| lane | athlete | nationality | time | react |
| 8 | paul hession | ireland | 20.32 | 0.19 |
| 4 | wallace spearmon | united states | 20.39 | 0.202 |
| 6 | jaysuma saidy ndure | norway | 20.45 | 0.131 |
| 7 | rondell sorillo | trinidad and tobago | 20.63 | 0.164 |
| 5 | ramil guliyev | azerbaijan | 20.66 | 0.174 |
| 3 | visa hongisto | finland | 20.76 | 0.124 |
| 2 | thuso mpuang | south africa | 21.04 | 0.162 |
| 9 | marvin anderson | jamaica | dnf | 0.187 |