| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | Avard Moncur |  BAH | 44.89 Q | 0.155 | 
| 2 | 511 | Alleyne Francique |  GRN | 45.11 | 0.157 | 
| 3 | 429 | Mark Richardson |  GBR | 45.14 SB | 0.158 | 
| 4 | 387 | Marc Raquil |  FRA | 45.22 | 0.163 | 
| 5 | 292 | David Canal |  ESP | 45.50 | 0.144 | 
| 6 | 132 | Anderson Jorge dos Santos |  BRA | 45.83 | 0.136 | 
| 7 | 902 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz |  POL | 46.12 | 0.189 | 
| 1193 | Antonio Pettigrew |  USA | DQ | 0.262 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 613 | Gregory Haughton |  JAM | 44.83 Q | 0.148 | 
| 2 | 816 | Eric Milazar |  MRI | 44.92 Q | 0.194 | 
| 3 | 700 | Hamdan Odha Al-Bishi |  KSA | 45.10 q | 0.159 | 
| 4 | 1146 | Leonard Byrd |  USA | 45.39 | 0.148 | 
| 5 | 176 | Shane Niemi |  CAN | 45.91 | 0.182 | 
| 6 | 947 | Hendrick Mokganyetsi |  RSA | 45.99 | 0.204 | 
| 7 | 886 | Piotr Dlugosielski |  POL | 46.62 | 0.165 | 
| 8 | 430 | Iwan Thomas |  GBR | 46.72 | 0.160 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 470 | Ingo Schultz |  GER | 44.66 Q PB | 0.173 | 
| 2 | 894 | Robert Mackowiak |  POL | 44.84 Q PB | 0.167 | 
| 3 | 13 | Malik Louahla |  ALG | 45.14 | 0.266 | 
| 4 | 946 | Marcus La Grange |  RSA | 45.44 | 0.168 | 
| 5 | 1058 | Jimisola Laursen |  SWE | 45.62 | 0.160 | 
| 6 | 1032 | Sugath Thilakaratne |  SRI | 46.69 | 0.168 | 
| 1212 | Jerome Young |  USA | DQ | 0.159 | |
| 619 | Michael McDonald |  JAM | DNF | 0.155 |