| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | 648 | Anastásios Goúsis |
GRE |
20.11 Q PB | 0.0 |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | 709 | Usain BOLT |
JAM |
20.12 Q | 0.0 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 314 | Brendan Christian |
ANT |
20.23 Q NR | 0.0 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 419 | Bryan Barnett |
CAN |
20.31 Q PB | +0.2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 893 | Marcin Jedrusinski |
POL |
20.31 Q PB | 0.0 |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 705 | Marvin Anderson |
JAM |
20.43 Q | -0.1 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | 1118 | Rodney Martin |
USA |
20.44 Q | +0.7 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 359 | Kristof Beyens |
BEL |
20.44 Q PB | -0.1 |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | 1139 | Wallace Spearmon |
USA |
20.45 Q | -0.1 |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | 685 | Paul Hession |
IRL |
20.46 Q | +0.7 |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | 1100 | Tyson GAY |
USA |
20.46 Q | +0.2 |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 743 | Shingo Suetsugu |
JPN |
20.47 Q | +0.2 |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | 302 | Churandy MARTINA |
AHO |
20.47 Q | +0.2 |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | 387 | Sandro Viana |
BRA |
20.47 Q | +0.2 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 326 | Patrick Johnson |
AUS |
20.48 Q SB | +0.2 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 909 | Arnaldo Abrantes |
POR |
20.48 q PB | 0.0 |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | 1167 | Brian Dzingai |
ZIM |
20.50 Q | +0.2 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | 994 | Matic Osovnikar |
SLO |
20.51 Q SB | +0.2 |
| 19 | 5 | 2 | 545 | Visa Hongisto |
FIN |
20.56 q PB | +0.2 |
| 20 | 5 | 3 | 848 | Guus Hoogmoed |
NED |
20.57 q | +0.2 |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | 912 | Francis Obikwelu |
POR |
20.61 Q | -0.1 |
| 22 | 6 | 2 | 876 | James Dolphin |
NZL |
20.65 q SB | +0.2 |
| 23 | 5 | 6 | 497 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud |
EGY |
20.65 q NR | -0.1 |
| 24 | 7 | 2 | 1008 | Marco Cribari |
SUI |
20.71 q | +0.2 |
| 25 | 3 | 5 | 1013 | Marc Schneeberger |
SUI |
20.72 Q | +0.7 |
| 26 | 4 | 5 | 744 | Tomoya Kamiyama |
JPN |
20.78 Q | +0.7 |
| 27 | 6 | 4 | 354 | Jacobi Mitchell |
BAH |
20.81 q | 0.0 |
| 28 | 7 | 4 | 970 | Ivan Teplykh |
RUS |
20.81 q SB | 0.0 |
| 29 | 1 | 1 | 740 | Shinji Takahira |
JPN |
20.83 Q | +0.2 |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | 645 | Seth Amoo |
GHA |
20.85 | +0.2 |
| 31 | 5 | 5 | 936 | Christian Krone |
RSA |
20.85 | +0.7 |
| 32 | 2 | 1 | 726 | Christopher Williams |
JAM |
20.88 Q | +0.2 |
| 33 | 6 | 5 | 727 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh |
JOR |
21.01 NR | +0.7 |
| 34 | 3 | 1 | 389 | BasÃlio de Moraes |
BRA |
21.09 Q | +0.2 |
| 35 | 6 | 6 | 845 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka |
NAM |
21.10 | -0.1 |
| 36 | 7 | 6 | 453 | Daniel Grueso |
COL |
21.11 | -0.1 |
| 37 | 4 | 1 | 492 | Franklin Nazareno |
ECU |
21.18 Q | +0.2 |
| 38 | 5 | 1 | 833 | Juan Pedro Toledo |
MEX |
21.31 | +0.2 |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | 346 | Ruslan Abbasov |
AZE |
21.33 | +0.2 |
| 40 | 7 | 1 | 940 | Morne Nagel |
RSA |
21.35 | +0.2 |
| 41 | 7 | 3 | 665 | Yik Chun Tang |
HKG |
21.72 | +0.2 |
| 42 | 8 | 3 | 1043 | Sittichai Suwonprateep |
THA |
21.87 SB | +0.2 |
| 43 | 8 | 2 | 1038 | Mphelave Dlamin |
SWZ |
21.96 SB | +0.2 |
| 44 | 7 | 5 | 1163 | Courtny Bascombe |
VIN |
22.08 PB | +0.7 |
| 45 | 8 | 4 | 662 | Michael Alicto |
GUM |
22.45 PB | 0.0 |
| 46 | 8 | 6 | 826 | Naseer Zahir |
MDV |
23.27 PB | -0.1 |
| 47 | 9 | 2 | 887 | Amaroy Marino |
PLW |
23.34 PB | +0.2 |
| 48 | 8 | 1 | 452 | Harmon Harmon |
COK |
23.78 | +0.2 |
| 5 | 526 | Marek Niit |
EST |
DNS | +0.7 |