| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1481 | Michael Johnson |  USA | 43.18 WR | 0.150 | 
| 2 | 153 | Sanderlei Parrela |  BRA | 44.29 AR | 0.169 | 
| 3 | 993 | Alejandro Manuel Cárdenas |  MEX | 44.31 NR | 0.133 | 
| 4 | 533 | Mark Richardson |  GBR | 44.65 | 0.218 | 
| 5 | 808 | Gregory Haughton |  JAM | 45.07 | 0.168 | 
| 6 | 516 | Jamie Baulch |  GBR | 45.18 | 0.148 | 
| 1498 | Antonio Pettigrew |  USA | DQ | 0.284 | |
| 1513 | Jerome Young |  USA | DQ | 0.171 |