| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | WIND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 696 | Paul Gorries |
RSA |
20.62 Q | -0.5 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 630 | Marcin Jedrusinski |
POL |
20.69 Q NJR | -0.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 293 | Timothy Benjamin |
GBR |
20.76 Q SB | -0.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 460 | Yusuke Omae |
JPN |
20.81 Q PB | +1.2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 429 | Marvin Anderson |
JAM |
20.84 Q PB | +1.2 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 763 | Johan Engberg |
SWE |
20.87 Q | +1.2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | 299 | Dwayne Grant |
GBR |
20.88 Q PB | +1.2 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 430 | Omar Brown |
JAM |
20.90 Q | -0.5 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 504 | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami |
KSA |
20.95 | +1.2 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 149 | Yaozu Yang |
CHN |
20.96 | -0.5 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | 320 | Sebastian Gatzka |
GER |
21.03 PB | +1.2 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | 185 | Jirà VojtÃk |
CZE |
21.16 PB | +1.2 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | 25 | Tim Williams |
AUS |
21.33 | -0.5 |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | 459 | Yuji Okuno |
JPN |
30.91 | -0.5 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | 83 | Bruno Campos |
BRA |
1:44.38 | +1.2 |
| 2 | 825 | Monzavous Edwards |
USA |
DNF | -0.5 |