First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)

POS Rank Heat BIB ATHLETE COUNTRY RESULTS
1 1 1 1099 LaShawn Merritt USAUSA 44.76 Q
2 1 3 594 Jermaine Gonzales JAMJAM 44.99 Q
3 2 1 171 Kevin BORLÉE BELBEL 45.02 Q
4 2 3 170 Jonathan BORLÉE BELBEL 45.14 Q
5 3 3 524 Rondell Bartholomew GRNGRN 45.17 q
6 1 2 525 Kirani JAMES GRNGRN 45.20 Q
7 4 3 874 Femi OGUNODE QATQAT 45.41 q SB
8 3 1 963 Rabah YOUSIF SUDSUD 45.43
9 5 3 1106 Greg Nixon USAUSA 45.51
10 2 2 565 Tabarie Henry ISVISV 45.53 Q
11 3 2 154 Chris Brown BAHBAH 45.54
12 6 3 934 Pavel Trenikhin RUSRUS 45.68
13 4 1 1013 Renny Quow TTOTTO 45.72
14 4 2 1131 Jamaal Torrance USAUSA 45.73
15 7 3 160 Demetrius Pinder BAHBAH 45.87
16 5 1 158 Ramon Miller BAHBAH 45.88
17 5 2 271 Nery Brenes CRCCRC 45.93
18 6 2 840 Marcin Marciniszyn POLPOL 45.94
19 7 2 456 Martyn ROONEY GBRGBR 46.09
20 6 1 618 Yuzo Kanemaru JPNJPN 46.11
21 7 1 278 Williams Collazo CUBCUB 46.13
22 8 3 896 Oscar Pistorius RSARSA 46.19
23 8 1 303 Erison Hurtault DMADMA 46.41
24 8 2 596 Riker Hylton JAMJAM 46.99