| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephan Striezel |  GER | ||
| 2 | Salvador Vila |  ESP | ||
| 3 | Ken Harnden |  ZIM | 48.72 | 48.72 | 
| 4 | Fabrizio Mori |  ITA | 48.92 | 49.27 | 
| 5 | Juan Vallin |  MEX | 50.90 | |
| 6 | Niklas Wallenlind |  SWE | 48.35 | 50.79 | 
| 7 | Oleg Tverdokhleb |  UKR | 48.06 | 48.64 | 
| 8 | Ibou Faye |  SEN | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Iñigo Monreal |  ESP | 49.88 | 49.88 | 
| 3 | Carlos Silva |  POR | 50.27 | |
| 4 | Stéphane Diagana |  FRA | 47.37 | 47.37 | 
| 5 | Barnabas Kinyor |  KEN | 49.06 | |
| 6 | Patrick Ottoz |  ITA | 50.46 | 50.46 | 
| 7 | Chanon Kheanchan |  THA | 49.89 | |
| 8 | Octavius Terry |  USA | 49.64 | 50.06 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |  KSA | 50.34 | 50.34 | 
| 2 | Erick Keter |  KEN | 48.24 | 50.07 | 
| 3 | Dusán Kovács |  HUN | 49.96 | |
| 4 | Rohan Robinson |  AUS | 49.21 | 49.21 | 
| 5 | Gary Jennings |  GBR | 49.82 | 49.82 | 
| 6 | Jean-Paul Bruwier |  BEL | 50.05 | |
| 7 | Yoshihiko Saito |  JPN | 49.10 | |
| 8 | Winthrop Graham |  JAM | 47.60 | 48.68 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Ottoz |  ITA | 48.53 | 48.53 | 
| 2 | Judex Lefou |  MRI | 50.06 | |
| 3 | Vadim Zadoynov |  MDA | 48.61 | 49.84 | 
| 4 | Jozef Kucej |  SVK | 48.94 | 49.84 | 
| 5 | Michael Kaul |  GER | ||
| 6 | Miro Kocuvan |  SLO | 49.71 | |
| 7 | Domingo Cordero |  PUR | 49.12 | |
| 8 | Sven Nylander |  SWE | 48.22 | 48.68 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Krings |  GUA | 51.76 | 51.76 | 
| 2 | Shunji Karube |  JPN | 49.24 | 49.24 | 
| 3 | Hamadou Mbaye |  SEN | 50.05 | |
| 4 | Simon Hollingsworth |  AUS | ||
| 5 | Eronilde Nunes de Araújo |  BRA | 48.04 | 48.04 | 
| 6 | Ryan Hayden |  USA | 49.12 | 49.12 | 
| 7 | Petteri Pulkkinen |  FIN | 50.57 | 50.57 | 
| 8 | Hennadiy Horbenko |  UKR | 50.31 | 50.31 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohamed Amin |  PAK | 49.90 | |
| 2 | Óscar Pitillas |  ESP | 49.63 | 49.63 | 
| 3 | Pawel Januszewski |  POL | 49.95 | 50.47 | 
| 4 | Niklas Eriksson |  SWE | 50.60 | 50.60 | 
| 5 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki |  JPN | 49.08 | |
| 6 | Ilir Xhani |  ALB | 50.53 | |
| 7 | Ruslan Mashchenko |  RUS | 49.41 | 49.41 | 
| 8 | Samuel Matete |  ZAM | 47.10 | 47.80 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1995 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gideon Biwott |  KEN | 49.27 | |
| 3 | Olaf Hense |  GER | 48.48 | |
| 4 | Jose Perez |  CUB | 49.28 | |
| 5 | Marc Dollendorf |  BEL | 49.05 | 49.11 | 
| 6 | Gary Cadogan |  GBR | 49.07 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Coco |  FRA | ||
| 8 | Derrick Adkins |  USA | 47.54 | 47.54 |