| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 2 | 1839 | DE FEO Alfonso | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 24.24 Q | |
| 1 | 3 | 1119 | GROEGER Roland | 1964 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 24.24 Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 2716 | MOEN Robert | 1965 | M50 | NED NETHERLANDS | 24.30 Q | |
| 4 | 6 | 462 | NYLUND Tomas | 1965 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | 24.78 Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 583 | DIOUF Boury | 1965 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 24.78 Q | |
| 6 | 3 | 2713 | LOMMEN Pierre | 1965 | M50 | NED NETHERLANDS | 24.86 Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 3013 | DACKE Dacke | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 25.01 Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 1650 | BINELLI Massimo | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 25.19 Q | |
| 9 | 1 | 2998 | SESTAK Stanislav | 1965 | M50 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 25.31 Q | |
| 10 | 3 | 543 | BONTEMPS Francois | 1964 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 25.36 Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 92 | STEIJVERS Peter | 1961 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 25.45 Q | |
| 12 | 3 | 549 | CARNIER Patrice | 1962 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 25.46 Q | |
| 13 | 2 | 247 | CAMPOS Luis | 1965 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 25.66 q | |
| 14 | 4 | 3029 | JONSSON Thomas | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 25.68 q | |
| 14 | 2 | 886 | KEMP David | 1963 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 25.68 q | |
| 16 | 6 | 521 | BARALLE Jean Luc | 1964 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 25.76 Q | |
| 17 | 6 | 1004 | TUNSTALL Neil | 1962 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 25.77 Q | |
| 18 | 4 | 2541 | TIFI Alessandro | 1963 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 25.85 q | |
| 19 | 4 | 72 | GOOVAERTS Ronald | 1965 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 25.89 Q | |
| 19 | 2 | 2146 | MARCHESE Vittorio | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 25.89 | |
| 21 | 5 | 3047 | ROSEN Peter | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 25.92 Q | |
| 21 | 2 | 404 | HALINEN Petri | 1965 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | 25.92 Q | |
| 23 | 6 | 3025 | HELLGREN Peter | 1964 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 26.03 | |
| 24 | 4 | 740 | ALLEN Ian | 1966 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.11 Q | |
| 25 | 3 | 75 | HEYLEN Ronald | 1962 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 26.14 Q | |
| 26 | 5 | 1762 | CESCON Giampaolo | 1962 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 26.19 | |
| 27 | 4 | 362 | ROF Ricard | 1961 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 26.20 | |
| 28 | 2 | 1222 | LITAU Ernst | 1963 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 26.23 | |
| 29 | 5 | 1717 | CANACCINI Carlo | 1963 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 26.29 | |
| 30 | 6 | 510 | ADELE David | 1961 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 26.30 Q | |
| 31 | 2 | 873 | HUNTER Ronnie | 1961 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.33 | |
| 32 | 1 | 1655 | BOGGI Fabrizio | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 26.42 | |
| 33 | 3 | 848 | GROOCOCK Nicholas | 1962 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.50 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2470 | SCHERZO Mauro | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 26.52 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2623 | MALAZEZI Naim | 1965 | M50 | KOS KOSOVO | 26.59 | |
| 36 | 2 | 1094 | FUNK Burghardt | 1963 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 26.65 | |
| 37 | 5 | 2572 | VANZO Luigi | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 26.81 | |
| 38 | 6 | 2245 | NATALI Franco | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 27.01 | |
| 39 | 1 | 2935 | PORRECA Potito | 1964 | M50 | SMR SAN MARINO | 27.26 | |
| 39 | 4 | 22 | KLEISER Christoph | 1965 | M50 | AUT AUSTRIA | 27.26 | |
| 41 | 1 | 733 | ZAPHA Thierry | 1964 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 27.32 | |
| 42 | 4 | 98 | VAN LOOY Patrick | 1965 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 27.35 | |
| 43 | 5 | 54 | BERVOETS Ronny | 1965 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 27.42 | |
| 44 | 3 | 2805 | KORNELUK Miroslaw | 1962 | M50 | POL POLAND | 28.21 | |
| 45 | 4 | 1038 | BARANZKE Martin | 1963 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 28.32 | |
| 46 | 2 | 2408 | ROCCO VISCONTINI Mauriz | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 28.93 | |
| 47 | 4 | 1067 | CZEKALLA DR Joerg | 1964 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 29.14 | |
| 48 | 1 | 1984 | FURLAN Eugenio | 1961 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 29.18 | |
| 49 | 6 | 1688 | BRUSOTTI Roberto | 1964 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 29.27 | |
| 50 | 5 | 889 | KING Barrington | 1965 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 29.34 | |
| 51 | 6 | 1591 | BARCAROLO Flavio | 1963 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 30.31 | |
| 52 | 1 | 2840 | WIECEK Jacek | 1964 | M50 | POL POLAND | 30.65 | |
| 53 | 3 | 3134 | HALLMAIER Juergen | 1962 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 32.65 | |
| | 5 | 948 | POWELL Dalton Hugh | 1963 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | DNS | |
| | 3 | 2180 | MAUTONE Giovanni | 1965 | M50 | ITA ITALY | DNS | |
| | 6 | 2968 | ROHRER Daniel | 1966 | M50 | SUI SWITZERLAND | DNS | |
| | 2 | 1678 | BROGI Flavio | 1965 | M50 | ITA ITALY | DNS | |
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