| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Oleg Veretelnikov |  UZB | 49.04 | |
| 3 | Cédric Lopez |  FRA | 51.25 | |
| 4 | Sebastian Chmara |  POL | 48.92 | |
| 5 | Pródromos KorkÃzoglou |  GRE | 50.26 | |
| 6 | Shawn Wilbourn |  USA | ||
| 7 | Klaus Isekenmeier |  GER | ||
| 8 | Victor Houston |  BAR | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mário AnÃbal |  POR | 48.43 | 48.43 | 
| 3 | Stefan Schmid |  GER | 47.44 | |
| 4 | Francisco Javier Benet |  ESP | ||
| 5 | Indrek Kaseorg |  EST | 48.35 | |
| 6 | Beniamino Poserina |  ITA | 48.44 | 48.85 | 
| 7 | Ramil Ganiyev |  UZB | 48.45 | |
| 8 | Robert Zmelik |  CZE | 48.20 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lev Lobodin |  RUS | 48.39 | |
| 3 | Douglas Pirini |  NZL | ||
| 4 | Philipp Huber |  SUI | 49.48 | |
| 5 | Frank Busemann |  GER | 48.34 | 49.88 | 
| 6 | Steve Fritz |  USA | 48.40 | 48.53 | 
| 7 | Marcel Dost |  NED | ||
| 8 | Tomáš Dvořák |  CZE | 47.87 | 47.87 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pierre-Alexandre Vial |  FRA | 47.74 | 47.74 | 
| 3 | Jón Arnar Magnússon |  ISL | 47.27 | 47.27 | 
| 4 | Eduard Hämäläinen |  FIN | 46.91 | 47.09 | 
| 5 | Erki Nool |  EST | 46.53 | 46.53 | 
| 6 | Mike Smith |  CAN | 47.05 | 48.71 | 
| 7 | Chris Huffins |  USA | 48.05 | 48.92 | 
| 8 | Roman Å ebrle |  CZE | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Alper Kasapoglu |  TUR | 50.31 | |
| 3 | Jagan Hames |  AUS | 49.14 | |
| 4 | Rojs Piziks |  LAT | 51.35 | |
| 5 | Jack Rosendaal |  NED | ||
| 6 | Jaime Peñas |  ESP | 50.69 | 50.69 | 
| 7 | Sébastien Levicq |  FRA | 50.14 |