| Pos. | Lane | Bib | Athlete | Year | Cat. | | Mark |
| 1 | 3 | 1328 | MOELLER Meinert | 1966 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 23.86 Q |
| 2 | 4 | 934 | SOINI Petteri | 1964 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 24.27 Q |
| 3 | 2 | 1960 | SHUTE Marcus | 1962 | M45 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 24.38 Q |
| 4 | 3 | 1812 | DACKE Dag | 1965 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 24.41 q |
| 5 | 4 | 1579 | MOEN Robert | 1965 | M45 | NED NETHERLANDS | 24.42 Q |
| 6 | 2 | 1967 | THOMAS Robert | 1966 | M45 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 24.71 Q |
| 7 | 4 | 1729 | PUSTOVOY Oleg | 1966 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 24.74 Q |
| 8 | 2 | 1942 | MAKINO Shigeki | 1966 | M45 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 25.10 Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1312 | KORNISCH Gerald | 1963 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 25.17 q |
| 10 | 1 | 277 | BALLESTEROS Eduardo | 1964 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 25.24 q |
| 11 | 1 | 687 | LESKELA Mauno | 1962 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 25.30 Q |
| 12 | 4 | 1947 | MCKEEVER William | 1962 | M45 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 25.56 q |
| 13 | 2 | 415 | ELOMAKI Arto | 1964 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 25.59 q |
| 14 | 3 | 195 | FAUCHER Serge | 1964 | M45 | CAN CANADA | 25.67 q |
| 15 | 2 | 1136 | POPOV Igor | 1966 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | 25.68 |
| 16 | 4 | 49 | MERRIWEATHER Eric | 1964 | M45 | USA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 25.70 |
| 17 | 1 | 1803 | SESTAK Stanislav | 1965 | M45 | SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIK | 25.78 Q |
| 18 | 3 | 742 | MIETTINEN Taisto | 1965 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 25.79 |
| 19 | 4 | 602 | KLEMETTI Harri | 1966 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 25.97 |
| 20 | 2 | 1595 | ADU Uruemu | 1965 | M45 | NGR NIGERIA | 25.98 |
| 21 | 1 | 259 | RING Henning | 1963 | M45 | DEN DENMARK | 26.24 |
| 22 | 2 | 1710 | MARKOV Alexander | 1962 | M45 | RUS RUSSIA | 26.67 |
| 23 | 3 | 1530 | GRANTINS Guntis | 1967 | M45 | LAT LATVIA | 26.76 |
| 24 | 3 | 1249 | BARANZKE Martin | 1963 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 26.96 |
| 25 | 3 | 1269 | FUNK Burghardt | 1963 | M45 | GER GERMANY | 27.00 |
| 26 | 2 | 1834 | LARM Thomas | 1964 | M45 | SWE SWEDEN | 27.01 |
| 27 | 4 | 1582 | ROMKES John | 1962 | M45 | NED NETHERLANDS | 27.36 Q |
| 28 | 1 | 959 | TAMMI Jari | 1962 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 27.44 |
| 29 | 1 | 1405 | JOLLY Praveen | 1964 | M45 | IND INDIA | 27.63 |
| 30 | 1 | 891 | SAHAKANGAS Petteri | 1964 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 28.52 |
| 31 | 3 | 562 | KASKELIN Esa | 1966 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 28.59 |
| 32 | 2 | 439 | HAMALAINEN Petri | 1965 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | 29.99 |
| 33 | 4 | 324 | MATA Francisco Jose | 1966 | M45 | ESP SPAIN | 30.15 |
| | 2 | 1279 | GROEGER Roland | 1964 | M45 | GER GERMANY | DNF |
| | 4 | 1163 | BROWN Donald | 1963 | M45 | GBR GREAT BRITAIN & NORTH IRELAND | DNS |
| | 3 | 1053 | BARALLE Jean Luc | 1964 | M45 | FRA FRANCE | DNS |
| | 4 | 406 | ATTAF Abdellah | 1966 | M45 | FIN FINLAND | DNS |
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