| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1998 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Lloyd |  JAM | 52.06 | 52.06 | 
| 2 | Richard McDonald |  GBR | 52.33 | 52.33 | 
| 3 | Osiris MartÃnez |  CUB | 52.00 | 52.00 | 
| 4 | Francois Coetzee |  RSA | 51.64 | 51.64 | 
| 5 | Terrance Wilson |  USA | 51.61 | 51.61 | 
| 6 | Chin-Fu Lin |  TPE | 51.43 | 51.43 | 
| 7 | Tahar Ghozali |  ALG | 52.25 | 52.25 | 
| 8 | Tomasz Rudnik |  POL | 52.31 | 52.31 | 
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1998 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas O'Brien |  NZL | 52.11 | 52.11 | 
| 2 | Satoshi Oshikawa |  JPN | 52.22 | 52.22 | 
| 3 | Chabib El Azouizi |  MAR | 52.03 | 52.03 | 
| 4 | Peter Bate |  AUS | 50.93 | 50.93 | 
| 5 | PeriklÃs Iakovákis |  GRE | 51.99 | 51.99 | 
| 6 | Reginald DePass |  USA | 52.20 | 52.20 | 
| 7 | Carlos Garcia |  ESP | 52.46 | 52.46 | 
| 8 | Stefano Cuzzi |  ITA | 52.10 | 52.10 |