| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 2 | 3427 | POLLICINO Giovambattist | 1973 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 52.70 Q | |
| 2 | 7 | 2397 | PHELAN Jim | 1974 | M45 | IRL IRELAND | 53.63 Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 1358 | DARBY Brian | 1972 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 54.07 Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 367 | JOERGENSEN Brian Brandt | 1974 | M45 | DEN DENMARK | 54.92 Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 2372 | LYNCH Kevin | 1974 | M45 | IRL IRELAND | 54.97 Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 4368 | HOLMBERG Mats | 1973 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 55.24 Q | |
| 7 | 8 | 1724 | BIFFI Daniele | 1972 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 55.32 Q | |
| 8 | 8 | 4409 | NILSSON Magnus | 1972 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 55.41 q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3466 | MELIS Riccardo | 1973 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 55.60 Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 1056 | GENTEUIL Bruno | 1970 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 55.77 Q | |
| 10 | 4 | 2137 | SEIBEL Oliver | 1974 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 55.77 q | |
| 12 | 2 | 1442 | HARRISON Graeme | 1972 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.02 Q | |
| 13 | 3 | 588 | MARTINEZ FUNES Gregorio | 1973 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 56.29 Q | |
| 14 | 6 | 1674 | WHITE Ed | 1973 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.31 Q | |
| 15 | 6 | 722 | VALLADARES GOYA Marcos | 1972 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 56.55 q | |
| 16 | 4 | 4302 | ZILLIG Peter | 1970 | M45 | SUI SWITZERLAND | 56.61 q | |
| 17 | 7 | 2552 | BILLO Riccardo | 1973 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 56.64 | |
| 18 | 2 | 140 | DAWYNDT Frank | 1970 | M45 | BEL BELGIUM | 56.91 | |
| 18 | 7 | 618 | MURIEL ZARAGOZA Gerard | 1974 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 56.91 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1465 | IONS Julian | 1972 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 57.16 | |
| 21 | 8 | 3009 | GIRARDELLO Riccardo | 1970 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 57.25 | |
| 22 | 3 | 4064 | STEPNIAK Radoslaw | 1971 | M45 | POL POLAND | 58.17 | |
| 23 | 8 | 4506 | DI MARTINO Matteo | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 58.18 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4435 | TEGNER Henrik | 1970 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 58.37 | |
| 25 | 7 | 4405 | NIKOLAJEV Sergej | 1973 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 58.56 | |
| 26 | 8 | 3558 | SCATTOLIN Fulvio | 1970 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 58.79 | |
| 27 | 5 | 2264 | TSIOLIS Konstantinos | 1972 | M45 | GRE GREECE | 58.94 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3418 | PISTILLO Maurizio | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 59.27 | |
| 29 | 5 | 4249 | RUSOV Dragisa | 1972 | M45 | SRB SERBIA | 59.38 | |
| 30 | 5 | 401 | ALVAREZ FRIAS Manuel Ja | 1972 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 59.64 | |
| 31 | 6 | 3425 | POLETTI Marco | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 59.66 | |
| 32 | 4 | 959 | BESSON Aymeric | 1973 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 1:01.31 | |
| 33 | 2 | 505 | FLORES ROMERO Francisco | 1971 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.03 | |
| 34 | 7 | 3610 | STEFANI Alessandro | 1971 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 1:03.17 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3095 | LORIGA Alessandro | 1973 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 1:03.50 | |
| 36 | 5 | 1492 | LAUDER Nick | 1970 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 1:03.60 | |
| 37 | 3 | 951 | BEN AYED Hatem | 1971 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 1:05.59 | |
| 38 | 6 | 2949 | FUGANTI Alessio | 1972 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 1:06.24 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1566 | PETHEN Stephen | 1970 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 1:06.52 | |
| 40 | 6 | 3982 | CHUDZIK Mariusz | 1973 | M45 | POL POLAND | 1:18.93 | |
| 41 | 5 | 1426 | GARRY Glave | 1972 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 1:19.06 | |
| | 7 | 2242 | KANELLOPOULOS Vassilis | 1974 | M45 | GRE GREECE | DNS | |
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