| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | B | Werner Günthör |
SUI |
20.56 Q |
| 2 | 1 | A | Randy Barnes |
USA |
20.21 Q |
| 3 | 2 | A | Yevgeniy Palchikov |
RUS |
19.91 q |
| 4 | 2 | B | Oleksandr Bagach |
UKR |
19.89 q |
| 5 | 3 | A | Oliver-Sven Buder |
GER |
19.88 q |
| 6 | 3 | B | Dragan Peric |
SCG |
19.77 q |
| 7 | 4 | B | Jonny Reinhardt |
GER |
19.76 q |
| 8 | 4 | A | Kevin Toth |
USA |
19.63 q |
| 9 | 5 | A | Kent Larsson |
SWE |
19.56 q |
| 10 | 5 | B | Manuel MartÃnez |
ESP |
19.53 q |
| 11 | 6 | A | Gert Weil |
CHI |
19.52 q |
| 12 | 7 | A | Oleksandr Klymenko |
UKR |
19.37 |
| 13 | 6 | B | Antero Paljakka |
FIN |
19.31 |
| 14 | 8 | A | Markus Koistinen |
FIN |
19.29 |
| 15 | 9 | A | Courtney Ireland |
NZL |
19.08 |
| 16 | 7 | B | Aleksandr Klimov |
BLR |
19.07 |
| 17 | 8 | B | Paul Edwards |
GBR |
19.00 |
| 18 | 10 | A | Gheorghe Guset |
ROU |
18.95 |
| 19 | 11 | A | Sergey Rubtsov |
KAZ |
18.84 |
| 20 | 9 | B | Paolo Dal Soglio |
ITA |
18.68 |
| 21 | 12 | A | Jenö Koczian |
HUN |
18.45 |
| 22 | 10 | B | Andriy Nimchaninov |
UKR |
18.28 |
| 23 | 11 | B | Sergey Kot |
UZB |
18.22 |
| 24 | 12 | B | Mika Halvari |
FIN |
18.19 |
| 24 | 13 | A | Chima Ugwu |
NGR |
18.19 |
| 26 | 13 | B | Merab Kurashvili |
GEO |
18.18 |
| 27 | 14 | B | Pétur Gudmundsson |
ISL |
18.11 |
| 28 | 14 | A | Klaus Bodenmüller |
AUT |
18.07 |
| 29 | 15 | A | Paul Quirke |
IRL |
17.05 |
| 30 | 16 | A | Jaime Comandari |
ESA |
14.97 |
| 31 | 15 | B | Dashdendev Makhashiri |
MGL |
14.87 |
| B | Mike Stulce |
USA |
DQ |