| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Frye |  USA | 20.92 Q | 0.016 | 
| 2 | Jairo Duzant |  AHO | 21.01 Q | 0.014 | 
| 3 | Roy Bailey |  JAM | 21.16 Q | 0.014 | 
| 4 | Stefan Holz |  GER | 21.29 Q | 0.013 | 
| 5 | Wynand Dempers |  RSA | 21.38 | 0.014 | 
| 6 | Timothy Benjamin |  GBR | 21.59 | 0.012 | 
| 7 | Raphael de Oliveira |  BRA | 21.88 | 0.015 | 
| 8 | Sherwin Vries |  NAM | 21.88 | 0.018 | 
| POS | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | MARK | Reaction Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Malcolm |  GBR | 20.62 Q WL | 0.014 | 
| 2 | Massimiliano Donati |  ITA | 20.97 Q | 0.014 | 
| 3 | Scott Thom |  AUS | 21.05 Q | 0.015 | 
| 4 | Steve Slowly |  JAM | 21.07 Q | 0.012 | 
| 5 | Kevin Baker |  USA | 21.24 | 0.014 | 
| 6 | Benjamin Potter |  NZL | 21.32 | 0.013 | 
| 7 | Bradley Agnew |  RSA | 21.45 | 0.013 | 
| 8 | Hirofumi Nakagawa |  JPN | 21.89 | 0.012 |