| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Wind | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Jaros |  GER | 17.18 Q | +1.2 | 
| 2 | Anisio Souza da Silva |  BRA | 17.05 q | +0.2 | 
| 3 | Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.02 q | +0.6 | 
| 4 | Jonathan Edwards |  GBR | 16.98 q | +0.7 | 
| 5 | Serge Hélan |  FRA | 16.97 q | +0.6 | 
| 6 | Kenny Harrison |  USA | 16.95 q | +0.3 | 
| 7 | Rogel Nachum |  ISR | 16.86 | +0.5 | 
| 8 | Vasiliy Sokov |  RUS | 16.85 | -1.0 | 
| 9 | Reggie Jones |  USA | 16.83 | +1.3 | 
| 10 | Toussaint Rabenala |  MAD | 16.81 | +0.1 | 
| 11 | Francis Agyepong |  GBR | 16.46 | -0.2 | 
| 12 | Parkev Grigoryan |  ARM | 16.35 | -0.5 | 
| 13 | Volker Mai |  GER | 16.33 | -0.3 | 
| 14 | Zsolt Czingler |  HUN | 16.32 | +0.4 | 
| 15 | Andrius Raizgys |  LTU | 16.05 | -0.2 | 
| 16 | Marzouk Abdallah Al-Yoha |  KUW | 16.04 | +0.4 | 
| 17 | Igor Lapshin |  BLR | 15.99 | -0.2 | 
| 18 | Min-Soo Park |  KOR | 15.93 | -1.0 | 
| 19 | Frank Rutherford |  BAH | 15.86 | -1.2 | 
| 20 | Lotfi Khaida |  ALG | 15.77 | +0.2 | 
| 21 | Tord Henriksson |  SWE | 15.67 | -0.2 | 
| 22 | Sergey Arzamasov |  KAZ | 15.40 | -0.2 | 
| Olive Fifita |  TGA | NM | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Wind | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Conley |  USA | 17.39 Q | +0.8 | 
| 2 | Leonid Voloshin |  RUS | 17.34 Q | 0.0 | 
| 3 | Pierre Camara |  FRA | 17.19 Q | -0.1 | 
| 4 | Denis Kapustin |  RUS | 17.09 q | -2.2 | 
| 5 | Oleg Denishchik |  BLR | 16.88 q | -1.5 | 
| 6 | Brian Wellman |  BER | 16.87 q | +0.4 | 
| 7 | Jérôme Romain |  DMA | 16.87 q | -0.6 | 
| 8 | Maris Bruziks |  LAT | 16.85 | -0.2 | 
| 9 | Georges Sainte-Rose |  FRA | 16.84 | +0.1 | 
| 10 | Edrick Floréal |  CAN | 16.84 | +0.8 | 
| 11 | Vladimir Inozemtsev |  UKR | 16.84 | +0.3 | 
| 12 | Daniel Osorio |  CUB | 16.78 | -0.5 | 
| 13 | Tosi Fasinro |  GBR | 16.71 | +0.4 | 
| 14 | Oleg Sakirkin |  KAZ | 16.64 | +1.0 | 
| 15 | Milan Mikuláš |  CZE | 16.59 | -0.6 | 
| 16 | Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.50 | -0.2 | 
| 17 | Vasif Asadov |  AZE | 16.43 | +0.2 | 
| 18 | Karsten Richter |  GER | 16.13 | -0.2 | 
| 19 | Khristo Markov |  BUL | 16.11 | +0.2 | 
| 20 | Gyula Pálóczi |  HUN | 15.89 | -0.8 | 
| 21 | Banaras Khan |  PAK | 15.46 | 0.0 | 
| Shixin Zhou |  CHN | NM | ||
| Sergio Saavedra |  VEN | DNS |