| Final | | time | | | 1. Nikolay Antonov |  Bulgaria | 20.41s | NR | | 2. Daniel Sangouma |  France | 20.64s | | | 3. Aleksandr Goremykin |  Unified Team | 21.09s | | | 4. Giorgio Marras |  Italy | 21.15s | | | 5. Robert Maćkowiak |  Poland | 21.38s | | | 6. Stéphane Diagana | France | 21.53s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.72s | Q | | 2. Aleksandr Goremykin | Unified Team | 20.82s | Q | | 3. Daniel Sangouma | France | 20.98s | Q | | 5. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 21.10s | | | 9. Daniel Cojocaru |  Romania | 21.61s | | | 10.Marek Zalewski | Poland | 21.66s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 4. Stéphane Diagana | France | 21.06s | Q | | 6. Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 21.24s | Q | | 7. Giorgio Marras | Italy | 21.26s | Q | | 8. Marcus Adam |  Great Britain | 21.41s | | | 11.Geir Moen |  Norway | 21.68s | | | 12.Jiří Valík |  Czechoslovakia | 22.29s | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 9. Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 21.20s | Q | | 10.Aleksandr Goremykin | Unified Team | 21.20s | Q | | 14.Michael Huke |  Germany | 21.38s | | | 20.Kevin Widmer |  Switzerland | 21.81s | | | 23.Aldo Canti |  San Marino | 21.95s | NR |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 2. Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.98s | Q | | 14.Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 21.38s | Q | | 17.Pascal Thurnherr | Switzerland | 21.46s | | | -. Sandro Floris | Italy | DNS | | | -. Thomas Renner |  Austria | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 4. Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.08s | Q | | 6. Giorgio Marras | Italy | 21.11s | Q | | 7. Marek Zalewski | Poland | 21.14s | q | | 18.Luís Cunha |  Portugal | 21.62s | | | 19.Kastytis Klimas |  Lithuania | 21.68s | |
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| Heat 4 | | time | | | 1. Stéphane Diagana | France | 20.81s | Q | | 5. Marcus Adam | Great Britain | 21.10s | Q | | 8. Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 21.18s | q | | 16.Torbjörn Eriksson |  Sweden | 21.40s | | | 21.Frank Perri |  Netherlands | 21.88s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 3. Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.99s | Q | | 11.Geir Moen | Norway | 21.21s | Q | | 12.Alexander Lack | Germany | 21.32s | | | 13.Andreas Berger | Austria | 21.33s | | | 22.Cengiz Kavaklıoğlu |  Turkey | 21.93s | |
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