| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 1 | 1299 | BOKOR-INGRAM Dominic | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 55.92 Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 2882 | FAUSTI Claudio | 1967 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 55.93 Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 382 | RICH Robin | 1967 | M50 | DEN DENMARK | 56.51 Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 750 | MUTLI Andrus | 1969 | M50 | EST ESTONIA | 56.52 Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 1947 | LACHMANN Bernd | 1968 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 56.58 Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 1422 | GARDINER Michael | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.60 Q | |
| 7 | 8 | 2065 | RDUCH Christian | 1969 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 56.67 Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 2002 | MOELLER Meinert | 1966 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 56.69 Q | |
| 9 | 5 | 1535 | MINETTI Giuseppe | 1969 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.82 Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 4121 | GADELHO Serafim | 1968 | M50 | POR PORTUGAL | 56.84 Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 1615 | SMITH Julian | 1969 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 56.92 q | |
| 12 | 7 | 2299 | KOSA Zoltan | 1967 | M50 | HUN HUNGARY | 57.29 q | |
| 13 | 3 | 4481 | SYRMOLOTOV Oleksandr | 1968 | M50 | UKR UKRAINE | 57.63 q | |
| 14 | 8 | 4269 | HABERMACHER Andreas | 1968 | M50 | SUI SWITZERLAND | 57.71 q | |
| 15 | 6 | 2078 | RITTER Joerg | 1969 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 57.87 q | |
| 16 | 7 | 1553 | OSUNSAMI Michael Olu | 1969 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 57.88 q | |
| 17 | 2 | 1290 | BENEDICKTER Peter | 1969 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 58.03 | |
| 18 | 8 | 3522 | SALIBRA Pierluigi | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 58.05 | |
| 19 | 2 | 316 | PECH Zdenek | 1966 | M50 | CZE CZECH REPUBLIC | 58.19 | |
| 20 | 8 | 2553 | BINELLI Massimo | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 58.25 | |
| 21 | 2 | 560 | JALON SESMA Miguel Anto | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.35 | |
| 22 | 6 | 663 | RAMIREZ Donato | 1969 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.41 | |
| 23 | 7 | 1431 | GOLDING Leeroy | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 58.45 | |
| 24 | 4 | 4220 | ERZEN Bostjan | 1965 | M50 | SLO SLOVENIA | 58.61 | |
| 25 | 8 | 15 | AMHOFER Siegfried | 1968 | M50 | AUT AUSTRIA | 58.94 | |
| 26 | 1 | 1339 | COBB Dave | 1969 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 58.98 | |
| 27 | 4 | 2125 | SCHUH Carsten | 1965 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 59.38 | |
| 28 | 3 | 3194 | MATERA Giovanni | 1968 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 59.49 | |
| 29 | 5 | 2441 | ALTIERI Maurizio | 1968 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:00.14 | |
| 30 | 6 | 184 | RAUSCH Michel | 1965 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 1:00.72 | |
| 31 | 5 | 3354 | PARI Mirko | 1969 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:01.25 | |
| 32 | 1 | 1607 | SELBY Steve | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. I. | 1:03.46 | |
| 33 | 4 | 3693 | VASQUEZ JURADO Jorge El | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:03.61 | |
| 34 | 2 | 2166 | TEUBER Bernd | 1965 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 1:06.96 | |
| 35 | 1 | 3097 | BERLESE Luca | 1968 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:07.60 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3559 | SCATTOLON Mauro | 1965 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:08.06 | |
| 37 | 7 | 1136 | MARILLAT Gilles | 1966 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 1:09.22 | |
| | 6 | 809 | KAJ Sandell | 1967 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | DQ | |
| | 7 | 226 | SKEETE Marcus (FC) | 1967 | M50 | CAN CANADA | 57.79 | |
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