| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | B | 953 | Janus Robberts | 
 RSA                 | 
                21.26 Q | 
| 2 | 2 | B | 354 | Conny Karlsson | 
 FIN                 | 
                20.72 Q PB | 
| 3 | 1 | A | 1164 | John Godina | 
 USA                 | 
                20.52 Q | 
| 4 | 2 | A | 308 | Manuel MartÃnez | 
 ESP                 | 
                20.50 Q | 
| 5 | 3 | A | 183 | Bradley Snyder | 
 CAN                 | 
                20.47 Q | 
| 6 | 3 | B | 1117 | Yuriy Bilonoh | 
 UKR                 | 
                20.46 Q | 
| 7 | 4 | B | 1243 | Dragan Peric | 
 SCG                 | 
                20.43 q SB | 
| 8 | 5 | B | 350 | Arsi Harju | 
 FIN                 | 
                20.39 q | 
| 9 | 6 | B | 269 | Joachim Olsen | 
 DEN                 | 
                20.32 q | 
| 10 | 4 | A | 362 | Ville Tiisanoja | 
 FIN                 | 
                20.14 q | 
| 11 | 7 | B | 1190 | Adam Nelson | 
 USA                 | 
                20.13 q | 
| 12 | 8 | B | 586 | Paolo Dal Soglio | 
 ITA                 | 
                19.80 | 
| 13 | 9 | B | 932 | Gheorghe Guset | 
 ROU                 | 
                19.74 | 
| 14 | 5 | A | 264 | Petr StehlÃk | 
 CZE                 | 
                19.68 | 
| 15 | 10 | B | 1046 | Milan Haborák | 
 SVK                 | 
                19.52 | 
| 16 | 11 | B | 456 | Ralf Bartels | 
 GER                 | 
                19.41 | 
| 17 | 6 | A | 966 | Pavel Chumachenko | 
 RUS                 | 
                19.35 | 
| 18 | 7 | A | 108 | Dzmitry Hancharuk | 
 BLR                 | 
                19.27 | 
| 19 | 8 | A | 1157 | John Davis | 
 USA                 | 
                19.11 | 
| 20 | 9 | A | 459 | Oliver-Sven Buder | 
 GER                 | 
                18.89 | 
| 20 | 10 | A | 1047 | Mikuláš Konopka | 
 SVK                 | 
                18.89 | 
| 20 | 12 | B | 860 | Gjøran Sørli | 
 NOR                 | 
                18.89 | 
| 23 | 11 | A | 1060 | Jimmy Nordin | 
 SWE                 | 
                18.85 | 
| 23 | 12 | A | 197 | Marco Antonio Verni | 
 CHI                 | 
                18.85 | 
| 25 | 13 | A | 395 | Yves Niaré | 
 FRA                 | 
                18.71 | 
| 26 | 13 | B | 29 | Justin Anlezark | 
 AUS                 | 
                18.70 SB | 
| 27 | 14 | A | 778 | Ivan Emelianov | 
 MDA                 | 
                18.06 | 
| 28 | 14 | B | 1226 | Yojer Medina | 
 VEN                 | 
                17.76 | 
| 29 | 15 | A | 441 | Mark Proctor | 
 GBR                 | 
                17.75 | 
| B | 111 | Andrei Mikhnevich | 
 BLR                 | 
                DQ |