First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)

First 2 of each heat (WQ) plus 2 fastest times (Wq) qualify to World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Relays Final

POS Rank Heat BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY RESULTS ms*
1 1 3 JAM Jamaica JAMJAM 41.96 WQ SB
2 1 1 ESP Spain ESPESP 42.26 WQ SB
3 2 1 CAN Canada CANCAN 42.39 WQ SB
4 2 3 GER Germany GERGER 42.44 WQ SB
5 1 2 CHN PR of China CHNCHN 42.62 WQ SB
6 2 2 ITA Italy ITAITA 42.94 WQ SB
7 3 1 POL Poland POLPOL 43.09 Wq SB
8 3 3 POR Portugal PORPOR 43.11 Wq NR .102
9 3 2 SUI Switzerland SUISUI 43.11 SB .105
10 4 2 RSA South Africa RSARSA 43.22 NR
11 5 2 NED Netherlands NEDNED 43.28 SB
12 4 1 USA United States USAUSA 43.33
13 5 1 IND India INDIND 43.97 SB
14 6 2 CHI Chile CHICHI 45.40
15 4 3 BOT Botswana BOTBOT 45.62
3 NGR Nigeria NGRNGR DQ
3 FRA France FRAFRA DQ
3 BEL Belgium BELBEL DQ
1 IRL Ireland IRLIRL DQ
2 GBR Great Britain & NI GBRGBR DQ
1 AUS Australia AUSAUS DQ
3 HUN Hungary HUNHUN DQ
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ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second