| Final 12:00 | time | L | | React. | birth | | 1. Pavel Maslák | CZE | 45.66s | 5 | NR PB | 0.177 | 21 Feb 91 | | 2. Nigel Levine | GBR | 46.21s | 3 | SB | 0.165 | 30 Apr 89 | | 3. Pavel Trenikhin | RUS | 46.70s | 6 | | 0.204 | 24 Mar 86 | | 4. Volodymyr Burakov | UKR | 46.79s | 2 | | 0.214 | 6 May 85 | | 5. Michael Bingham | GBR | 46.81s | 1 | | 0.152 | 13 Apr 86 | | 6. Richard Strachan | GBR | 47.02s | 4 | | 0.164 | 18 Nov 86 |
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| ER: Thomas Schoelebe (GDR) 45.05s | | Sindelfingen (FRG), 05.02.1988 | | CR: Marek Plawgo (POL) 45.39s | | Wien (AUT), 03.03.2002 |
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| Semi 1 17:45 | time | L | | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Pavel Maslák | CZE | 46.18s | 5 | SB | 0.178 | 21 Feb 91 | 2. | | 2. Nigel Levine | GBR | 46.50s | 3 | | 0.162 | 30 Apr 89 | 3. | | 3. Volodymyr Burakov | UKR | 47.03s | 4 | | 0.190 | 6 May 85 | 4. | | 4. Mamoudou Hanne | FRA | 47.08s | 1 | | 0.169 | 6 Mar 88 | 5. | | 5. Yavuz Can | TUR | 47.26s | 2 | SB | 0.178 | 23 Feb 87 | 6. | | -. Brian Gregan | IRL | DNF | 6 | | 0.201 | 31 Dec 89 | |
| Semi 2 17:52 | time | L | | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Pavel Trenikhin | RUS | 46.00s | 6 | PB | 0.196 | 24 Mar 86 | 1. | | 2. Richard Strachan | GBR | 46.88s | 5 | | 0.203 | 18 Nov 86 | 4. | | 3. Michael Bingham | GBR | 46.91s | 4 | | 0.153 | 13 Apr 86 | 7. | | 4. Vitaliy Butrym | UKR | 47.01s | 3 | | 0.181 | 10 Jan 91 | 8. | | 5. Nick Ekelund-Arenander | DEN | 47.34s | 2 | | 0.198 | 23 Jan 89 | 10. | | 6. Mateo Ružić | CRO | 47.42s | 1 | | 0.169 | 16 Aug 94 | 11. |
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| Heat 1 12:02 | time | L | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Brian Gregan | IRL | 46.97s | 5 | 0.207 | 31 Dec 89 | 6. | | 2. Vitaliy Butrym | UKR | 46.97s | 4 | 0.148 | 10 Jan 91 | 7. | | 3. Mamoudou Hanne | FRA | 47.04s | 6 | 0.166 | 6 Mar 88 | 8. | | 4. Mateo Ružić | CRO | 47.55s | 3 | 0.178 | 16 Aug 94 | 11. | | 5. Samuel García | ESP | 47.76s | 2 | 0.195 | 4 Dec 91 | 14. |
| Heat 2 12:08 | time | L | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Pavel Trenikhin | RUS | 46.65s | 6 | 0.217 | 24 Mar 86 | 2. | | 2. Michael Bingham | GBR | 46.92s | 5 | 0.151 | 13 Apr 86 | 4. | | 3. Nick Ekelund-Arenander | DEN | 47.31s | 3 | 0.242 | 23 Jan 89 | 10. | | 4. Eusebio Haliti | ITA | 47.93s | 1 | 0.253 | 1 Jan 91 | 17. | | 5. Josef Prorok | CZE | 48.45s | 4 | 0.167 | 16 Nov 87 | 19. | | 6. Kolbeinn Hödur Gunnarsson | ISL | 48.88s | 2 | 0.184 | 11 Jul 95 | 20. |
| Heat 3 12:14 | time | L | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Richard Strachan | GBR | 46.96s | 5 | 0.162 | 18 Nov 86 | 5. | | 2. Volodymyr Burakov | UKR | 47.16s | 6 | 0.345 | 6 May 85 | 9. | | 3. Yavuz Can | TUR | 47.59s | 1 | 0.169 | 23 Feb 87 | 12. | | 4. Felix Francois | SWE | 48.13s | 2 | 0.154 | 8 Nov 90 | 18. | | -. Isalbet Juarez | ITA | DNF | 3 | 0.171 | 20 Dec 87 | | | -. Thomas Jordier | FRA | DQ | 4 | 0.185 | 12 Aug 94 | |
| Heat 4 12:20 | time | L | React. | birth | Rk. | | 1. Pavel Maslák | CZE | 46.54s | 6 | 0.219 | 21 Feb 91 | 1. | | 2. Nigel Levine | GBR | 46.68s | 5 | 0.168 | 30 Apr 89 | 3. | | 3. Grzegorz Sobiński | POL | 47.61s | 3 | 0.198 | 30 Dec 87 | 13. | | 4. Lorenzo Valentini | ITA | 47.82s | 1 | 0.216 | 13 Apr 91 | 15. | | 5. Mark Ujakpor | ESP | 47.89s | 2 | 0.160 | 18 Jan 87 | 16. | | 6. Donald Sanford | ISR | 49.11s | 4 | 0.264 | 5 Feb 87 | 21. |
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