| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 | Christian Malcolm |  GBR | 20.13 Q PB | 0.153 | 
| 2 | 1154 | Shawn Crawford |  USA | 20.19 Q SB | 0.186 | 
| 3 | 811 | Stéphane Buckland |  MRI | 20.23 Q NR | 0.174 | 
| 4 | 211 | Joseph Batangdon |  CMR | 20.31 Q NR | 0.162 | 
| 5 | 1005 | Oumar Loum |  SEN | 20.43 SB | 0.181 | 
| 6 | 666 | Gennadiy Chernovol |  KAZ | 20.71 | 0.142 | 
| 7 | 382 | Frédéric Krantz |  FRA | 21.02 | 0.153 | 
| 641 | Ryo Matsuda |  JPN | DQ | 0.167 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503 | KonstadÃnos Kedéris |  GRE | 20.30 Q | 0.155 | 
| 2 | 597 | Marco Torrieri |  ITA | 20.43 Q PB | 0.155 | 
| 3 | 417 | Marlon Devonish |  GBR | 20.44 Q | 0.153 | 
| 4 | 640 | Shingo Suetsugu |  JPN | 20.48 Q | 0.163 | 
| 5 | 830 | Troy Douglas |  NED | 20.54 SB | 0.145 | 
| 6 | 617 | Ricardo Williams |  JAM | 20.65 | 0.165 | 
| 7 | 1136 | Heber Viera |  URU | 20.83 | 0.177 | 
| 8 | 65 | Dominic Demeritte |  BAH | 20.86 | 0.163 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 616 | Christopher Williams |  JAM | 20.24 Q SB | 0.171 | 
| 2 | 1011 | Kim COLLINS |  SKN | 20.25 Q NR | 0.171 | 
| 3 | 844 | Uchenna Emedolu |  NGR | 20.48 Q | 0.167 | 
| 4 | 632 | Toshiyuki Fujimoto |  JPN | 20.78 Q | 0.182 | 
| 5 | 792 | Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 20.80 SB | 0.178 | 
| 6 | 946 | Marcus La Grange |  RSA | 20.83 | 0.167 | 
| 7 | 1 | Caimin Douglas |  AHO | 20.87 | 0.138 | 
| 1152 | Ramon Clay |  USA | DQ | 0.157 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1183 | Kevin Little |  USA | 20.34 Q | 0.165 | 
| 2 | 899 | Marcin Urbas |  POL | 20.54 Q | 0.160 | 
| 3 | 351 | Tommi Hartonen |  FIN | 20.58 Q | 0.162 | 
| 4 | 127 | Claudinei da Silva |  BRA | 20.58 Q SB | 0.144 | 
| 5 | 416 | Dwain Chambers |  GBR | 20.60 | 0.143 | 
| 6 | 467 | Alexander Kosenkow |  GER | 20.66 | 0.159 | 
| 7 | 855 | John Ertzgaard |  NOR | 20.88 | 0.172 | 
| 372 | Christophe Cheval |  FRA | DQ |