| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 20.77 Q | |
| 2 | Troy Douglas |  BER | 20.78 Q | |
| 3 | Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 21.04 Q | |
| 4 | Gentry Bradley |  USA | 21.08 | |
| 5 | Sergejs Inšakovs |  LAT | 21.22 | |
| 6 | Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 21.25 | |
| 7 | Sayon Cooper |  LBR | 21.39 | |
| 8 | Owusu Dako |  GBR | 21.52 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.13 Q | |
| 2 | Ato Boldon |  TTO | 20.28 Q | |
| 3 | Jon Drummond |  USA | 20.59 Q | |
| 4 | Julian Golding |  GBR | 20.69 q | |
| 5 | Erik Wijmeersch |  BEL | 20.73 | |
| 6 | O'Brian Gibbons |  CAN | 20.78 | |
| 7 | Anninos Marcoullides |  CYP | 20.83 | |
| 8 | Carlo Occhiena |  ITA | 21.14 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudinei da Silva |  BRA | 20.27 Q PB | |
| 2 | Kevin Little |  USA | 20.38 Q | |
| 3 | Sergiy Osovych |  UKR | 20.54 Q SB | |
| 4 | Douglas Walker |  GBR | 20.56 q | |
| 5 | Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos |  GRE | 20.57 q | |
| 6 | Deji Aliu |  NGR | 20.65 q | |
| 7 | Prodromos Katsantonis |  CYP | 20.77 | |
| 8 | Gary Ryan |  IRL | 20.83 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iván GarcÃa |  CUB | 20.48 Q | |
| 2 | Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 20.62 Q | |
| 3 | Carlos Gats |  ARG | 20.87 Q | |
| 4 | Joseph Loua |  GUI | 20.91 | |
| 5 | Ioannis Nafpliotis |  GRE | 20.94 | |
| 6 | Sebastián Keitel |  CHI | 20.96 | |
| 7 | Giovanni Puggioni |  ITA | 22.70 | |
| Geir Moen |  NOR | DNS |