| Final | | time | | L | | 1. Nikolay Antonov |  Bulgaria | 20.67s | F1 | 4 | | 2. Linford Christie |  Great Britain | 20.72s | | 5 | | 3. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 20.92s | | 3 | | 4. Thomas Jefferson |  United States | 21.11s | | 2 | | 5. Miguel Ángel Gómez |  Spain | 21.29s | | 6 | | 6. Andrey Fedoriv |  Soviet Union | 21.65s | F1 | 1 |
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| | | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.83s | Q | | 2. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 20.95s | Q | | 5. Sandro Floris |  Italy | 21.17s | | | 12.Franz Ratzenberger |  Austria | 21.65s | | | 15.Daron Council | United States | 21.74s | | | 17.Dazel Jules |  Trinidad Tobago | 21.91s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 4. Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.12s | Q | | 6. Thomas Jefferson | United States | 21.19s | Q | | 8. Patrick Stevens |  Belgium | 21.33s | | | 11.Éric Perrot |  France | 21.43s | | | 13.Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 21.67s | | | 18.Jiří Valík |  Czechoslovakia | 22.41s | |
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| Semi 3 | | time | | | 3. Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.09s | Q, PB | | 6. Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 21.19s | Q | | 9. Paolo Catalano | Italy | 21.36s | | | 10.Daniel Cojocaru |  Romania | 21.41s | | | 14.Jeroen Fischer | Belgium | 21.73s | | | 16.Troy Douglas |  Bermuda | 21.78s | |
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Heats - Saturday, 9th March | | First 2 from each Heat and Best 6 times. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.99s | Q | | 3. Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 21.15s | Q, PB | | 9. Daron Council | United States | 21.37s | q | | 21.Christian Boda |  Mauritius | 22.14s | NR | | -. Abdelali Kasbane |  Morocco | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 21.20s | Q | | 6. Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.27s | Q | | 9. Jeroen Fischer | Belgium | 21.37s | q | | 14.Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 21.54s | q, NR | | 26.Dudley den Dulk |  Neth. Antilles | 22.99s | NR | | -. Eric Akogyiram |  Ghana | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 16.Sandro Floris | Italy | 21.74s | Q | | 19.Franz Ratzenberger | Austria | 21.84s | Q | | 23.Trevor Davis |  Anguilla | 22.44s | | | 25.Clinton Bufuku |  Zambia | 22.66s | NR | | -. Emmanuel Tuffour | Ghana | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 8. Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.35s | Q | | 11.Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 21.42s | Q | | 15.Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 21.69s | q | | 17.Dazel Jules | Trinidad Tobago | 21.75s | q | | 20.Benyounés Lahlou | Morocco | 22.08s | | | 24.Joseph Gikonyo |  Kenya | 22.58s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 2. Thomas Jefferson | United States | 21.13s | Q | | 7. Paolo Catalano | Italy | 21.32s | Q | | 12.Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 21.43s | q | | 27.Carlos García |  Dominicana | 23.63s | | | -. Anninos Marcoullides |  Cyprus | DNS | | | -. Andreas Berger | Austria | DNS | |
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| Heat 6 | | time | | | 4. Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.20s | Q | | 13.Éric Perrot | France | 21.48s | Q | | 18.Abdullahi Tetengi |  Nigeria | 21.76s | | | 22.Christopher Nibilo |  Tanzania | 22.35s | NR | | -. Rodney Cox |  Turks and Caicos | DQ | | | -. Neil de Silva | Trinidad Tobago | DQ | |
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