Wright |  JAM | 20.88 | |
| 3 | Achmed De Kom |  NED | 21.11 | |
| 4 | Volker Westhagemann |  FRG | 21.15 | |
| 5 | Neville Hodge |  ISV | 21.33 | |
| 6 | Haron Mundir |  SGP | 21.51 | |
| 7 | John Dinan |  AUS | 21.62 | |
| 8 | Mark Sherwin |  COK | 23.41 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robson da Silva |  BRA | 20.56 | |
| 2 | Atlee Mahorn |  CAN | 20.62 | |
| 3 | Andreas Berger |  AUT | 20.82 | |
| 4 | Andrey Fedoriv |  URS | 20.93 | |
| 5 | István Nagy |  HUN | 21.06 | |
| 6 | LuÃs Barroso |  POR | 21.15 | |
| 7 | Wing-Kwong Leung |  HKG | 21.48 | |
| 8 | Sahim Saleh Mehdy |  YEM | 23.07 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calvin Smith |  USA | 20.62 | |
| 2 | Daniel Sangouma |  FRA | 20.80 | |
| 3 | Simon Kipkemboi |  KEN | 20.84 | |
| 4 | Christian Haas |  FRG | 20.96 | |
| 5 | Jindrich Roun |  TCH | 21.04 | |
| 6 | Ian Morris |  TTO | 21.36 | |
| 7 | Takale Tuna |  PNG | 22.06 | |
| 8 | Suli Peauope |  TGA | 22.45 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Regis |  GBR | 20.76 | |
| 2 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni |  ITA | 20.80 | |
| 3 | Wallace Spearmon |  USA | 20.82 | |
| 4 | Arnaldo Silva |  BRA | 21.03 | |
| 5 | Robert Stone |  AUS | 21.23 | |
| 6 | Alvin Daniel |  TTO | 21.37 | |
| 7 | Secundino Boratoba |  GEQ | 23.66 |