| 1 | James Trapp | USA | 20,60 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 21,07 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 21,18 | |
| 4 | Kevin Widmer | SUI | 21,31 | |
| 5 | Solomon Wariso | GBR | 21,31 | |
| Frank Fredericks | NAM | DNS |
| 1 | Kevin Little | USA | 20,73 | Q |
| 2 | Ivan Garcia | CUB | 20,78 | Q |
| 3 | Damien Marsh | AUS | 20,79 | q |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20,98 | q |
| 5 | Christoph Pöstinger | AUT | 21,09 | |
| 6 | Andrey Fyedoriv | RUS | 21,19 |