| POS | Rank | Heat | BIB | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | RESULTS | ms* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1491 | Karsten WARHOLM |
NOR |
48.28 Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 328 | Alison DOS SANTOS |
BRA |
48.35 Q PB | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1772 | Yasmani COPELLO |
TUR |
48.39 Q SB | .386 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 105 | Abdelmalik LAHOULOU |
ALG |
48.39 Q NR | .388 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1149 | Kyron MCMASTER |
IVB |
48.40 q | |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 1867 | Rai BENJAMIN |
USA |
48.52 Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1895 | TJ HOLMES |
USA |
48.67 q | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 1603 | Abderrahman Almoubarrake S ALSALECK |
QAT |
48.72 Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 691 | Rasmus MÄGI |
EST |
48.93 SB | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | 1208 | Takatoshi ABE |
JPN |
48.97 | |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | 1066 | Thomas BARR |
IRL |
49.02 SB | |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 770 | Ludvy VAILLANT |
FRA |
49.10 | |
| 13 | 5 | 1 | 1767 | Mohamed TOUATI |
TUN |
49.14 PB | |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 846 | Chris MCALISTER |
GBR |
49.18 PB | |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | 1910 | Amere LATTIN |
USA |
49.20 | |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | 1170 | Kemar MOWATT |
JAM |
49.32 | |
| 17 | 5 | 3 | 1045 | Jabir MADARI PALLIYALIL |
IND |
49.71 | |
| 18 | 6 | 3 | 1400 | Fernando Vega |
MEX |
49.96 | |
| 19 | 7 | 3 | 585 | VÃt MÜLLER |
CZE |
49.97 | |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | 1744 | Chieh CHEN |
TPE |
50.00 | .991 |
| 21 | 6 | 2 | 904 | Luke CAMPBELL |
GER |
50.00 | .995 |
| 22 | 7 | 2 | 1527 | Patryk DOBEK |
POL |
50.18 | |
| 23 | 8 | 2 | 1240 | Masaki TOYODA |
JPN |
50.30 | |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | 1452 | Rilwan ALOWONLE |
NGR |
52.01 |
ms - Milliseconds - shown when two or more competitors finish with the same time down to hundredths of a second