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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Athens Olympic Sports Complex Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Date Started: August 24, 2004
Date Finished: August 24, 2004
Format: Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Shawn Crawford |
| Silver: | Bernard Williams, III |
| Bronze: | Justin Gatlin |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawn Crawford | 26 | United States | USA | 19.95 | 0.207 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 36 | Namibia | NAM | 20.20 | 0.228 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Tobias Unger | 25 | Germany | GER | 20.30 | 0.162 | 3 | QU |
| 4 | Chris Williams | 32 | Jamaica | JAM | 20.34 | 0.186 | 6 | QC |
| 5 | Johan Wissman | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 20.74 | 0.186 | 1 | |
| 6 | Géza Pauer | 28 | Hungary | HUN | 20.90 | 0.241 | 7 | |
| 7 | David Canal | 25 | Spain | ESP | 21.18 | 0.179 | 2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernard Williams, III | 26 | United States | USA | 20.40 | 0.217 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Tasos Gousis | 25 | Greece | GRE | 20.46 | 0.195 | 3 | QU |
| 3 | Marcin Jędrusiński | 22 | Poland | POL | 20.55 | 0.194 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Till Helmke | 20 | Germany | GER | 20.76 | 0.144 | 7 | |
| 5 | Brian Dzingai | 23 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | 20.87 | 0.206 | 8 | |
| 6 | Marco Torrieri | 26 | Italy | ITA | 20.89 | 0.177 | 2 | |
| 7 | Malik Louahla | 26 | Algeria | ALG | 20.93 | 0.175 | 5 | |
| 8 | Yang Yaozu | 23 | China | CHN | 21.03 | 0.162 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Gatlin | 22 | United States | USA | 20.03 | 0.220 | 4 | QU |
| 2 | Asafa Powell | 21 | Jamaica | JAM | 20.23 | 0.206 | 8 | QU |
| 3 | Sebastian Ernst | 19 | Germany | GER | 20.36 | 0.244 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Matic Osovnikar | 24 | Slovenia | SLO | 20.47 | 0.235 | 7 | QC |
| 5 | Christian Malcolm | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | 20.56 | 0.259 | 6 | QC |
| 6 | Dominic Demeritte | 26 | Bahamas | BAH | 20.61 | 0.141 | 3 | |
| 7 | Brendan Christian | 20 | Antigua and Barbuda | ANT | 20.63 | 0.182 | 2 | |
| AC | Marcin Urbaś | 27 | Poland | POL | 0.162 | 1 | DNF |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | 25 | Portugal | POR | 20.33 | 0.191 | 3 | QU |
| 2 | Stéphane Buckland | 27 | Mauritius | MRI | 20.36 | 0.239 | 5 | QU |
| 3 | Juan Pedro Toledo | 26 | Mexico | MEX | 20.43 | 0.276 | 6 | QU |
| 4 | Darren Campbell | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | 20.59 | 0.179 | 2 | QC |
| 5 | Cláudio Sousa | 30 | Brazil | BRA | 20.64 | 0.159 | 8 | |
| 6 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | 20 | Gambia | GAM | 20.73 | 0.248 | 7 | |
| 7 | Panagiotis Sarris | 28 | Greece | GRE | 20.92 | 0.184 | 1 | |
| 8 | Andrew Howe | 19 | Italy | ITA | 21.17 | 0.211 | 4 |