| Final | | time | | | 1. Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo |  Great Britain | 46.53s | | | 2. Mikhail Vdovin |  Russia | 46.56s | | | 3. Rico Lieder |  Germany | 46.82s | | | 4. Lutz Becker | Germany | 47.74s | | | 5. Andrea Nuti |  Italy | 50.05s | | | -. Jamie Baulch | Great Britain | DNF | |
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| | First - from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo | Great Britain | 46.26s | Q | | 2. Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 46.61s | Q | | 3. Lutz Becker | Germany | 46.71s | Q | | 4. Mark Richardson | Great Britain | 46.77s | | | 9. Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 47.38s | | | 12.Fabio Grossi | Italy | 48.14s | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 5. Rico Lieder | Germany | 46.78s | Q | | 6. Jamie Baulch | Great Britain | 46.91s | Q | | 7. Andrea Nuti | Italy | 47.18s | Q | | 8. Pierre-Marie Hilaire |  France | 47.28s | | | 10.Rikard Rasmusson |  Sweden | 47.60s | | | 11.Evripides Demosthenous |  Cyprus | 47.91s | |
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| | | First - from each Heat and next Best 4 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Rico Lieder | Germany | 47.08s | Q | | 2. Jamie Baulch | Great Britain | 47.15s | Q | | 9. Andrea Nuti | Italy | 47.50s | Q | | 10.Mikhail Vdovin | Russia | 47.56s | q |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 4. Lutz Becker | Germany | 47.25s | Q | | 6. Pierre-Marie Hilaire | France | 47.33s | Q | | 7. Du'aine Thorne-Ladejo | Great Britain | 47.33s | Q | | 8. Alessandro Aimar | Italy | 47.43s | q |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 3. Fabio Grossi | Italy | 47.17s | Q | | 5. Mark Richardson | Great Britain | 47.31s | Q | | 11.Rikard Rasmusson | Sweden | 47.68s | Q | | 12.Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.83s | q | | 13.Rodolphe Rosilette | France | 48.45s | |
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