Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:48.23	Q
2	2	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.37	Q
3	2	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:48.41	q
4	2	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	1:49.26	q
6	4	Mario Watson	Jamaica	1:49.87	Q
7	4	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:49.97	Q
8	4	Boris Kaveshnikov	Kyrgyzstan	1:50.08
9	7	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:50.79	Q
10	7	David Benefield	United States	1:50.81	Q
11	2	Takeshi Gobara	Japan	1:50.91
12	7	Gilbert Tuhabonye	Burundi	1:50.99
13	3	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:51.47	Q
14	4	Mark Harris	New Zealand	1:51.94
15	2	Suliman Abdalla	Sudan	1:52.20
16	7	Javier Soto	Puerto Rico	1:52.25
17	7	Mehmet Çakir	Turkey	1:52.42
18	3	Jurgens Kotze	South Africa	1:52.57	Q
19	6	Tomonari Ono	Japan	1:52.61	Q
20	1	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:52.71	Q
21	1	Byron Goodwin	Canada	1:52.82	Q
22	3	Malekshir Moradi Fard	Iran	1:52.87
23	1	Charles Baryamujura	Uganda	1:52.92
24	6	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:53.01	Q
25	5	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:53.11	Q
26	5	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:53.20	Q
27	5	William Best	Canada	1:53.43
28	5	Gilbert Mvuyekure	Uganda	1:53.54
29	4	Engelhardt Uiseb	Namibia	1:53.64
30	4	Manuel Balmaceda	Chile	1:54.07
31	1	Cedric Harris	Dominica	1:54.18
32	5	Ling Seow Kang	Singapore	1:54.97
33	3	Alexander Grech	Malta	1:55.32
34	6	Bendaoud Faissoil	Comoros	1:55.98
35	2	Saravana Arjunan	Singapore	1:56.32
36	1	U Aye Lwin	Myanmar	1:56.64
37	3	Lei Vai Kun	Macau	1:57.83
38	5	Wong Kin On	Hong Kong	1:57.98
39	3	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	1:58.32
40	5	Essoham Assima-Kpatcha	Togo	1:59.92
41	3	Kalua McDonald	Malawi	2:00.64
42	7	Halahapperumage Fonseka	Sri Lanka	2:03.58
43	4	Erick Moga	Solomon Islands	2:03.92
44	1	Emanuel Andrade	Cape Verde	2:06.31
45	1	Gordon Kapak	Papua New Guinea	2:11.78
	3	Arturo Espejel	Mexico	DNF
	6	Christos Mayroidis	Greece	DNF
	7	Sylvester Simelane	Swaziland	DQ
	1	Einārs Tupurītis	Latvia	DNS
	6	Arumugam Palaniappan	Malaysia	DNS
	6	Balázs Tölgyesi	Hungary	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:47.82	Q
2	1	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:48.13	Q
3	1	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:48.13	Q
4	1	David Benefield	United States	1:48.16	Q
5	1	António Abrantes	Portugal	1:48.19
6	1	Mario Watson	Jamaica	1:48.23
7	2	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:48.86	Q
8	2	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:49.25	Q
9	1	Jurgens Kotze	South Africa	1:49.35
10	2	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:49.41	Q
11	2	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:49.56	Q
12	2	Tomonari Ono	Japan	1:50.31
13	2	Peter Philipp	Switzerland	1:50.94
14	2	Bryan Woodward	United States	1:51.79
15	1	Balázs Korányi	Hungary	1:52.45
16	2	Byron Goodwin	Canada	1:53.09

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hezekiél Sepeng	South Africa	1:47.87
	Andrés Manuel Díaz	Spain	1:48.06
	Pavel Soukup	Czech Republic	1:48.15
4	Joachim Dehmel	Germany	1:48.29
5	Andrea Giocondi	Italy	1:48.31
6	Kim Soon-hyung	South Korea	1:48.90
7	David Benefield	United States	1:49.16
8	Farouk Amaouche	Algeria	1:49.41