| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 4I | 3566 | OLIVEIRA Antonio | 1966 | M50 | POR PORTUGAL | 2:11.93 Q | |
| 2 | 5I | 1961 | CHAUNIER Patrick | 1967 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 2:11.97 Q | |
| 3 | 3I | 3734 | OLSSON Mats | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 2:12.06 Q | |
| 4 | 6I | 1116 | MARTINEZ COBOS Jose Ant | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:12.07 q | |
| 5 | 5I | 3102 | D'AGOSTINO Francesco | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 2:12.15 q | |
| 6 | 6I | 1680 | TORRES Alejandro | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:12.16 Q | |
| 7 | 6I | 2191 | BOKOR-INGRAM Dominic | 1968 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:12.98 Q | |
| 8 | 5I | 2301 | HAINES Adrian | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:13.02 Q | |
| 9 | 3I | 394 | CABADO Xose | 1968 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:13.34 q | |
| 10 | 6I | 1443 | REY Alfonso | 1968 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:13.43 Q | |
| 11 | 4I | 1153 | MCKOY Vincent | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:13.44 Q | |
| 12 | 5I | 2831 | WEBER Frank | 1966 | M50 | GER GERMANY | 2:13.45 q | |
| 13 | 2I | 2001 | DUSSAUCY Tristan | 1967 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 2:13.81 q | |
| 14 | 2I | 1138 | MARTINEZ PLAZA Javier | 1965 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:13.91 q | |
| 15 | 1I | 1278 | OCON RUIZ Antonio | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:13.92 q | |
| 16 | 4I | 1927 | BELMIR Belkacem | 1964 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 2:14.17 q | |
| 17 | 3I | 225 | ALAMO LASUNCION Jesus | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:14.25 | |
| 18 | 2I | 2218 | CLARE Gary | 1966 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:14.84 | |
| 19 | 4I | 2339 | JOHNSTON Craig | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:14.96 | |
| 20 | 6I | 3837 | VAN GILS Marc | 1967 | M50 | NED NETHERLANDS | 2:15.18 Q | |
| 21 | 3I | 2454 | RONALD Andrew | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:15.45 Q | |
| 22 | 6E | 1179 | MESTRE GALARZA Juanjo | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:16.34 | |
| 23 | 2I | 862 | GONZALEZ CRUZ Jose Juan | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:16.63 | |
| 24 | 5I | 3695 | BJOERKMAN Per | 1965 | M50 | SWE SWEDEN | 2:17.05 | |
| 25 | 4I | 2221 | COLEMAN Andrew | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:18.11 | |
| 26 | 3E | 1289 | OLIVER Miguel | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:18.20 | |
| 27 | 1I | 1103 | MARTIN OLIVARES Luis | 1967 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:19.15 | |
| 28 | 3E | 2277 | FOUNTAIN Stewart | 1964 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:20.06 | |
| 29 | 2E | 2160 | VARGAS Patrick | 1963 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 2:21.02 | |
| 30 | 1I | 1869 | SANDELL Kaj | 1967 | M50 | FIN FINLAND | 2:21.97 | |
| 31 | 1I | 1729 | VELASCO GODOY Juan Carl | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:22.75 | |
| 32 | 5E | 1122 | MARTINEZ GARCIA-BLANCO | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:23.00 | |
| 33 | 5E | 3471 | NOWAKOWSKI Jacek | 1966 | M50 | POL POLAND | 2:23.18 | |
| 34 | 3I | 3093 | COLLOCA Ferdinando | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 2:23.96 | |
| 35 | 2E | 1585 | SANCHEZ LEIRA Joaquin | 1966 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | 2:24.38 | |
| 36 | 2I | 2153 | TALON Didier | 1966 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | 2:24.40 | |
| 37 | 1I | 2934 | FOLEY Jerome | 1963 | M50 | IRL IRELAND | 2:25.22 | |
| 38 | 5E | 2276 | FLYNN Paul | 1967 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:26.13 | |
| 39 | 4E | 2231 | CROFT Lance | 1966 | M50 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 2:30.39 | |
| 40 | 4E | 3308 | VASQUEZ JURADO Jorge El | 1966 | M50 | ITA ITALY | 2:37.13 | |
| | 6E | 1765 | ZORITA PADRINO Jose Mar | 1965 | M50 | ESP SPAIN | DNS | |
| | 3E | 1952 | CAPITAINE James | 1965 | M50 | FRA FRANCE | DNS | |
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