| 1 | Joseph Batangdon | CMR | 21,01 | Q | |
| 2 | Jimmy Melfort | FRA | 21,05 | Q | |
| 3 | Paul Hession | IRL | 21,12 | ||
| 4 | Heber Viera | URU | 21,36 | NR | |
| 5 | Marcelo Figueroa | ESA | 22,80 | NR |
| 1 | Johann Wissman | SWE | 20,96 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Brizzel | IRL | 21,12 | Q |
| 3 | Louis Tristan | PER | 22,78 | |
| Matic Osovnikar | SLO | DNS |
| 1 | Tobias Unger | GER | 20,98 | Q |
| 2 | David Alerte | FRA | 21,15 | Q |
| 3 | LaTonel Williams | JAM | 21,34 | |
| 4 | Chris Meke Walasi | SOL | 23,83 |
| 1 | Dominic Demeritte | BAH | 20,99 | Q | |
| 2 | Tim Abeyie | GBR | 21,23 | Q | |
| 3 | Claudio Roberto Souza | BRA | 21,39 | ||
| 4 | Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami | OMN | 21,97 | NR |
| 1 | Sebastian Ernst | GER | 20,91 | Q |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20,98 | Q |
| 3 | Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 21,02 | q |
| Sultan Saeed | MDV | DQ |
| 1 | Allyn Condon | GBR | 21,06 | Q | |
| 2 | Coby Miller | USA | 21,32 | Q | |
| 3 | Oleg Sergeyev | RUS | 21,55 | ||
| 4 | Russel Roman | PLW | 23,68 | NR |
| 1 | Marcin Urbas | POL | 20,79 | Q |
| 2 | Jimmie Hackley | USA | 20,95 | Q |
| 3 | Geza Pauer | HUN | 21,62 | |
| Jorge Conde | NCA | DQ |