| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Wind | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoelbi Quesada |  CUB | 17.85 Q WL | +0.9 | 
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards |  GBR | 17.69 Q | +0.3 | 
| 3 | Aliecer Urrutia |  CUB | 17.64 Q SB | 0.0 | 
| 4 | Denis Kapustin |  RUS | 17.59 Q SB | -0.2 | 
| 5 | Brian Wellman |  BER | 17.22 Q SB | 0.0 | 
| 6 | Jérôme Romain |  DMA | 17.17 Q SB | -0.4 | 
| 7 | HrÃstos Melétoglou |  GRE | 17.12 Q NR | -0.2 | 
| 8 | Andrew Owusu |  GHA | 17.11 Q PB | +0.4 | 
| 9 | Kenny Harrison |  USA | 17.05 | -1.6 | 
| 10 | Serge Hélan |  FRA | 16.97 | -0.6 | 
| 11 | Charles Michael Friedek |  GER | 16.86 | 0.0 | 
| 12 | Armen Martirosyan |  ARM | 16.70 | -0.2 |