| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | COUNTRY | Mark |
| 1 | 3 | 1084 | VASSILIOU Michael | 1960 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 24.28 Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1041 | POWELL Dalton | 1963 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 24.42 Q |
| 3 | 1 | 691 | BARALLE Jean Luc | 1964 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 24.67 Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2255 | ZANELLI Alberto | 1965 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 24.72 Q |
| 5 | 5 | 830 | ZAPHA Thierry | 1964 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 24.75 q |
| 6 | 4 | 1172 | DEPPE Gert | 1964 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 24.85 Q |
| 7 | 2 | 980 | LOGAN Pat | 1960 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 24.91 Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2050 | BIANCHI Fausto | 1962 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 24.96 Q |
| 9 | 3 | 100 | HOUTMAN Danny | 1962 | M45 | BEL BELGIUM | 25.05 Q |
| 10 | 3 | 2687 | GERASIMOV Alexander | 1961 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 25.13 q |
| 11 | 6 | 3094 | MORYEV Yuriy | 1965 | M45 | UKR UKRAINE | 25.21 q |
| 12 | 2 | 73 | WIESER Klaus | 1961 | M45 | AUT AUSTRIA | 25.23 q |
| 13 | 5 | 977 | LEWIS Bob | 1961 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 25.27 q |
| 14 | 1 | 1599 | WAGNER Robert | 1962 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 25.40 Q |
| 15 | 5 | 776 | LEGRAND Yves | 1963 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 25.51 q |
| 16 | 8 | 688 | ADELE David | 1961 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 25.56 |
| 17 | 3 | 956 | HUNTER Ronnie | 1961 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 25.61 |
| 18 | 7 | 926 | GRAY Marcel | 1965 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 25.69 |
| 19 | 8 | 1031 | PALMER Keith | 1964 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 26.01 Q |
| 20 | 1 | 2969 | SESTAK Stanislav | 1965 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 26.21 |
| 21 | 4 | 2225 | SARACENI Enrico Giorgio | 1964 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 26.35 |
| 22 | 7 | 2644 | STANCIU Marian | 1962 | M45 | ROU ROMANIA | 26.39 |
| 23 | 6 | 981 | LOWIS John | 1963 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 26.44 |
| 24 | 3 | 1347 | KORNISCH Gerald | 1963 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 26.55 |
| 25 | 5 | 807 | REMY Michel | 1962 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 26.78 |
| 25 | 6 | 2742 | MOKEEV Andrey | 1962 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 26.78 |
| 27 | 4 | 2095 | DI LUZIO Roberto | 1960 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 26.89 |
| 28 | 8 | 664 | STROMBERG Christer | 1960 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 27.41 |
| 29 | 8 | 487 | ROF Ricard | 1961 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 27.42 |
| 30 | 7 | 1297 | HäCKERT Jens | 1961 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 27.80 |
| 31 | 2 | 394 | CANTO Jose | 1961 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 28.32 |
| 32 | 6 | 995 | MAY Michael | 1960 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | 28.64 |
| 33 | 2 | 2119 | GABRIELE Gilberto | 1961 | M45 | ITA ITALY | 28.93 |
| 34 | 1 | 706 | BRACKMAN Jean Paul | 1963 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 29.17 |
| 35 | 7 | 2576 | GOMES Victor | 1962 | M45 | POR PORTUGAL | 32.67 |
| | 4 | 2795 | SHESTAKOV Konstantin | 1964 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | DNF |
| | 6 | 2377 | MOEN Robert | 1965 | M45 | NED NETHERLANDS | DNS |
| | 5 | 30 | HOLLAUF Franz | 1961 | M45 | AUT AUSTRIA | DNS |
| | 7 | 2736 | MARTYNOV Victor | 1962 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | DNS |
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