| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Roger Black |  GBR | 45.88s | | 2. Pierre-Marie Hilaire |  FRA | 46.25s | | 3. Anton Ivanov |  BUL | 46.29s | | 4. Marco Vaccari |  ITA | 46.32s | | 5. Dmitriy Golovastov |  RUS | 46.48s | | 6. Daniel Bittner |  GER | 46.62s | | 7. Kari Louramo |  FIN | 46.83s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Du'aine Ladejo | GBR | 46.50s | | 2. Alessandro Aimar | ITA | 46.52s | | 3. Dmitriy Kosov | RUS | 46.79s | | 4. Tomasz Czubak |  POL | 46.95s | | 5. Tom Mcguirk |  IRL | 47.14s | | 6. Lutz Becker | GER | 47.52s | | -. Slobodan Brankovic |  YUG | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Matthias Rusterholz |  SUI | 46.12s | | 2. Mikhail Vdovin | RUS | 46.61s | | 3. Stefan Balosak |  SVK | 46.62s | | 4. David Mckenzie | GBR | 46.78s | | 5. Nenad Djurovic | YUG | 46.84s | | 6. Andrea Nuti | ITA | 46.87s | | 7. Kai Karsten | GER | 47.22s | | 8. Evripides Demosthenous |  CYP | 47.40s |
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