| Men's 200-metre results -- Top 3 of each heat (Q) plus 5 fastest times (q) qualified |
| Pl |
Name |
Nation |
Time |
| Heat 1 |
| 1 |
Shawn Crawford |
United States |
20.60 seconds (Q) |
| 2 |
Roman Smirnov |
Russia |
20.85 (Q) |
| 3 |
Brian Dzingai |
Zimbabwe |
20.97 (Q) |
| 4 |
Adam Harris |
Guyana |
21.28 |
| 5 |
Aaron Armstrong |
Trinidad & Tobago |
21.38 |
| 6 |
Khalil Al-Hanahneh |
Jordan |
21.98 |
|
Dwain Chambers |
Great Britain |
DNS |
|
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
Norway |
DNS |
| Heat 2 |
| 1 |
Brendan Christian |
Antigua & Barbuda |
20.81 (Q) |
| 2 |
Aleixo-Platini Menga |
Germany |
20.84 (Q) |
| 3 |
Charles Clark |
United States |
20.87 (Q) |
| 4 |
Ben Youssef Meite |
Ivory Coast |
20.93 (q) |
| 5 |
Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa |
United Arab Emirates |
20.94 (q) |
| 6 |
Niko Verekauta |
Fiji |
21.43 |
| 7 |
Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud |
Egypt |
21.44 |
|
Desislav Gunev |
Bulgaria |
DNF |
| Heat 3 |
| 1 |
Steve Mullings |
Jamaica |
20.62 (Q) |
| 2 |
Paul Hession |
Ireland |
20.66 (Q) |
| 3 |
Kenji Fujimitsu |
Japan |
20.69 (Q) |
| 4 |
David Alerte |
France |
20.72 (q) |
| 5 |
Khalid Idrissi Zougari |
Morocco |
21.24 |
| 6 |
Franklin Nazareno |
Ecuador |
21.84 |
|
Gerald Phiri |
Aambia |
DNS |
| Heat 4 |
| 1 |
Marlon Devonish |
Great Britain |
20.92 (Q) |
| 2 |
Ramil Guliyev |
Azerbaijan |
21.12 (Q) |
| 3 |
Marek Niit |
Estonia |
21.21 (Q) |
| 4 |
Nathaniel McKinney |
Bahamas |
21.26 |
| 5 |
Joel Redhead |
Grenada |
21.37 |
| 6 |
Ronalds Arajs |
Latvia |
21.38 |
| 7 |
Sibusiso Matsenjwa |
Swaziland |
21.93 |
| 8 |
Andrew Hinds |
Barbados |
22.60 |
| Heat 5 |
| 1 |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
20.70 (Q) |
| 2 |
Rondell Sorrillo |
Trinidad & Tobago |
20.74 (Q) |
| 3 |
Sam Effah |
Canada |
20.80 (Q) |
| 4 |
Sandro Viana |
Brazil |
21.18 |
| 5 |
Eddy De Lepine |
France |
21.23 |
| 6 |
Hitoshi Saito |
Japan |
21.38 |
|
Obinna Metu |
Nigeria |
DNS |
| Heat 6 |
| 1 |
Alonso Edward |
Panama |
20.71 (Q) |
| 2 |
Marc Schneeberger |
Switzerland |
20.76 (Q) |
| 3 |
Emmanuel Callander |
Trinidad & Tobago |
20.81 (Q) |
| 4 |
Ihor Bodrov |
Ukraine |
21.00 |
| 5 |
Hamed Hamdan AlBishi |
Saudi Arabia |
21.00 |
| 6 |
Ramon Gittens |
Barbados |
21.33 |
| 7 |
Vyacheslav Muravyev |
Kazakhstan |
21.48 |
| Heat 7 |
| 1 |
Martial Mbandjock |
France |
20.65 (Q) |
| 2 |
Marco Cribari |
Switzerland |
20.80 (Q) |
| 3 |
Rolando Palacios |
Honduras |
20.83 (Q) |
| 4 |
Kim Collins |
St. Kitts & Nevins |
20.83 (q) |
| 5 |
Alexander Kosenkow |
Germany |
20.99 |
| 6 |
Angel David Rodriguez |
Spain |
21.37 |
|
Tyson Gay |
United States |
DNS |
| Heat 8 |
| 1 |
Jared Connaughton |
Canada |
20.82 (Q) |
| 2 |
Shinji Takahira |
Japan |
20.86 (Q) |
| 3 |
Stephane Buckland |
Mauritius |
21.00 (Q) |
| 4 |
Patrick van Luijk |
Netherlands |
21.05 |
| 5 |
Fanuel Kenosi |
Botswana |
21.75 |
| 6 |
Nikolai Portelli |
Malta |
22.11 |
| 7 |
Gabriel Mvumvure |
Zimbabwe |
22.67 |
|
Arnaldo Abrantes |
Portugal |
DNS |
| Heat 9 |
| 1 |
Robert Hering |
Germany |
20.64 (Q) |
| 2 |
Wallace Spearmon |
United States |
20.66 (Q) |
| 3 |
Gavin Smellie |
Canada |
20.71 (Q) |
| 4 |
Thuso Mpuang |
South Africa |
20.91 (q) |
| 5 |
Ramone McKenzie |
Jamaica |
20.97 |
| 6 |
Nikolai Portelli |
Malta |
22.11 |
| 7 |
Seth Amoo |
Ghana |
21.04 |
|
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands Antilles |
DNS |
