| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 844 | O'Neal Wilder |  USA | 46.08 Q | 
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 335 | Kirani JAMES |  GRN | 46.55 Q | 
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | Kurt Mulcahy |  AUS | 46.56 Q | 
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 304 | Niklas Zender |  GER | 46.78 Q | 
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 91 | Tyler Daniel Harper |  CAN | 46.81 q PB | 
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 809 | Marcus Boyd |  USA | 46.88 Q | 
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 368 | Brian GREGAN |  IRL | 46.88 Q | 
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 274 | Jordan McGrath |  GBR | 47.13 q | 
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 272 | Nigel Levine |  GBR | 47.14 | 
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 143 | Petr Vanek |  CZE | 47.22 | 
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 751 | Zwede Hewitt |  TTO | 47.36 | 
| 12 | 5 | 2 | 658 | Vladimir Krasnov |  RUS | 47.38 | 
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 344 | Marcell Deák Nagy |  HUN | 47.43 | 
| 14 | 5 | 1 | 488 | Janis Leitis |  LAT | 47.51 | 
| 15 | 5 | 3 | 334 | Rondell Bartholomew |  GRN | 47.60 | 
| 16 | 6 | 2 | 446 | Silvester Kirwa Meli |  KEN | 47.73 | 
| 17 | 6 | 3 | 619 | Juan Carlos Vega |  PUR | 47.94 | 
| 18 | 7 | 2 | 328 | Pétros KiriakÃdis |  GRE | 48.03 | 
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 693 | Awadelkarim Makki |  SUD | 48.21 | 
| 20 | 7 | 3 | 553 | Mauritz KÃ¥shagen |  NOR | 48.22 | 
| 21 | 8 | 1 | 424 | Hideyuki Hirose |  JPN | 48.30 | 
| 21 | 7 | 1 | 38 | Juan Lewis |  BAH | 48.30 | 
| 23 | 9 | 1 | 428 | Akihiro Urano |  JPN | 48.34 | 
| 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | Curtis Kock |  AHO | 48.36 | 
| 2 | 469 | Ismail M.H Alsabani |  KSA | DQ |