| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | COUNTRY | Mark |
| 1 | 6 | 2225 | SARACENI Enrico Giorgio | 1964 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 55.10 Q |
| 2 | 4 | 1084 | VASSILIOU Michael | 1960 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 55.12 Q |
| 3 | 5 | 2043 | BERTACCINI Paolo | 1965 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 55.12 Q |
| 4 | 7 | 2795 | SHESTAKOV Konstantin | 1964 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 55.19 Q |
| 5 | 8 | 1020 | NOEL Tony | 1962 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 55.45 q |
| 6 | 8 | 928 | GREW Robert | 1962 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 55.57 Q |
| 7 | 6 | 830 | ZAPHA Thierry | 1964 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 55.92 q |
| 8 | 7 | 2050 | BIANCHI Fausto | 1962 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 55.98 Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2375 | MICHELS Marijn | 1963 | M45 | NED NETHERLANDS | 56.00 Q |
| 10 | 7 | 1093 | WATSON Derek | 1962 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 56.08 q |
| 11 | 1 | 1172 | DEPPE Gert | 1964 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 56.43 Q |
| 12 | 6 | 977 | LEWIS Bob | 1961 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 56.68 q |
| 13 | 5 | 2687 | GERASIMOV Alexander | 1961 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 56.73 q |
| 14 | 4 | 1599 | WAGNER Robert | 1962 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 56.80 q |
| 15 | 2 | 2149 | MANFREDI Alessandro | 1960 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 57.25 q |
| 16 | 2 | 1219 | FUNK Burghardt | 1963 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 57.41 q |
| 17 | 1 | 2734 | MARKOV Alexander | 1962 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 57.51 |
| 18 | 8 | 981 | LOWIS John | 1963 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 57.53 |
| 19 | 2 | 967 | KILLILEA Tony | 1964 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 57.72 |
| 20 | 3 | 2969 | SESTAK Stanislav | 1965 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 58.10 |
| 21 | 5 | 1420 | MüLLER Andreas | 1964 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 58.35 |
| 22 | 8 | 2095 | DI LUZIO Roberto | 1960 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 58.37 |
| 23 | 3 | 1031 | PALMER Keith | 1964 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 58.42 |
| 24 | 2 | 807 | REMY Michel | 1962 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 59.37 |
| 25 | 4 | 73 | WIESER Klaus | 1961 | M45 | AUT AUSTRIA | 59.46 |
| 26 | 7 | 664 | STROMBERG Christer | 1960 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 1:01.15 |
| 27 | 4 | 394 | CANTO Jose | 1961 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.23 |
| 28 | 3 | 926 | GRAY Marcel | 1965 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 1:02.28 |
| 29 | 6 | 995 | MAY Michael | 1960 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 1:07.82 |
| 30 | 3 | 2119 | GABRIELE Gilberto | 1961 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 1:08.60 |
| 31 | 5 | 2308 | ANCLAUSKAS Romutis | 1964 | M45 | LTU LITHUANIA | 1:10.65 |
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