| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 6 | 2615 | GROEGER Roland | 1964 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 55.57 Q | |
| 2 | 6 | 2191 | BOKOR-INGRAM Dominic | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 55.86 Q | |
| 3 | 6 | 3136 | FAUSTI Claudio | 1967 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 56.47 Q | |
| 4 | 6 | 1927 | BELMIR Belkacem | 1964 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 56.63 Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 3422 | OFFERDAL Asle | 1966 | M50 | NOR NORWAY | 56.72 Q | |
| 6 | 4 | 2218 | CLARE Gary | 1966 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 56.79 q | |
| 7 | 6 | 2488 | TAPLIN Christopher | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 56.82 Q | |
| 8 | 5 | 1710 | VAQUERO Andres | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 57.00 Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 3699 | DACKE Dag | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 57.24 Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 959 | JALON SESMA Miguel Anto | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 57.32 Q | |
| 11 | 6 | 2735 | MOELLER Meinert | 1966 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 57.53 Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 2987 | O LOUGHLIN John | 1966 | M50 | IRL IRELAND | 57.87 q | |
| 13 | 5 | 3566 | OLIVEIRA Antonio | 1966 | M50 | POR PORTUGAL | 57.96 Q | |
| 14 | 3 | 1649 | SOTO REGUERO Juan Anton | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.20 q | |
| 15 | 2 | 1517 | ROMAN Fernando | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.35 q | |
| 16 | 4 | 1871 | SAROMAA Jan | 1966 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | 58.52 q | |
| 17 | 4 | 962 | JARAMILLO Carlos | 1964 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.88 Q | |
| 18 | 3 | 262 | ALVAREZ HERRERO Juan Lu | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 58.92 q | |
| 19 | 5 | 3093 | COLLOCA Ferdinando | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 59.14 | |
| 20 | 3 | 84 | RAUSCH Michel | 1965 | M50 | BEL BELGIUM | 59.34 | |
| 21 | 4 | 1869 | SANDELL Kaj | 1967 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | 59.45 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2294 | GOLDING Leeroy | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 59.66 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2160 | VARGAS Patrick | 1963 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 1:00.57 | |
| 24 | 3 | 2934 | FOLEY Jerome | 1963 | M50 | IRL IRELAND | 1:01.49 | |
| 25 | 3 | 279 | APARICIO GOMEZ Francisc | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 1:01.79 | |
| 26 | 2 | 1739 | VIDAL LOZANO Manuel | 1964 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.59 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1098 | MARTIN ESPINOSA Miguel | 1965 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.74 | |
| 28 | 2 | 3301 | TIFI Alessandro | 1963 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:03.46 | |
| 29 | 1 | 3308 | VASQUEZ JURADO Jorge El | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 1:03.86 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2231 | CROFT Lance | 1966 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:04.29 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2123 | PORTUT-CASTEL Pierre | 1967 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 1:18.56 | |
| | 3 | 3452 | GOSCINIAK Wlodzimierz | 1965 | M50 | POL POLAND | DNS | |
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