| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Todd Bennett |
GBR |
47.19 |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Amadou Dia Ba |
SEN |
47.55 |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Philip Brown |
GBR |
47.60 |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Mark Rowe |
USA |
47.70 |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Carlos Reyte |
CUB |
47.82 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Ángel Heras |
ESP |
47.88 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Clarence Daniel |
USA |
47.96 |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Allan Ellsworth |
NED |
47.96 |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Lázaro Martínez |
CUB |
48.06 |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Arjen Visserman |
NED |
48.12 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Allan Ingraham |
BAH |
48.14 |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Isidro Del Prado |
PHI |
48.35 NR |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Ahmed Abdelhalim Ghanem |
EGY |
48.77 |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Ahmed Hamada |
BRN |
48.80 NR |
| 15 | 5 | 4 | Abdelali Kasbane |
MAR |
48.93 NR |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | Thomas Schönlebe |
GDR |
48.95 |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Ali St. Louis |
TTO |
48.95 |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Rene Djedjemel Meledje |
CIV |
49.36 |
| 19 | 6 | 4 | Djetenan Kouadio |
CIV |
49.45 |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | Gerry Delaney |
IRL |
49.83 |
| 21 | 4 | 2 | Mike Okot |
UGA |
50.19 |
| 22 | 3 | 1 | Adalsteinn Bernhardsson |
ISL |
50.37 |
| 23 | 4 | 1 | Khaled Hussain |
KUW |
50.50 NR |
| 24 | 6 | 5 | Alberto Izu |
PER |
51.19 NR |
| 2 | Nabil Nahri |
SYR |
DNS | ||
| 1 | David Kitur |
KEN |
DNS | ||
| 1 | David Peltier |
BAR |
DNS | ||
| 3 | Billy Konchellah |
KEN |
DNS | ||
| 3 | Roberto Ribaud |
ITA |
DNS |