| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 425 | Christian Malcolm |  GBR | 20.08 Q PB | 0.155 | 
| 2 | 1183 | Kevin Little |  USA | 20.13 Q SB | 0.147 | 
| 3 | 811 | Stéphane Buckland |  MRI | 20.15 Q NR | 0.195 | 
| 4 | 1011 | Kim COLLINS |  SKN | 20.26 Q | 0.157 | 
| 5 | 899 | Marcin Urbas |  POL | 20.48 | 0.134 | 
| 6 | 632 | Toshiyuki Fujimoto |  JPN | 20.56 PB | 0.152 | 
| 7 | 351 | Tommi Hartonen |  FIN | 20.65 | 0.143 | 
| 8 | 211 | Joseph Batangdon |  CMR | 20.66 | 0.160 | 
| POS | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 503 | KonstadÃnos Kedéris |  GRE | 20.03 Q WL | 0.155 | 
| 2 | 616 | Christopher Williams |  JAM | 20.11 Q SB | 0.165 | 
| 3 | 1154 | Shawn Crawford |  USA | 20.21 Q | 0.164 | 
| 4 | 417 | Marlon Devonish |  GBR | 20.29 Q SB | 0.132 | 
| 5 | 597 | Marco Torrieri |  ITA | 20.38 PB | 0.146 | 
| 6 | 640 | Shingo Suetsugu |  JPN | 20.39 | 0.143 | 
| 7 | 844 | Uchenna Emedolu |  NGR | 20.40 | 0.169 | 
| 8 | 127 | Claudinei da Silva |  BRA | 20.64 | 0.162 |