SKUPINA 1:
1. Djabir Said Guerni (Alž) 1:45.76 Q
2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (JA) 1:46.09 Q
3. Antonio Manuel Reina (Špa) 1:46.17
4. Ivan Heshko (Ukr) 1:46.66
5. Nicolas Aissat (Fra) 1:47.14
6. Berhanu Alemu (Eti) 1:47.40
7. Amine Laalou (Mar) 1:47.53
8. Rene Herms (Njem) 1:47.68
Skupina 2:
1. Wilfred Bungei (Ken) 1:44.28 Q
2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus) 1:44.29 Q
3. Mouhssin Chehibi (Mar) 1:44.62 q
4. Hezekiel Sepeng (JA) 1:44.75 q
5. Bram Som (Niz) 1:45.52
6. Mwera Samwel (Tan) 1:46.29
7. Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lat) 1:46.62
8. Gary Reed (Kan) 1:47.38
Skupina 3:
1. Wilson Kipketer (Dan) 1:44.63 Q
2. Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Sud) 1:45.45 Q
3. Joseph Mutua (Ken) 1:45.54
4. Andrea Longo (Ita) 1:45.97
5. Jean Patrick Nduwimana (Bur) 1:46.15
6. Ricky Soos (VB) 1:46.74
7. Osmar Dos Santos (Bra) 1:48.23
8. Jonathan Johnson (SAD) 1:50.10