| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark | Points |
| 1 | 6 | 3515 | BECA Antonio | 1957 | M60 | POR PORTUGAL | 1:01.07 Q | |
| 2 | 6 | 2081 | MARCHAND Jean-luc | 1955 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 1:01.84 Q | |
| 3 | 6 | 2334 | JAMES Tennyson | 1957 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:02.41 Q | |
| 4 | 5 | 1561 | SALINAS Angel | 1953 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:02.62 Q | |
| 5 | 3 | 2361 | LEON Clement | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:02.66 Q | |
| 6 | 5 | 2612 | GRISSMER Bernhard | 1955 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 1:03.10 q | |
| 7 | 5 | 2263 | ELDERFIELD David | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:03.42 Q | |
| 8 | 6 | 3195 | MAURI Angelo | 1957 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 1:04.03 Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 2364 | LICIETIS Ivars | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:04.15 q | |
| 10 | 4 | 2850 | AGROS Odysseas | 1957 | M60 | GRE GREECE | 1:04.30 q | |
| 11 | 4 | 1917 | BARBER Didier | 1955 | M60 | FRA FRANCE | 1:04.67 Q | |
| 12 | 5 | 2249 | DOUGLAS Bob | 1953 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | 1:04.68 q | |
| 13 | 2 | 3604 | CIOCOV Branislav | 1957 | M60 | ROU ROMANIA | 1:05.60 q | |
| 14 | 4 | 1187 | MIRA SOLER Daniel | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:06.05 q | |
| 15 | 3 | 3555 | GONCALVES Manuel | 1957 | M60 | POR PORTUGAL | 1:06.43 q | |
| 16 | 6 | 2741 | MUELLER Laszlo | 1956 | M60 | GER GERMANY | 1:07.16 Q | |
| 17 | 3 | 673 | ETXEBESTE Juan Carlos | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:07.85 q | |
| 18 | 3 | 3254 | RAPACCIONI Claudio | 1954 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 1:08.73 Q | |
| 19 | 4 | 716 | FERRER LANDA Rafael | 1955 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:09.80 | |
| 20 | 2 | 1581 | SANCHEZ GARCIA Mariano | 1954 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:10.03 | |
| 21 | 2 | 360 | BENITO GONZALEZ Roberto | 1957 | M60 | ESP SPAIN | 1:12.44 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3289 | SOFFIENTINI Virginio | 1953 | M60 | ITA ITALY | 1:16.33 | |
| 23 | 2 | 3685 | AHS Sture | 1956 | M60 | SWE SWEDEN | 1:18.06 | |
| | 5 | 3523 | CASTRO Rui | 1957 | M60 | POR PORTUGAL | DQ | |
| | 3 | 3783 | TARTILACI Osman Nuri | 1953 | M60 | TUR TURKEY | DNF | |
| | 1 | 2424 | PHILLIPS Michael | 1955 | M60 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N. IRELAND | DNF | |
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