| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 8 | 149 | Claudinei da Silva |  BRA | 20.38 Q | -0.1 | 
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 527 | Julian Golding |  GBR | 20.48 Q | +0.6 | 
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1083 | Francis Obikwelu |  NGR | 20.54 Q | +0.1 | 
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 102 | Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 20.54 Q | +0.6 | 
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 524 | Marlon Devonish |  GBR | 20.56 Q | -0.7 | 
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1361 | Torbjörn Eriksson |  SWE | 20.58 Q NR | -0.6 | 
| 7 | 2 | 8 | 285 | Iván GarcÃa |  CUB | 20.59 Q SB | -0.1 | 
| 7 | 2 | 3 | 830 | Koji Ito |  JPN | 20.59 Q | -0.6 | 
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 1045 | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.60 Q | -0.1 | 
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 1060 | Patrick van Balkom |  NED | 20.65 Q | -0.7 | 
| 11 | 1 | 5 | 652 | KonstadÃnos Kedéris |  GRE | 20.68 Q | +0.1 | 
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 213 | Glenn Smith |  CAN | 20.68 Q | +0.1 | 
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 813 | Christopher Williams |  JAM | 20.68 Q | +0.6 | 
| 14 | 1 | 10 | 94 | Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 20.70 Q | +0.1 | 
| 15 | 3 | 8 | 508 | Antoine Boussombo |  GAB | 20.72 Q | -0.1 | 
| 15 | 2 | 5 | 555 | Douglas Turner |  GBR | 20.72 Q | +0.1 | 
| 17 | 3 | 3 | 304 | Anninos Marcoullides |  CYP | 20.73 Q SB | -0.6 | 
| 17 | 3 | 6 | 1601 | Renward Wells |  BAH | 20.73 Q SB | -0.7 | 
| 19 | 2 | 2 | 1098 | John Ertzgaard |  NOR | 20.74 Q | -0.1 | 
| 19 | 2 | 10 | 582 | Stefan Holz |  GER | 20.74 Q | +0.1 | 
| 21 | 3 | 2 | 40 | Matthew Shirvington |  AUS | 20.75 Q SB | -0.1 | 
| 22 | 3 | 1 | 254 | Joseph Batangdon |  CMR | 20.76 Q | +0.1 | 
| 22 | 3 | 5 | 1464 | Maurice Greene |  USA | 20.76 Q | +0.1 | 
| 22 | 1 | 9 | 1488 | Kevin Little |  USA | 20.76 Q | -0.4 | 
| 25 | 4 | 2 | 71 | Martin Lachkovics |  AUT | 20.77 q | -0.1 | 
| 26 | 1 | 7 | 1213 | Marcus La Grange |  RSA | 20.78 Q | -0.4 | 
| 26 | 4 | 1 | 653 | Panayiótis SarrÃs |  GRE | 20.78 q | +0.1 | 
| 28 | 4 | 6 | 43 | Darryl Wohlsen |  AUS | 20.79 | -0.7 | 
| 29 | 4 | 4 | 1116 | Mohamed Al-Houti |  OMA | 20.80 NR | +0.6 | 
| 29 | 3 | 10 | 677 | Joseph Loua |  GUI | 20.80 Q SB | +0.1 | 
| 29 | 2 | 7 | 1157 | Marcin Urbas |  POL | 20.80 Q | -0.4 | 
| 32 | 4 | 10 | 651 | Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos |  GRE | 20.82 | +0.1 | 
| 33 | 3 | 7 | 1497 | Curtis Perry |  USA | 20.86 Q | -0.4 | 
| 33 | 5 | 10 | 739 | Gary Ryan |  IRL | 20.86 | +0.1 | 
| 35 | 2 | 9 | 1111 | Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 20.87 Q | -0.4 | 
| 36 | 5 | 4 | 753 | Tommy Kafri |  ISR | 20.89 NR | +0.6 | 
| 36 | 4 | 8 | 104 | Erik Wijmeersch |  BEL | 20.89 | -0.1 | 
| 38 | 5 | 8 | 230 | Sebastián Keitel |  CHI | 20.90 | -0.1 | 
| 39 | 3 | 9 | 1434 | Sergiy Osovych |  UKR | 20.91 Q | -0.4 | 
| 40 | 5 | 1 | 1247 | Sergey Slukin |  RUS | 20.92 | +0.1 | 
| 41 | 6 | 4 | 629 | Albert Agyemang |  GHA | 20.94 | +0.6 | 
| 41 | 5 | 6 | 1207 | Paul Gorries |  RSA | 20.94 | -0.7 | 
| 43 | 6 | 1 | 1319 | Kim COLLINS |  SKN | 20.95 | +0.1 | 
| 44 | 7 | 4 | 382 | Francisco Javier Navarro |  ESP | 20.97 | +0.6 | 
| 45 | 4 | 9 | 1006 | Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 21.00 | -0.4 | 
| 46 | 4 | 5 | 723 | Paul Brizzel |  IRL | 21.02 | +0.1 | 
| 47 | 4 | 3 | 151 | André da Silva |  BRA | 21.04 | -0.6 | 
| 48 | 5 | 9 | 911 | Gennadiy Chernovol |  KAZ | 21.05 | -0.4 | 
| 49 | 6 | 10 | 1077 | Sunday Emmanuel |  NGR | 21.12 | +0.1 | 
| 50 | 5 | 2 | 231 | Ricardo Roach |  CHI | 21.13 | -0.1 | 
| 51 | 6 | 6 | 8 | Malik Louahla |  ALG | 21.21 | -0.7 | 
| 52 | 4 | 7 | 1328 | Joel Mascoll |  VIN | 21.25 | -0.4 | 
| 53 | 7 | 1 | 899 | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami |  KSA | 21.27 PB | +0.1 | 
| 53 | 7 | 6 | 1048 | Christie Van Wyk |  NAM | 21.27 | -0.7 | 
| 55 | 6 | 9 | 630 | Kenneth Andam |  GHA | 21.31 | -0.4 | 
| 56 | 5 | 7 | 1385 | Sittichai Suwonprateep |  THA | 21.32 | -0.4 | 
| 57 | 6 | 7 | 634 | Christian Nsiah |  GHA | 21.36 | -0.4 | 
| 58 | 6 | 8 | 1405 | Wu-Shiun Tao |  TPE | 21.38 | -0.1 | 
| 59 | 7 | 10 | 271 | Hadhari Djaffar |  COM | 21.39 | +0.1 | 
| 60 | 7 | 9 | 86 | Dominic Demeritte |  BAH | 21.41 | -0.4 | 
| 61 | 7 | 8 | 341 | Sherwin James |  DMA | 21.54 | -0.1 | 
| 62 | 5 | 5 | 181 | Keita Cline |  IVB | 21.69 | +0.1 | 
| 63 | 7 | 7 | 1024 | Kwame Galloway |  MNT | 22.88 | -0.4 | 
| 64 | 6 | 2 | 161 | Asli Haseri |  BRU | 22.91 | -0.1 | 
| 65 | 8 | 6 | 1069 | Robert Craig |  NFI | 24.10 | -0.7 | 
| 5 | 42 | Dean Capobianco |  AUS | DQ | |||
| 5 | 1134 | Christopher Silas Adolf |  PLW | DQ | |||
| 2 | 26 | Carlos Gats |  ARG | DQ | |||
| 3 | 1442 | Heber Viera |  URU | DQ | |||
| 3 | 171 | Petko Yankov |  BUL | DQ | |||
| 3 | 933 | Robert M. Dennis |  LBR | DNS | |||
| 7 | 1 | Nathanaël Esprit |  AHO | DNS |