| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 168 | Matěj KRSEK |  CZE | 46.07 Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 121 | Alexander DOOM |  BEL | 46.11 Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 252 | Rusheen MCDONALD |  JAM | 46.25 Q PB | |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 337 | João COELHO |  POR | 46.35 Q NR | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 229 | Attila MOLNÁR |  HUN | 46.52 Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 313 | Karsten WARHOLM |  NOR | 46.68 Q SB | |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 132 | Lucas CARVALHO |  BRA | 46.82 q PB | |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 101 | Franko BURRAJ |  ALB | 46.86 q SB | |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | 308 | Dubem NWACHUKWU |  NGR | 46.91 Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 339 | Omar ELKHATIB |  POR | 46.99 q PB | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 375 | Jereem RICHARDS |  TTO | 47.04 q SB | .036 | 
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 354 | Rok FERLAN |  SLO | 47.04 Q | .036 | 
| 13 | 3 | 1 | 412 | Jacory PATTERSON |  USA | 47.04 | .038 | 
| 14 | 3 | 4 | 394 | Brian FAUST |  USA | 47.11 | |
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 164 | Michal DESENSKÝ |  CZE | 47.48 | |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 274 | Artūrs PASTORS |  LAT | 47.53 PB | |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | 276 | Tomas KERŠULIS |  LTU | 47.92 | .917 | 
| 18 | 5 | 4 | 138 | Lucas VILAR |  BRA | 47.92 | .919 | 
| 19 | 4 | 1 | 290 | Graham PELLEGRINI |  MLT | 48.00 | |
| 20 | 5 | 1 | 141 | Ibrahim AYORINDE |  CAN | 48.05 | |
| 21 | 6 | 4 | 235 | Malique SMITH |  ISV | 49.68 SB | |
| 22 | 6 | 3 | 351 | Rashid MOIWA |  SLE | 53.48 NR | |
| 1 | 259 | Kentaro SATO |  JPN | DNS | 
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second