| POS | Rank | Heat | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | John Godina |
USA |
20.46 Q |
| 2 | 1 | B | Oliver-Sven Buder |
GER |
20.06 Q |
| 3 | 2 | B | Arsi Harju |
FIN |
20.04 Q |
| 3 | 2 | A | Mika Halvari |
FIN |
20.04 Q |
| 5 | 3 | B | Miroslav Menc |
CZE |
20.01 Q PB |
| 6 | 3 | A | Manuel MartÃnez |
ESP |
19.96 Q |
| 7 | 4 | B | Oleksandr Bagach |
UKR |
19.91 Q |
| 8 | 5 | B | Paolo Dal Soglio |
ITA |
19.82 Q |
| 9 | 6 | B | Mark Parlin |
USA |
19.81 Q |
| 10 | 4 | A | Kjell Ove Hauge |
NOR |
19.78 q |
| 11 | 5 | A | Yuriy Bilonoh |
UKR |
19.62 q |
| 12 | 6 | A | Corrado Fantini |
ITA |
19.59 q |
| 13 | 7 | A | Michael Mertens |
GER |
19.43 |
| 13 | 8 | A | Dzmitry Hancharuk |
BLR |
19.43 PB |
| 15 | 9 | A | Mark Proctor |
GBR |
19.21 |
| 16 | 10 | A | Fernando Alves |
POR |
18.98 NR |
| 17 | 7 | B | Virgilijus Alekna |
LTU |
18.90 |
| 18 | 11 | A | Pavel Chumachenko |
RUS |
18.88 |
| 19 | 8 | B | Andreas Gustafsson |
SWE |
18.67 |
| 20 | 9 | B | Matthew Simson |
GBR |
18.30 |
| 21 | 10 | B | Bilal Saad Mubarak |
QAT |
18.29 |
| B | Jorge Vazquez |
PAR |
NM |