| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Baffi |  ITA | 44.84 | 44.84 | 
| 2 | Mike Smith |  CAN | 47.56 | 47.34 | 
| 3 | Munehiro Kaneko |  JPN | 38.88 | |
| 4 | Simon Poelman |  NZL | 46.66 | |
| 5 | Dan O'Brien |  USA | 48.08 | 48.08 | 
| 6 | Rob Muzzio |  USA | 51.04 | |
| 7 | Christian Plaziat |  FRA | 49.08 | 44.72 | 
| 8 | Christian Schenk |  GER | 49.28 | 46.02 | 
| 9 | Antonio Peñalver |  ESP | ||
| 10 | Pedro da Silva |  BRA | 49.04 | |
| 11 | Mikhail Medved |  URS | 45.32 | |
| 12 | Saša Karan |  YUG | 49.98 | |
| 13 | Dave Johnson |  USA | 48.40 | 47.70 | 
| 14 | Petri Keskitalo |  FIN | ||
| 15 | Paul Scott |  AUS | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorsten Dauth |  GER | ||
| 2 | Dezsö Szabó |  HUN | 40.78 | |
| 3 | Alper Kasapoglu |  TUR | ||
| 4 | Henrik Dagård |  SWE | ||
| 5 | Robert Zmelik |  TCH | 38.66 | 38.66 | 
| 6 | Beat Gähwiler |  SUI | 40.40 | |
| 7 | Michael Kohnle |  GER | 45.82 | |
| 8 | Jan Trefny |  SUI | ||
| 9 | Eduard Hämäläinen |  URS | ||
| 10 | Alain Blondel |  FRA | 47.28 | |
| 11 | Anthony Brannen |  GBR | ||
| 12 | Lars Warming |  DEN | 42.60 | |
| 13 | Viktor Radchenko |  URS | ||
| 14 | Homelo Vi |  TGA | ||
| 15 | Fu-An Lee |  TPE | 32.60 |