| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | Jan Zelezný |  CZE | 83.22 Q | 
| 2 | 2 | A | Ari Pakarinen |  FIN | 83.06 Q | 
| 3 | 3 | A | Mick Hill |  GBR | 80.78 q | 
| 4 | 1 | B | Tom Pukstys |  USA | 79.84 q | 
| 5 | 2 | B | Steve Backley |  GBR | 79.64 q | 
| 6 | 4 | A | Kimmo Kinnunen |  FIN | 78.86 q | 
| 7 | 3 | B | Dag Wennlund |  SWE | 78.48 q | 
| 8 | 5 | A | Patrik Bodén |  SWE | 78.34 q | 
| 9 | 4 | B | Terry McHugh |  IRL | 78.28 q | 
| 10 | 5 | B | Vladimir Sasimovich |  BLR | 78.24 q | 
| 11 | 6 | B | Milos Steigauf |  CZE | 78.10 q | 
| 12 | 7 | B | Vladimir Ovchinnikov |  RUS | 77.98 | 
| 13 | 8 | B | Boris Henry |  GER | 77.42 | 
| 14 | 9 | B | Gavin Lovegrove |  NZL | 77.08 | 
| 15 | 10 | B | Vadim Bavikin |  ISR | 76.98 | 
| 16 | 6 | A | Konstantinos Gatsioudis |  GRE | 76.70 | 
| 17 | 7 | A | Yuriy Rybin |  RUS | 76.58 | 
| 18 | 8 | A | Ed Kaminski |  USA | 75.70 | 
| 19 | 9 | A | Ivan Mustapic |  CRO | 75.64 | 
| 20 | 10 | A | Colin Mackenzie |  GBR | 75.34 | 
| 21 | 11 | A | Tom Petranoff |  RSA | 75.26 | 
| 22 | 11 | B | Raymond Hecht |  GER | 75.00 | 
| 23 | 12 | A | Marek Kaleta |  EST | 74.80 | 
| 24 | 12 | B | Peter Borglund |  SWE | 74.58 | 
| 25 | 13 | A | Sigurdur Einarsson |  ISL | 74.40 | 
| 26 | 14 | A | Fabio De Gaspari |  ITA | 74.34 | 
| 27 | 13 | B | Seppo Räty |  FIN | 74.30 | 
| 28 | 15 | A | Peter Blank |  GER | 74.10 | 
| 29 | 14 | B | Pascal Lefévre |  FRA | 73.34 | 
| 30 | 16 | A | Rodrigo Zelaya |  CHI | 73.26 | 
| 31 | 15 | B | Viktor Zaitsev |  UZB | 73.22 | 
| 32 | 17 | A | Dainis Kula |  LAT | 73.18 | 
| 33 | 18 | A | Wook-Jong Lee |  KOR | 72.04 | 
| 34 | 16 | B | Kenneth Petersen |  DEN | 72.00 | 
| 36 | 17 | B | Viktor Yevsyukov |  KAZ | 71.12 | 
| 37 | 18 | B | Vladimir Parfyonov |  UZB | 70.88 | 
| 38 | 19 | B | Juan Gerardo de la Garza |  MEX | 70.86 | 
| 39 | 20 | B | Ambrosi Matiashvili |  GEO | 69.54 | 
| 40 | 20 | A | Art Skipper |  USA | 68.72 | 
| 41 | 21 | B | Steve Feraday |  CAN | 68.40 | 
| 42 | 22 | B | Marcis Shtrobinders |  LAT | 68.38 | 
| 43 | 21 | A | Andrew Currey |  AUS | 66.72 | 
| 44 | 22 | A | Edgar Baumann |  PAR | 59.82 | 
| 45 | 23 | B | Ryan Haylock |  CAY | 56.76 | 
| A | Dmitriy Polyunin |  UZB | DQ | ||
| B | Phillip Spies |  RSA | NM |