| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 648 | Hideaki Kawamura |  JPN | 48.84 | 49.53 | 
| 3 | 625 | Ian Weakley |  JAM | 48.84 | 48.94 | 
| 4 | 968 | Boris Gorban |  RUS | 48.54 | 48.54 | 
| 5 | 1028 | Harijan Ratnayake |  SRI | 49.44 | 50.86 | 
| 6 | 916 | Edivaldo Monteiro |  POR | 49.64 | 49.64 | 
| 7 | 601 | Fabrizio Mori |  ITA | 47.72 | 48.30 | 
| 8 | 443 | Du'aine Ladejo |  GBR | 49.29 | 49.29 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 887 | Pawel Januszewski |  POL | 48.17 | 48.72 | 
| 3 | 1156 | Calvin Davis |  USA | 47.91 | 48.75 | 
| 4 | 277 | Felix Sánchez |  DOM | 47.95 | 47.95 | 
| 5 | 319 | Eduardo Iván RodrÃguez |  ESP | 49.46 | 49.46 | 
| 6 | 47 | Blair Young |  AUS | 49.08 | 49.89 | 
| 7 | 771 | Mustapha Sdad |  MAR | 49.05 | 49.89 | 
| 8 | 1075 | Hani Mourhej |  SYR | 49.40 | 49.40 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1147 | James Carter |  USA | 48.04 | 48.44 | 
| 3 | 882 | Mowen Boino |  PNG | 51.38 | |
| 4 | 134 | Eronilde Nunes de Araújo |  BRA | 48.04 | 49.54 | 
| 5 | 1096 | Tien-Wen Chen |  TPE | 49.18 | 49.18 | 
| 6 | 645 | Dai Tamesue |  JPN | 48.38 | 48.38 | 
| 7 | 944 | Marnus Kritzinger |  RSA | 49.57 | 49.57 | 
| 8 | 1041 | Alain Rohr |  SUI | 49.19 | 49.19 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 980 | Ruslan Mashchenko |  RUS | 48.06 | 48.88 | 
| 3 | 1203 | Angelo Taylor |  USA | 47.50 | 47.95 | 
| 4 | 612 | Neil Gardner |  JAM | 48.30 | 48.71 | 
| 5 | 413 | Anthony Borsumato |  GBR | 49.38 | 49.38 | 
| 6 | 1004 | Ibou Faye |  SEN | 48.30 | 50.03 | 
| 7 | 1119 | Hennadiy Horbenko |  UKR | 48.40 | 49.46 | 
| 8 | 180 | Monte Raymond |  CAN | 49.64 | 49.78 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 623 | Mario Watts |  JAM | 49.08 | 49.31 | 
| 3 | 442 | Christopher Rawlinson |  GBR | 48.14 | 48.68 | 
| 4 | 898 | Marek Plawgo |  POL | 48.16 | 48.16 | 
| 5 | 252 | Stepan Tesarik |  CZE | 49.49 | 49.49 | 
| 6 | 646 | Ken Yoshizawa |  JPN | 49.11 | 49.55 | 
| 7 | 1248 | Ian Harnden |  ZIM | 49.68 | 50.18 | 
| 8 | 949 | Alwyn Myburgh |  RSA | 48.90 | 48.90 | 
| Order / Lane | Bib | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 2001 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 289 | Roberto Cortés |  ESA | 52.13 | 52.13 | 
| 3 | 253 | Jirà MužÃk |  CZE | 48.27 | 49.24 | 
| 4 | 501 | PeriklÃs Iakovákis |  GRE | 49.09 | 49.09 | 
| 5 | 703 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |  KSA | 47.53 | 48.34 | 
| 6 | 720 | Viktors Lacis |  LAT | 49.60 | 49.60 | 
| 7 | 943 | Llewellyn Herbert |  RSA | 47.81 | 48.52 | 
| 8 | 752 | Yvon Rakotoarimiandry |  MAD | 49.53 | 49.53 |