| Final | | time | | | 1. Ruslan Mashchenko |  Russia | 45.90s | NR | | 2. Ashraf Saber |  Italy | 45.99s | NR | | 3. Robert Maćkowiak |  Poland | 46.00s | | | 4. Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.18s | | | 5. Carlos Silva |  Portugal | 47.32s | | | 6. Sean Baldock |  Great Britain | 50.05s | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 46.24s | Q | | 2. Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 46.36s | Q | | 4. Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 46.59s | Q | | 5. Bruno Wavelet |  France | 46.79s | | | 11.Andreas Rechbauer |  Austria | 48.03s | | | -. Jan Poděbradský |  Czechia | DQ | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 3. Ashraf Saber | Italy | 46.48s | Q | | 6. Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.42s | Q | | 7. Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.43s | Q | | 8. Emmanuel Front | France | 47.61s | | | 9. Rafik Elouardi | Austria | 47.64s | | | 10.Antonio Andrés |  Spain | 47.66s | |
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| | | First 2 from each Heat and next Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 3. Sean Baldock | Great Britain | 47.26s | Q | | 7. Rafik Elouardi | Austria | 47.51s | Q | | 10.Fred Mango | France | 47.67s | | | 17.Boris Gorban | Russia | 48.11s | | | 19.Evripides Demosthenous |  Cyprus | 48.16s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 12.Carlos Silva | Portugal | 47.75s | Q | | 14.Tomasz Czubak | Poland | 47.85s | Q | | 21.Solomon Wariso | Great Britain | 48.41s | | | 22.Bjorn Verbeke |  Belgium | 48.78s | | | 23.Pablo Escribá | Spain | 48.81s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Ashraf Saber | Italy | 47.16s | Q | | 4. Jan Poděbradský | Czechia | 47.38s | Q | | 6. Bruno Wavelet | France | 47.49s | q | | 9. Paul Slythe | Great Britain | 47.62s | | | 16.Periklis Iakovakis |  Greece | 47.99s | |
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| 11.Emmanuel Front | France | 47.68s | Q | | 12.Andreas Rechbauer | Austria | 47.75s | Q | | 15.Laurent Clerc |  Switzerland | 47.89s | | | 20.Panayiotis Sarris | Greece | 48.23s | | | 24.Ercan Sunu |  Turkey | 48.82s | |
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| Heat 5 | | time | | | 2. Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 47.19s | Q | | 5. Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | 47.43s | Q | | 8. Antonio Andrés | Spain | 47.52s | q | | 18.Alex Argudin |  Romania | 48.15s | | | 25.Kjell Provost | Belgium | 49.05s | |
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