| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 222 | Steven GARDINER |
BAH |
44.13 Q SB | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1001 | Kirani JAMES |
GRN |
44.23 Q SB | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1903 | Fred KERLEY |
USA |
44.25 Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1288 | Emmanuel Kipkurui KORIR |
KEN |
44.37 Q SB | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1749 | Machel CEDENIO |
TTO |
44.41 Q SB | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 536 | Anthony José ZAMBRANO |
COL |
44.55 Q NR | |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1158 | Demish GAYE |
JAM |
44.66 q SB | |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | 1154 | Akeem BLOOMFIELD |
JAM |
44.77 q | |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1096 | Davide RE |
ITA |
44.85 | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 1921 | Vernon NORWOOD |
USA |
45.00 | .992 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 305 | Leungo SCOTCH |
BOT |
45.00 PB | .996 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | 244 | Jonathan SACOOR |
BEL |
45.03 PB | |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 1217 | Julian Jrummi WALSH |
JPN |
45.13 PB | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 830 | Rabah YOUSIF |
GBR |
45.15 SB | |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 535 | Jhon Alejandro PERLAZA |
COL |
45.17 | |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | 1637 | Thapelo PHORA |
RSA |
45.24 | |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | 360 | Abbas Abubakar ABBAS |
BRN |
45.26 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | 1931 | Nathan STROTHER |
USA |
45.34 | |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | 414 | Philip Osei |
CAN |
45.44 | |
| 20 | 8 | 2 | 154 | Steven SOLOMON |
AUS |
45.54 SB | |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | 1286 | Alphas Leken KISHOYIAN |
KEN |
45.55 | |
| 22 | 7 | 3 | 1920 | Michael NORMAN |
USA |
45.94 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | 1336 | Mazen Mawtan AL YASEN |
KSA |
46.11 | |
| 3 | 1338 | Yousef KARAM |
KUW |
DNF |
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second