| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tim Harden |  USA | 6.47 Q | 0.178 | 
| 2 | Donovan Powell |  JAM | 6.50 Q PB | 0.116 | 
| 3 | Deji Aliu |  NGR | 6.50 q | 0.137 | 
| 4 | Koji Ito |  JPN | 6.62 | 0.144 | 
| 5 | O'Brian Gibbons |  CAN | 6.71 | 0.139 | 
| 6 | Gennadiy Chernovol |  KAZ | 6.73 | 0.130 | 
| 7 | Sanusi Turay |  SLE | 6.77 | 0.119 | 
| Marcin Nowak |  POL | DNS | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maurice Greene |  USA | 6.45 Q CR | 0.127 | 
| 2 | Jason Livingston |  GBR | 6.54 Q SB | 0.107 | 
| 3 | Bruny Surin |  CAN | 6.57 q | 0.120 | 
| 4 | Yeóryios TheodorÃdis |  GRE | 6.58 | 0.121 | 
| 5 | Raymond Stewart |  JAM | 6.60 | 0.130 | 
| 6 | Gábor Dobos |  HUN | 6.62 | 0.123 | 
| 7 | Watson Nyambek |  MAS | 6.66 NR | 0.140 | 
| 8 | Patrick Schneider |  GER | 6.68 | 0.138 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Gardener |  GBR | 6.49 Q PB | 0.135 | 
| 2 | Matthew Shirvington |  AUS | 6.53 Q | 0.125 | 
| 3 | Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda |  CUB | 6.58 PB | 0.132 | 
| 4 | Marc Blume |  GER | 6.59 | 0.127 | 
| 5 | Nobuharu Asahara |  JPN | 6.60 SB | 0.132 | 
| 6 | Cédric Grand |  SUI | 6.64 | 0.132 | 
| 7 | Vitaliy Medvedev |  KAZ | 6.65 | 0.136 | 
| 8 | Diego Moisés Santos |  ESP | 6.70 | 0.139 |