| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin-taek Lee |  KOR | 2.33o | |
| 2 | Sergey Klyugin |  RUS | 2.31 | 2.31 | 
| 3 | Steinar Hoen |  NOR | 2.36 | 2.33 | 
| 4 | Mark Mandy |  IRL | 2.26 | 2.26 | 
| 5 | KonstadÃnos Liápis |  GRE | 2.28 | 2.28 | 
| 6 | Ian Thompson |  BAH | 2.27o | |
| 7 | Jan Janku |  CZE | 2.30 | 2.27 | 
| 8 | Marko Turban |  EST | 2.30o | |
| 9 | Wolfgang Kreissig |  GER | 2.33o | 2.30 | 
| 10 | Konstantin Matusevich |  ISR | 2.31 | |
| 11 | Steve Smith |  GBR | 2.38 | 2.34 | 
| 12 | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik |  UKR | 2.26o | |
| 13 | Kwaku Boateng |  CAN | 2.27 | 2.27 | 
| 14 | Arturo OrtÃz |  ESP | 2.34o | |
| 15 | Didier Detchenique |  FRA | 2.27 | 2.27 | 
| 16 | Charles Austin |  USA | 2.40o | 2.32 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1997 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Brown |  USA | 2.31 | 2.31 | 
| 2 | Dragutin Topic |  SCG | 2.38o | 2.28 | 
| 3 | Dalton Grant |  GBR | 2.37 | 2.33 | 
| 4 | Elvir Krehmic |  BIH | ||
| 5 | Shigeki Toyoshima |  JPN | ||
| 6 | Gustavo Adolfo Bécker |  ESP | 2.30o | |
| 7 | Jean-Claude Rabbath |  LBN | 2.06o | |
| 8 | Christian Rhoden |  GER | 2.30 | 2.30 | 
| 9 | Tim Forsyth |  AUS | 2.36o | 2.36o | 
| 10 | Istvan Kovacs |  HUN | ||
| 11 | Stefan Holm |  SWE | 2.30 | 2.30 | 
| 12 | Lábros Papakóstas |  GRE | 2.36o | 2.27 | 
| 13 | Hervé Ndi Ndi |  FRA | 2.27 | 2.27 | 
| 14 | Itay Margalit |  ISR | 2.20o | |
| 15 | Svatoslav Ton |  CZE | 2.27 | 2.27 | 
| 16 | Charles Lefrançois |  CAN | 2.26o | |
| 17 | Jaroslaw Kotewicz |  POL | 2.31 | 2.31 |