Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
1 | 7 | 932 | APATOUT Olivier | 1977 | M40 | FRA FRANCE | 53.40 Q | |
2 | 5 | 3835 | CHOUHAL Rachid | 1975 | M40 | MLT MALTA | 53.64 Q | |
3 | 6 | 4003 | GUZOWSKI Krzysztof | 1975 | M40 | POL POLAND | 53.71 Q | |
4 | 3 | 3948 | LIHOLT Rune | 1976 | M40 | NOR NORWAY | 53.86 q | |
5 | 7 | 4394 | LOGG Anders | 1976 | M40 | SWE SWEDEN | 53.86 q | |
6 | 8 | 1317 | BROWN David | 1978 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 53.94 Q | |
7 | 7 | 1555 | PARKER Andrew | 1978 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 54.12 Q | |
8 | 4 | 3906 | VAN DER PUTTEN Marijn | 1975 | M40 | NED NETHERLANDS | 54.44 Q | |
9 | 5 | 2244 | KATANTONAKIS Antonios | 1977 | M40 | GRE GREECE | 54.60 Q | |
10 | 4 | 2415 | KLIUKIN Evgeny | 1977 | M40 | ISR ISRAEL | 54.84 q | |
11 | 8 | 3223 | MENONNA Alessio | 1979 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 54.95 q | |
12 | 3 | 1763 | DORNEMANN Manuel | 1979 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 55.05 Q | |
13 | 3 | 3548 | SAVAIA Antonino | 1976 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 55.22 q | |
14 | 4 | 828 | LAURONEN Petri | 1978 | M40 | FIN FINLAND | 56.04 q | |
15 | 8 | 1648 | TOWART Darren | 1977 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.09 q | |
16 | 6 | 1441 | HARMER Paul | 1976 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.56 q | |
17 | 6 | 408 | ARDIL MARTINEZ Jose Ped | 1977 | M40 | ESP SPAIN | 56.93 | |
18 | 2 | 981 | BUCCIALI Nicolas | 1975 | M40 | FRA FRANCE | 57.05 | |
19 | 4 | 3226 | MEROLA Giorgio | 1977 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 59.10 | |
20 | 3 | 2810 | DE RAHO Luca | 1976 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 59.27 | |
21 | 5 | 3334 | PAGGIARO Riccardo | 1977 | M40 | ITA ITALY | 1:01.21 | |
22 | 6 | 1586 | RICHARDS-GRAY Adam | 1977 | M40 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 1:03.28 | |
23 | 5 | 2062 | RANZ Juergen | 1975 | M40 | GER GERMANY | 1:07.88 | |
| 8 | 2682 | CENTO Maurizio | 1975 | M40 | ITA ITALY | DNS | |
| 7 | 392 | MORENO MOLESTINA Jorge (FC) | 1978 | M40 | ECU ECUADOR | 58.14 | |
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