| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 5 | 2732 | MICHELCHEN Reinhard | 1953 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 26.39 Q | |
| 2 | 5 | 1486 | RODRIGUEZ DIAZ Juan Car | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 26.57 Q | |
| 3 | 6 | 2573 | DOEPPING Detlef | 1956 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 26.61 Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 2081 | MARCHAND Jean-luc | 1955 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 26.63 Q | |
| 5 | 5 | 2263 | ELDERFIELD David | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 27.31 Q | |
| 6 | 6 | 2689 | KONOPKA Matthias | 1958 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 27.52 Q | |
| 7 | 5 | 2334 | JAMES Tennyson | 1957 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 27.55 Q | |
| 8 | 4 | 1448 | REYES Manuel | 1955 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 27.64 q | |
| 9 | 4 | 2364 | LICIETIS Ivars | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 27.65 Q | |
| 10 | 5 | 2687 | KOENIG Rudolf | 1953 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 27.75 Q | |
| 11 | 5 | 3186 | MALVICINI Massimo | 1957 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 27.80 Q | |
| 12 | 6 | 3311 | VILLIRILLO Andrea | 1955 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 28.00 Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 2425 | PHILLIPS Tom | 1954 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 28.20 Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 2704 | LANGENBACH Gunter | 1957 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 28.20 Q | |
| 13 | 6 | 2249 | DOUGLAS Bob | 1953 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 28.20 Q | |
| 16 | 6 | 1561 | SALINAS Angel | 1953 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 28.33 Q | |
| 17 | 4 | 1917 | BARBER Didier | 1955 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 28.48 q | |
| 18 | 4 | 2361 | LEON Clement | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 28.53 Q | |
| 19 | 6 | 2121 | PONS Bernard | 1956 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 28.61 q | |
| 20 | 6 | 2612 | GRISSMER Bernhard | 1955 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 28.70 Q | |
| 21 | 3 | 1187 | MIRA SOLER Daniel | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 29.02 q | |
| 22 | 3 | 2238 | DAVIES Roderick | 1956 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 29.04 q | |
| 23 | 4 | 673 | ETXEBESTE Juan Carlos | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 29.11 q | |
| 24 | 3 | 2116 | PHAM VAN NHUNG Jean-luc | 1955 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 29.22 Q | |
| 25 | 4 | 3254 | RAPACCIONI Claudio | 1954 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 29.50 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2846 | WITTMER Kurt | 1956 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 29.52 | |
| 27 | 3 | 3604 | CIOCOV Branislav | 1957 | M60 | ROU ROMANIA | 29.53 | |
| 27 | 4 | 2531 | WILLOUGHBY Ian | 1953 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 29.53 | |
| 29 | 4 | 2426 | PHIN Robert | 1957 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 29.58 | |
| 30 | 3 | 2767 | REINBECK Thomas | 1957 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 29.77 | |
| 31 | 3 | 1581 | SANCHEZ GARCIA Mariano | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 30.51 | |
| 32 | 2 | 2982 | MORAN Patrick | 1954 | M60 | IRL IRELAND | 30.55 | |
| 33 | 2 | 2638 | HERRMANN Volkmar | 1955 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 30.66 | |
| 34 | 3 | 124 | PUKSAR Ivan | 1957 | M60 | CRO CROATIA | 31.29 | |
| 35 | 2 | 3655 | MONN Alexander | 1957 | M60 | SUI SWITZERLAND | 31.55 | |
| 36 | 2 | 2038 | HARMAND Xavier | 1956 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 32.23 | |
| 37 | 2 | 2413 | PAGET Scott | 1957 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 32.36 | |
| 38 | 2 | 3289 | SOFFIENTINI Virginio | 1953 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 32.65 | |
| 39 | 3 | 1612 | SAURAS Carlos | 1956 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 32.71 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3685 | AHS Sture | 1956 | M60 | SWE SWEDEN | 34.75 | |
| | 5 | 2571 | DIRKING Ulrich | 1957 | M60 | GER GERMANY | DQ | |
| | 3 | 3170 | GROSSO Bruno | 1954 | M60 | ITA ITALY | DNS | |
| | 5 | 2205 | BROWNE John | 1953 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | DNS | |
| | 2 | 472 | CASANAS Dionisio | 1955 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | DNS | |
| | 2 | 1690 | TRUEBA LOPEZ Jose Alber | 1956 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | DNS | |
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