| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mubarak Faraj Al-Nubi |  QAT | 49.07 | |
| 2 | Ian Weakley |  JAM | 57.50 | |
| 3 | Niklas Eriksson |  SWE | 49.33 | 49.48 | 
| 4 | Llewellyn Herbert |  RSA | 48.17 | 48.17 | 
| 5 | Siniša Peša |  SCG | ||
| 6 | Marc Dollendorf |  BEL | 48.91 | 50.41 | 
| 7 | Tom McGuirk |  IRL | 49.73 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabrizio Mori |  ITA | 48.29 | 48.29 | 
| 2 | Gary Jennings |  GBR | 49.82 | |
| 3 | Vladislav Shiryayev |  RUS | ||
| 4 | Hubert Rakotombelontsoa |  MAD | 49.94 | |
| 5 | Lukas Soucek |  CZE | ||
| 6 | Yoshihiko Saito |  JPN | 49.10 | 49.45 | 
| 7 | Jean-Paul Bruwier |  BEL | 49.09 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abdullah Sabt Ghulum |  UAE | 51.22 | 51.22 | 
| 2 | Dinsdale Morgan |  JAM | 49.11 | |
| 3 | Nabil Selmi |  ALG | 50.26 | 50.26 | 
| 4 | Mustapha Sdad |  MAR | ||
| 5 | Jirà MužÃk |  CZE | ||
| 6 | Christopher Rawlinson |  GBR | 49.69 | 49.69 | 
| 7 | Ibou Faye |  SEN | 48.84 | |
| 7 | Rikke Ronholf |  DEN | ||
| 8 | Samuel Matete |  ZAM | 47.10 | 48.33 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shunji Karube |  JPN | 48.96 | 49.21 | 
| 2 | Pawel Januszewski |  POL | 49.43 | 50.05 | 
| 3 | Joey Woody |  USA | 48.18 | 48.18 | 
| 4 | Kareem Archer |  JAM | ||
| 5 | Domingo Cordero |  PUR | 49.12 | |
| 6 | Willie Smith |  NAM | 50.72 | 50.72 | 
| 7 | Zid Abou Hamed |  AUS | 49.09 | 49.75 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruslan Mashchenko |  RUS | 48.47 | 48.99 | 
| 2 | Egils Tebelis |  LAT | 50.73 | |
| 3 | Pascal Maran |  FRA | 50.03 | 50.03 | 
| 4 | Miro Kocuvan |  SLO | 49.43 | 49.43 | 
| 5 | Laurent Ottoz |  ITA | 48.52 | 48.81 | 
| 6 | Derrick Adkins |  USA | 47.54 | 48.90 | 
| 7 | Vadim Zadoynov |  MDA | 48.61 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Harnden |  ZIM | 48.54 | 49.67 | 
| 2 | Stéphane Diagana |  FRA | 47.37 | 48.47 | 
| 3 | Cleverson da Silva |  BRA | 50.28 | 50.28 | 
| 4 | Ilir Xhani |  ALB | 50.53 | |
| 5 | Kenneth Enyiazu |  NGR | 49.76 | 49.76 | 
| 6 | El Hefeny Ibrahim |  EGY | ||
| 7 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki |  JPN | 48.37 | 49.04 | 
| 8 | Octavius Terry |  USA | 48.39 | 48.39 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashraf Saber |  ITA | 49.08 | 49.75 | 
| 2 | Lambros Zervakos |  GRE | ||
| 3 | Rohan Robinson |  AUS | 48.28 | 48.91 | 
| 4 | Jimmy Coco |  FRA | 49.46 | 49.46 | 
| 5 | Dusán Kovács |  HUN | 48.57 | 48.92 | 
| 6 | Carlos Zbinden |  CHI | 50.76 | 50.76 | 
| 7 | Bryan Bronson |  USA | 47.77 | 47.77 |