| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | 1035 | Joe KOVACS |  USA | 21.36 Q | 
| 2 | 1 | B | 569 | David STORL |  GER | 21.26 Q | 
| 3 | 2 | A | 1026 | Reese Hoffa |  USA | 20.75 Q | 
| 4 | 2 | B | 169 | Germán Lauro |  ARG | 20.64 q | 
| 5 | 3 | B | 1001 | Christian Cantwell |  USA | 20.63 q | 
| 6 | 4 | B | 640 | O'Dayne RICHARDS |  JAM | 20.55 q | 
| 7 | 3 | A | 782 | Tom WALSH |  NZL | 20.49 q | 
| 8 | 4 | A | 593 | Inderjeet Singh |  IND | 20.47 q | 
| 9 | 5 | A | 903 | Asmir KOLAÅ INAC |  SRB | 20.37 q | 
| 10 | 6 | A | 801 | Tomasz Majewski |  POL | 20.34 q | 
| 11 | 7 | A | 394 | Jan Marcell |  CZE | 20.32 q | 
| 12 | 5 | B | 780 | Jacko GILL |  NZL | 19.94 q | 
| 13 | 6 | B | 1003 | Jordan Clarke |  USA | 19.89 | 
| 14 | 8 | A | 727 | Bob BERTEMES |  LUX | 19.87 NR | 
| 15 | 9 | A | 275 | Darlan ROMANI |  BRA | 19.86 | 
| 16 | 10 | A | 871 | Aleksandr LESNOY |  RUS | 19.78 | 
| 17 | 7 | B | 833 | Andrei Marius Gag |  ROU | 19.74 | 
| 18 | 11 | A | 417 | Mostafa Amr HASSAN |  EGY | 19.65 | 
| 19 | 8 | B | 397 | Tomáš STANĚK |  CZE | 19.64 | 
| 20 | 9 | B | 317 | Tim NEDOW |  CAN | 19.63 | 
| 21 | 10 | B | 322 | Franck ELEMBA |  CGO | 19.40 | 
| 22 | 11 | B | 365 | Marin PREMERU |  CRO | 19.33 | 
| 23 | 12 | A | 446 | Borja Vivas |  ESP | 19.28 | 
| 24 | 13 | A | 841 | Jaco Engelbrecht |  RSA | 19.04 | 
| 25 | 14 | A | 816 | Tsanko ARNAUDOV |  POR | 18.85 | 
| 26 | 12 | B | 839 | Orazio CREMONA |  RSA | 18.63 | 
| 27 | 13 | B | 232 | Hamza Alic |  BIH | 18.62 | 
| B | 884 | Maksim Sidorov |  RUS | DQ | ||
| B | 793 | Konrad BUKOWIECKI |  POL | NM | ||
| B | 294 | Georgi Ivanov |  BUL | NM | ||
| A | 233 | Kemal MEŠIĆ |  BIH | DNS |