| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Kevin Little |
USA |
20.73 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Troy Douglas |
BER |
20.77 Q NR |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Rohsaan Griffin |
USA |
20.85 Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Christophe Cheval |
FRA |
20.94 Q PB |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Ato Boldon |
TTO |
20.99 Q |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Sebastián Keitel |
CHI |
20.99 Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu |
NGR |
21.01 Q |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Erik Wijmeersch |
BEL |
21.02 Q |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Iván GarcÃa |
CUB |
21.03 Q |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Geir Moen |
NOR |
21.13 Q |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Gary Ryan |
IRL |
21.13 q NR |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Angelo Cipolloni |
ITA |
21.15 q |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Patrick van Balkom |
NED |
21.15 q |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Ivan Å lehobr |
CZE |
21.17 Q NR |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | Julian Golding |
GBR |
21.18 Q |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Ahmed Douhou |
CIV |
21.21 q NR |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Miklós Gyulai |
HUN |
21.29 q |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Gaetan Bernard |
BEL |
21.32 q |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | Prodromos Katsantonis |
CYP |
21.32 |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | Francisco Javier Navarro |
ESP |
21.33 |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | Marcelo Brivilati Da Silva |
BRA |
21.50 |
| 22 | 4 | 2 | Claudinei da Silva |
BRA |
21.58 |
| 23 | 4 | 5 | Chaoming Han |
CHN |
21.61 |
| 24 | 4 | 3 | Koji Ito |
JPN |
21.68 |
| 25 | 6 | 1 | Ioannis Nafpliotis |
GRE |
21.76 |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
21.88 |
| 27 | 4 | 6 | Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos |
GRE |
21.97 |
| 28 | 5 | 4 | Javier Verme |
PER |
21.98 |
| 29 | 5 | 3 | Neil de Silva |
TTO |
22.66 |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Doli Aligbane |
COD |
23.82 |
| 4 | Douglas Turner |
GBR |
DQ | ||
| 6 | Giovanni Puggioni |
ITA |
DNF | ||
| 2 | Miguel Janssen |
ARU |
DNS | ||
| 2 | Eric Nkansah |
GHA |
DNS | ||
| 6 | Carlos Santa |
DOM |
DNS |