| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1385 | Kerron Clement |
USA |
48.35 Q | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1216 | Karsten WARHOLM |
NOR |
48.43 Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 844 | Juander SANTOS |
DOM |
48.59 q PB | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1092 | Kemar MOWATT |
JAM |
48.66 q | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1268 | Abderrahman Almoubarrake S ALSALECK |
QAT |
48.75 Q | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 1345 | Yasmani COPELLO |
TUR |
48.91 Q | |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 1405 | TJ HOLMES |
USA |
49.12 Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 1298 | Kariem HUSSEIN |
SUI |
49.13 Q | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 1394 | Eric Futch |
USA |
49.30 | |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | 606 | Abdelmalik LAHOULOU |
ALG |
49.33 | |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 1236 | Patryk DOBEK |
POL |
49.40 | |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 1087 | Jaheel HYDE |
JAM |
49.75 | |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 959 | Jack Green |
GBR |
49.93 | .927 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 1101 | Takatoshi ABE |
JPN |
49.93 | .929 |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | 942 | Ludvy VAILLANT |
FRA |
49.95 | |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | 1060 | José Reynaldo Bencosme De Leon |
ITA |
50.29 | |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | 928 | Mamadou Kasse HANN |
FRA |
50.35 | |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 1137 | Aron Kipchumba KOECH |
KEN |
50.40 | |
| 19 | 8 | 2 | 882 | Jaak-Heinrich Jagor |
EST |
50.43 | |
| 20 | 6 | 3 | 1079 | Ricardo Cunningham |
JAM |
50.54 | |
| 21 | 7 | 1 | 922 | Victor COROLLER |
FRA |
55.69 | |
| 3 | 731 | Marcio TELES |
BRA |
DNF | |||
| 3 | 628 | Guillermo Ruggeri |
ARG |
DQ | |||
| 1 | 1053 | Thomas BARR |
IRL |
DNS |
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second