| 1 | Christian Malcolm | GBR | 20,76 | Q |
| 2 | Patrick van Balkom | NED | 20,77 | Q |
| 3 | Gennadiy Chernovol | KAZ | 21,28 | |
| 4 | Oumar Loum | SEN | 21,49 |
| 1 | Shawn Crawford | USA | 20,80 | Q |
| 2 | Allyn Condon | GBR | 21,12 | Q |
| 3 | Radek Zachoval | CZE | 21,17 | |
| 4 | Massimiliano Donati | ITA | 21,97 |
| 1 | Kevin Little | USA | 20,73 | Q |
| 2 | Christopher Williams | JAM | 20,78 | Q |
| 3 | Joseph Batangdon | CMR | 21,43 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Atene | ITA | 21,49 |