| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 141 | Caines Daniel |
GBR |
46.65 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | Mark Hylton |
GBR |
46.79 Q |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 371 | Jimisola Laursen |
SWE |
46.82 Q SB |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 107 | David Canal |
ESP |
46.85 Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 209 | Danny McFarlane |
JAM |
46.90 Q |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 272 | Sunday Bada |
NGR |
46.91 q |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 325 | Boris Gorban |
RUS |
46.91 q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | 387 | Sofiane Labidi |
TUN |
46.93 Q NR |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 405 | James Davis |
USA |
47.01 Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 335 | Andrey Semyonov |
RUS |
47.01 |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | 99 | Felix Sánchez |
DOM |
47.02 Q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | 403 | Milton Campbell |
USA |
47.09 Q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | 295 | Piotr Rysiukiewicz |
POL |
47.19 |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | 210 | Davian Clarke |
JAM |
47.20 Q |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 294 | Robert Mackowiak |
POL |
47.24 |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 46 | Sanderlei Parrela |
BRA |
47.53 |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | 364 | Alain Rohr |
SUI |
47.62 |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | 25 | Troy McIntosh |
BAH |
47.66 |
| 19 | 4 | 5 | 163 | Stilianós Dimótsios |
GRE |
47.71 |
| 20 | 5 | 2 | 59 | Shane Niemi |
CAN |
47.80 |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | 355 | Rohan Pradeep Kumara |
SRI |
48.02 |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | 274 | Jude Monye |
NGR |
48.05 |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | 216 | Jun Osakada |
JPN |
48.13 |
| 24 | 4 | 1 | 306 | Carlos Silva |
POR |
48.45 |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | 22 | Dmitriy Chumichkin |
AZE |
48.52 |
| 26 | 5 | 1 | 356 | Sugath Thilakaratne |
SRI |
48.82 |
| 27 | 6 | 1 | 105 | Marcelo Figueroa |
ESA |
49.35 |
| 28 | 6 | 5 | 48 | Khalid Al Haber |
BRN |
49.61 |
| 4 | 438 | Bothwell Nachihulu |
ZAM |
DQ |