| 1 | Rohsaan Griffin | USA | 20,85 | Q | |
| 2 | Iván García | CUB | 21,03 | Q | |
| 3 | Amed Douhou | CIV | 21,21 | q | NR |
| 4 | Prodromos Katsantonis | CYP | 21,32 | ||
| 5 | Francisco Navarro | ESP | 21,33 | ||
| 6 | Ioannis Nafpliotis | GRE | 21,76 |
| 1 | Sebastián Keitel | CHI | 20,99 | Q |
| 2 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 20,99 | Q |
| 3 | Angelo Cipolloni | ITA | 21,15 | q |
| 4 | Claudinei da Silva | BRA | 21,58 | |
| Miguel Janssen | ARU | DNS | ||
| Eric Nkansah | GHA | DNS |
| 1 | Christophe Cheval | FRA | 20,94 | Q |
| 2 | Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 21,01 | Q |
| 3 | Patrick van Balkom | NED | 21,15 | q |
| 4 | Koji Ito | JPN | 21,68 | |
| 5 | Neil de Silva | TRI | 22,66 | |
| 6 | Doli Aligbane | ZAI | 23,82 |
| 1 | Troy Douglas | BER | 20,77 | Q | NR |
| 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 21,02 | Q | |
| 3 | Gary Ryan | IRL | 21,13 | q | NR |
| 4 | Marcelo Brivilati da Silva | BRA | 21,50 | ||
| 5 | Douglas Turner | GBR | 21,90 | ||
| 6 | Javier Verme Villaran | PER | 21,98 | NR |
| 1 | Kevin Little | USA | 20,73 | Q | |
| 2 | Ivan Šlehobr | CZE | 21,17 | Q | NR |
| 3 | Gaëtan Bernard | BEL | 21,32 | q | |
| 4 | Han Chaoming | CHN | 21,61 | ||
| 5 | Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 21,88 |
| 1 | Geir Moen | NOR | 21,13 | Q |
| 2 | Julian Golding | GBR | 21,18 | Q |
| 3 | Miklós Gyulai | HUN | 21,29 | q |
| 4 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | GRE | 21,97 | |
| Giovanni Puggioni | ITA | DNF | ||
| Carlo Y. Santa | DOM | DNS |