| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 5 | 1954 | CARNIER Patrice | 1962 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 25.15 Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 1786 | ZHUMADILOV Valery | 1961 | M55 | EST ESTONIA | 25.58 Q | |
| 3 | 3 | 2367 | LOGAN Pat | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 25.75 q | |
| 4 | 6 | 3081 | CEOLA Maurizio | 1962 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 25.91 q | |
| 5 | 5 | 2506 | TUNSTALL Neil | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.02 Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 3082 | CESCON Giampaolo | 1962 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 26.09 Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 2300 | GUEST Paul | 1961 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.18 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2248 | DONALD Dougie | 1959 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.37 | |
| 9 | 6 | 2715 | LUEERS Heiner | 1958 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 26.58 | |
| 10 | 3 | 221 | AGUIRREBENGOA Roberto | 1959 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.63 | |
| 11 | 4 | 1015 | LOBO Jose Luis | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.65 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3071 | CANACCINI Carlo | 1963 | M55 | ITA ITALY | 26.78 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2299 | GROOCOCK Nicholas | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.78 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2764 | POSCHWATTA Thorsten | 1961 | M55 | GER GERMANY | 26.79 | |
| 15 | 4 | 2505 | TTEREVE Paul | 1962 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 26.92 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1579 | SANCHEZ DEL CORRAL USAO | 1960 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 26.97 | |
| 17 | 6 | 2511 | VASSILIOU Michael | 1960 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 27.08 | |
| 18 | 2 | 990 | LARRUBIA VIDAL Alvaro A | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.36 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1421 | RAMIREZ Juan | 1958 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.49 | |
| 20 | 1 | 357 | BELTRAN MONTOLIO Jose M | 1962 | M55 | ESP SPAIN | 27.65 | |
| 21 | 1 | 73 | HEYLEN Ronald | 1962 | M55 | BEL BELGIUM | 27.95 | |
| 22 | 4 | 2363 | LEWIS Bob | 1961 | M55 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 28.06 | |
| 23 | 6 | 2112 | PEROCHON Charly | 1959 | M55 | FRA FRANCE | 28.19 | |
| | 4 | 2678 | KNABE Wolfgang | 1959 | M55 | GER GERMANY | DNS | |
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