| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Effiong | 
                                         
                                        NGR
                                     | 
                                    20.53 Q | |
| 2 | Johan Rossouw | 
                                         
                                        RSA
                                     | 
                                    20.68 Q | |
| 3 | Damien Marsh | 
                                         
                                        AUS
                                     | 
                                    20.73 Q | |
| 4 | Björn Sinnhuber | 
                                         
                                        GER
                                     | 
                                    20.99 | |
| 5 | Edgardo Guilbe | 
                                         
                                        PUR
                                     | 
                                    21.14 | |
| 6 | Yousef Dehmiri | 
                                         
                                        IRI
                                     | 
                                    21.88 | |
| 7 | Theodore Haba | 
                                         
                                        GUI
                                     | 
                                    21.92 | |
| 8 | Van Lam Hai | 
                                         
                                        VIE
                                     | 
                                    22.77 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Capobianco | 
                                         
                                        AUS
                                     | 
                                    20.52 Q | |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks | 
                                         
                                        NAM
                                     | 
                                    20.65 Q | |
| 3 | Raymond Stewart | 
                                         
                                        JAM
                                     | 
                                    20.85 Q | |
| 4 | Nikolay Antonov | 
                                         
                                        BUL
                                     | 
                                    20.88 q | |
| 5 | Ousmane Diarra | 
                                         
                                        MLI
                                     | 
                                    21.51 | |
| 6 | Derry Pemberton | 
                                         
                                        ISV
                                     | 
                                    21.89 | |
| 7 | David Nkoua | 
                                         
                                        CGO
                                     | 
                                    22.55 | |
| Claus Hirsbro | 
                                         
                                        DEN
                                     | 
                                    DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Dollé | 
                                         
                                        SUI
                                     | 
                                    20.67 Q | |
| 2 | Oleg Fatun | 
                                         
                                        RUS
                                     | 
                                    20.71 Q | |
| 3 | Jason Hendrix | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    20.74 Q | |
| 4 | Koji Ito | 
                                         
                                        JPN
                                     | 
                                    20.96 q | |
| 5 | Pedro Pablo Nolet | 
                                         
                                        ESP
                                     | 
                                    21.09 | |
| 6 | Daniel Cojocaru | 
                                         
                                        ROU
                                     | 
                                    21.13 | |
| 7 | Trevor Davis | 
                                         
                                        AIA
                                     | 
                                    21.49 | |
| 8 | Mario Bonello | 
                                         
                                        MLT
                                     | 
                                    22.60 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Lewis | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    20.45 Q | |
| 2 | Nelson Boateng | 
                                         
                                        GHA
                                     | 
                                    20.53 Q | |
| 3 | Andrey Fedoriv | 
                                         
                                        RUS
                                     | 
                                    20.73 Q | |
| 4 | Oumar Loum | 
                                         
                                        SEN
                                     | 
                                    21.12 | |
| 5 | Mark Keddell | 
                                         
                                        NZL
                                     | 
                                    21.28 | |
| 6 | Edmund Estaphane | 
                                         
                                        LCA
                                     | 
                                    21.53 | |
| 7 | A. Tamba | 
                                         
                                        LBR
                                     | 
                                    22.67 | |
| Marek Zalewski | 
                                         
                                        POL
                                     | 
                                    DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenroy Gilbert | 
                                         
                                        CAN
                                     | 
                                    20.87 Q | |
| 2 | Patrick Delice | 
                                         
                                        TTO
                                     | 
                                    20.97 Q | |
| 3 | Joseph Gikonyo | 
                                         
                                        KEN
                                     | 
                                    21.14 Q | |
| 4 | Jirà ValÃk | 
                                         
                                        CZE
                                     | 
                                    21.20 | |
| 5 | Slobodan Brankovic | 
                                         
                                        IWP
                                     | 
                                    21.35 | |
| 6 | Golam Ambia | 
                                         
                                        BAN
                                     | 
                                    21.95 | |
| 7 | Arfin Abdullah | 
                                         
                                        INA
                                     | 
                                    22.29 | |
| Michael Huke | 
                                         
                                        GER
                                     | 
                                    DQ | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robson da Silva | 
                                         
                                        BRA
                                     | 
                                    20.54 Q | |
| 2 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 
                                         
                                        GHA
                                     | 
                                    20.57 Q | |
| 3 | Robert Kurnicki | 
                                         
                                        GER
                                     | 
                                    20.66 Q | |
| 4 | Torbjörn Eriksson | 
                                         
                                        SWE
                                     | 
                                    20.80 q | |
| 5 | Kennedy Ondiek | 
                                         
                                        KEN
                                     | 
                                    20.97 q | |
| 6 | Edsel Chase | 
                                         
                                        BAR
                                     | 
                                    21.34 | |
| 7 | Miguel Janssen | 
                                         
                                        ARU
                                     | 
                                    21.51 | |
| 8 | Eswort Coombs | 
                                         
                                        VIN
                                     | 
                                    21.82 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | 
                                         
                                        FRA
                                     | 
                                    20.60 Q | |
| 2 | John Regis | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    20.67 Q | |
| 3 | Aléxandros Terzián | 
                                         
                                        GRE
                                     | 
                                    20.83 Q | |
| 4 | Giorgio Marras | 
                                         
                                        ITA
                                     | 
                                    20.95 q | |
| 5 | André da Silva | 
                                         
                                        BRA
                                     | 
                                    20.99 | |
| 6 | Niti Piyapan | 
                                         
                                        THA
                                     | 
                                    21.60 | |
| 7 | Khalid Juma | 
                                         
                                        BRN
                                     | 
                                    22.23 | |
| 8 | Frederick Canon | 
                                         
                                        NRU
                                     | 
                                    24.14 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Stevens | 
                                         
                                        BEL
                                     | 
                                    20.85 Q | |
| 2 | Stanislav Georgiev | 
                                         
                                        BUL
                                     | 
                                    21.08 Q | |
| 3 | Sidnei Telles De Souza | 
                                         
                                        BRA
                                     | 
                                    21.22 Q | |
| 4 | Stephen Lewis | 
                                         
                                        MNT
                                     | 
                                    21.36 | |
| 5 | Cephas Lemba | 
                                         
                                        ZAM
                                     | 
                                    21.68 | |
| 6 | Junior Cornette | 
                                         
                                        GUY
                                     | 
                                    22.03 | |
| 7 | Mark Sherwin | 
                                         
                                        COK
                                     | 
                                    22.82 | |
| Linford Christie | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Marsh | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    20.77 Q | |
| 2 | Atlee Mahorn | 
                                         
                                        CAN
                                     | 
                                    20.89 Q | |
| 3 | Geir Moen | 
                                         
                                        NOR
                                     | 
                                    21.18 Q | |
| 4 | Ato Boldon | 
                                         
                                        TTO
                                     | 
                                    21.31 | |
| 5 | Carlos Moreno | 
                                         
                                        CHI
                                     | 
                                    21.36 | |
| 6 | Amar Hecini | 
                                         
                                        ALG
                                     | 
                                    21.36 | |
| 7 | Edvin Ivanov | 
                                         
                                        RUS
                                     | 
                                    21.39 |