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Host City: Beijing, China
Venue(s): Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Date Started: August 16, 2008
Date Finished: August 16, 2008
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Angelo Taylor |
| Silver: | Kerron Clement |
| Bronze: | Bershawn Jackson |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angelo Taylor | 29 | United States | USA | 47.94 | 0.164 | 5 | QU |
| 2 | Bershawn Jackson | 25 | United States | USA | 48.02 | 0.164 | 6 | QU |
| 3 | L. J. van Zyl | 23 | South Africa | RSA | 48.57 | 0.251 | 4 | QU |
| 4 | Marek Plawgo | 27 | Poland | POL | 48.75 | 0.318 | 9 | QU |
| 5 | Isa Phillips | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | 48.85 | 0.294 | 8 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | 29 | Russia | RUS | 49.23 | 0.186 | 2 | |
| 7 | Pieter de Villiers | 26 | South Africa | RSA | 49.44 | 0.172 | 7 | |
| 8 | Javier Culson | 24 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 49.85 | 0.248 | 3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(A) | RT | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerron Clement | 22 | United States | USA | 48.27 | 0.316 | 7 | QU |
| 2 | Danny McFarlane | 36 | Jamaica | JAM | 48.33 | 0.259 | 4 | QU |
| 3 | Markino Buckley | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 48.50 | 0.306 | 5 | QU |
| 4 | Periklis Iakovakis | 29 | Greece | GRE | 48.69 | 0.300 | 6 | QU |
| 5 | Alwyn Myburgh | 27 | South Africa | RSA | 49.16 | 0.361 | 9 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Williams | 24 | Belize | BIZ | 49.64 | 0.166 | 3 | |
| 7 | Mahau Suguimati | 23 | Brazil | BRA | 50.16 | 0.299 | 8 | |
| 8 | Bayano Kamani | 28 | Panama | PAN | 50.48 | 0.221 | 2 |