| Final | time | | | 1. John Regis |  GBR | 20.54s | | | 2. Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 20.87s | | | 3. Kevin Little |  USA | 21.12s | | | 4. Sandro Floris |  ITA | 21.31s | | | 5. Rob Klundert |  NED | 21.55s | | | -. Robson Caetano da Silva |  BRA | DQ | |
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| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. John Regis | GBR | 20.81s | Q | | 2. Sandro Floris | ITA | 21.21s | Q | | 3. Rob Klundert | NED | 21.36s | Q | | 4. Nikolay Antonov |  BUL | 21.47s | | | 5. Laszlo Karaffa |  HUN | 21.51s | | | -. Bruno Marie-Rose |  FRA | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Robson Caetano da Silva | BRA | 20.86s | Q | | 2. Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 21.01s | Q | | 3. Kevin Little | USA | 21.05s | Q | | 4. Andrzej Popa |  POL | 21.43s | | | 5. Paolo Catalano | ITA | 21.90s | | | 6. Alemayehu Gudeta |  ETH | 21.90s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Robson Caetano da Silva | BRA | 21.25s | Q | | 2. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 21.42s | Q | | 3. Alemayehu Gudeta | ETH | 21.90s | q | | 4. Troy Douglas |  BER | 21.94s | | | 5. Ayhan Bodur |  TUR | 22.47s | | | 6. Clinton Bufuku |  ZAM | 23.25s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. John Regis | GBR | 21.17s | Q | | 2. Andrzej Popa | POL | 21.35s | Q | | 3. Paolo Catalano | ITA | 21.48s | q | | 4. Ian Morris |  TRI | 22.19s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 21.49s | Q | | 2. Laszlo Karaffa | HUN | 21.57s | Q | | 3. Luis Cunha |  POR | 21.93s | | | 4. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 22.09s | | | 5. Trevor Davis |  AIA | 22.90s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Kevin Little | USA | 21.22s | Q | | 2. Rob Klundert | NED | 21.27s | Q | | 3. Sandro Floris | ITA | 21.34s | q | | 4. Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 21.68s | q |
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