| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudinei da Silva | 
                                         
                                        BRA
                                     | 
                                    20.35 Q | |
| 2 | Iván GarcÃa | 
                                         
                                        CUB
                                     | 
                                    20.39 Q | |
| 3 | Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos | 
                                         
                                        GRE
                                     | 
                                    20.43 Q PB | |
| 4 | Obadele Thompson | 
                                         
                                        BAR
                                     | 
                                    20.46 Q | |
| 5 | Sergiy Osovych | 
                                         
                                        UKR
                                     | 
                                    20.51 SB | |
| 6 | Kevin Little | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    20.57 | |
| 7 | Julian Golding | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    20.61 | |
| 8 | Carlos Gats | 
                                         
                                        ARG
                                     | 
                                    21.44 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ato Boldon | 
                                         
                                        TTO
                                     | 
                                    20.09 Q | |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks | 
                                         
                                        NAM
                                     | 
                                    20.18 Q | |
| 3 | Jon Drummond | 
                                         
                                        USA
                                     | 
                                    20.29 Q | |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | 
                                         
                                        BEL
                                     | 
                                    20.42 Q | |
| 5 | Troy Douglas | 
                                         
                                        BER
                                     | 
                                    20.43 SB | |
| 6 | Douglas Walker | 
                                         
                                        GBR
                                     | 
                                    20.61 | |
| 7 | Deji Aliu | 
                                         
                                        NGR
                                     | 
                                    20.78 | |
| 8 | Chris Donaldson | 
                                         
                                        NZL
                                     | 
                                    20.92 |