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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Venue(s): Lake Sidney Lanier, Gainesville, Georgia
Date Started: July 31, 1996
Date Finished: July 31, 1996
Format: Top four in each heat and fastest fifth advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Antonio Rossi |
| Silver: | Knut Holmann |
| Bronze: | Piotr Markiewicz |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Róbert Erban | 24 | Slovakia | SVK | 1:43.184 | QU |
| 2 | Mike Herbert | 35 | United States | USA | 1:43.384 | QU |
| 3 | Javier Correa | 20 | Argentina | ARG | 1:44.076 | QU |
| 4 | Sebastián Cuattrin | 22 | Brazil | BRA | 1:44.204 | QU |
| 5 | Hain Helde | 24 | Estonia | EST | 1:44.340 | |
| 6 | Ivan Lawler | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 1:45.220 | |
| 7 | Petar Sibinkich | 20 | Serbia and Montenegro | SCG | 1:46.532 | |
| 8 | Koutoua Abia | 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 1:53.432 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petar Merkov | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 1:42.851 | QU |
| 2 | Renn Crichlow | 28 | Canada | CAN | 1:43.055 | QU |
| 3 | Zoltán Antal | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 1:43.343 | QU |
| 4 | Sergey Verlin | 21 | Russia | RUS | 1:43.359 | QU |
| 5 | Vladyslav Tereshchenko | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 1:44.143 | QC |
| 6 | Yevgeny Yegorov | 20 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 1:47.035 | |
| 7 | Tom Krantz | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 1:47.815 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Popov | 21 | Uzbekistan | UZB | 1:51.623 | |
| 9 | José Garcia | 32 | Portugal | POR | 1:56.103 |