| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 20.55 Q SB | 0.158 | 
| 2 | Rohsaan Griffin |  USA | 20.81 Q | 0.124 | 
| 3 | Marcin Urbas |  POL | 21.01 PB | 0.137 | 
| 4 | Patrick van Balkom |  NED | 21.15 | 0.157 | 
| 5 | Marcus Adam |  GBR | 21.37 | 0.142 | 
| 6 | Anninos Marcoullides |  CYP | 22.30 | 0.156 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu |  NGR | 20.55 Q | 0.180 | 
| 2 | Koji Ito |  JPN | 20.63 Q AR | 0.190 | 
| 3 | Aléxios Alexópoulos |  GRE | 20.98 | 0.150 | 
| 4 | Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 21.13 | 0.186 | 
| 5 | Darryl Wohlsen |  AUS | 21.57 | 0.127 | 
| Ryszard Pilarczyk |  POL | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.18 Q CR | 0.126 | 
| 2 | Kevin Little |  USA | 20.32 Q AR | 0.133 | 
| 3 | Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 21.02 | 0.138 | 
| 4 | Iván GarcÃa |  CUB | 21.24 | 0.211 | 
| 5 | Christophe Cheval |  FRA | 21.37 | 0.146 | 
| 6 | Carlos Gats |  ARG | 21.50 | 0.146 |