| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | A | 1461 | John Godina |
USA |
20.69 Q |
| 2 | 1 | B | 1509 | Kevin Toth |
USA |
20.52 Q |
| 3 | 2 | A | 573 | Oliver-Sven Buder |
GER |
20.50 Q |
| 4 | 3 | A | 1428 | Yuriy Bilonoh |
UKR |
20.47 Q |
| 5 | 2 | B | 1477 | Cottrell J. Hunter |
USA |
20.36 Q |
| 6 | 3 | B | 1548 | Dragan Peric |
SCG |
20.27 Q |
| 7 | 4 | A | 434 | Arsi Harju |
FIN |
20.16 Q |
| 8 | 4 | B | 1427 | Oleksandr Bagach |
UKR |
20.12 Q |
| 9 | 5 | A | 1446 | Andy Bloom |
USA |
20.07 Q |
| 10 | 6 | A | 1214 | Burger Lambrechts |
RSA |
19.93 q SB |
| 11 | 5 | B | 444 | Ville Tiisanoja |
FIN |
19.87 q |
| 12 | 7 | A | 950 | Saulius Kleiza |
LTU |
19.83 q |
| 13 | 8 | A | 1439 | Roman Virastyuk |
UKR |
19.73 |
| 14 | 9 | A | 549 | Mark Proctor |
GBR |
19.63 |
| 15 | 6 | B | 433 | Mika Halvari |
FIN |
19.61 |
| 16 | 10 | A | 773 | Paolo Dal Soglio |
ITA |
19.48 |
| 17 | 11 | A | 612 | Gunnar Pfingsten |
GER |
19.47 |
| 18 | 7 | B | 1192 | Gheorghe Guset |
ROU |
19.46 |
| 19 | 8 | B | 608 | Michael Mertens |
GER |
19.37 |
| 20 | 9 | B | 1220 | Janus Robberts |
RSA |
19.37 |
| 21 | 12 | A | 1351 | Pavol Pankúch |
SVK |
19.37 |
| 22 | 10 | B | 330 | Joachim Olsen |
DEN |
19.13 |
| 23 | 11 | B | 1168 | Fernando Alves |
POR |
18.98 |
| 24 | 12 | B | 129 | Andrei Mikhnevich |
BLR |
18.93 |
| 25 | 13 | A | 720 | Shakti Singh |
IND |
18.58 |
| 26 | 14 | A | 303 | Michalis Louca |
CYP |
18.54 |
| 27 | 13 | B | 666 | Váios TÃggas |
GRE |
18.50 |
| 28 | 14 | B | 1347 | Milan Haborák |
SVK |
18.37 |