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Host City: Sydney, Australia
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Date Started: September 25, 2000
Date Finished: September 25, 2000
Format: Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Angelo Taylor |
| Silver: | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily |
| Bronze: | Llewellyn Herbert |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily | 23 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | 48.14 | 0,316 | 6 | QU |
| 2 | Fabrizio Mori | 31 | Italy | ITA | 48.40 | 4 | QU | |
| 3 | Hennadiy Horbenko | 24 | Ukraine | UKR | 48.40 | 0,478 | 5 | QC |
| 4 | Paweł Januszewski | 28 | Poland | POL | 48.42 | 0,244 | 7 | QC |
| 5 | Eric Thomas | 26 | United States | USA | 49.25 | 0,188 | 2 | |
| 6 | Thomas Goller | 22 | Germany | GER | 49.28 | 0,152 | 3 | |
| 7 | Pedro Rodrigues | 29 | Portugal | POR | 49.48 | 0,163 | 1 | |
| 8 | Chen Tien-Wen | 22 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 50.52 | 0,182 | 8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Llewellyn Herbert | 23 | South Africa | RSA | 48.38 | 0,153 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Angelo Taylor | 21 | United States | USA | 48.49 | 0,250 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Ruslan Mashchenko | 29 | Russia | RUS | 48.94 | 0,177 | 7 | |
| 4 | Blair Young | 29 | Australia | AUS | 49.20 | 0,255 | 8 | |
| 5 | Jiří Mužík | 24 | Czech Republic | CZE | 49.23 | 0,227 | 5 | |
| 6 | Chris Rawlinson | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.25 | 0,177 | 6 | |
| 7 | Félix Sánchez | 23 | Dominican Republic | DOM | 49.69 | 0,178 | 1 | |
| 8 | Giorgio Frinolli Puzzilli | 30 | Italy | ITA | 50.10 | 0,242 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Carter | 22 | United States | USA | 48.48 | 0,202 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Eronilde de Araújo | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 48.76 | 0,181 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Samuel Matete | 32 | Zambia | ZAM | 48.98 | 0,228 | 6 | |
| 4 | Alwyn Myburgh | 19 | South Africa | RSA | 49.25 | 0,202 | 1 | |
| 5 | Boris Gorban | 21 | Russia | RUS | 49.29 | 0,454 | 5 | |
| 6 | Matt Douglas | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 49.53 | 0,177 | 8 | |
| 7 | Dinsdale Morgan | 26 | Jamaica | JAM | 50.23 | 0,166 | 2 | |
| 8 | Erick Keter | 34 | Kenya | KEN | 51.25 | 0,202 | 7 |