| Final | time | | 1. Oleg Tverdokhleb |  UKR | 48.06s | | 2. Sven Nylander |  SWE | 48.22s | | 3. Stephane Diagana |  FRA | 48.23s | | 4. Pedro Rodrigues |  POR | 48.77s | | 5. Edgar Itt |  GER | 49.11s | | 6. Peter Crampton |  GBR | 49.45s | | 7. Vadim Zadoynov |  MDA | 49.50s | | 8. Gary Cadogan | GBR | 49.53s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Sven Nylander | SWE | 48.72s | | 2. Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 49.04s | | 3. Edgar Itt | GER | 49.40s | | 4. Gary Cadogan | GBR | 49.42s | | 5. Jozef Kucej |  SVK | 49.75s | | 6. Pawel Januszewski |  POL | 49.95s | | 7. Dusan Kovacs |  HUN | 50.01s | | 8. Fabrizio Mori |  ITA | 1.06.35 |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Stephane Diagana | FRA | 48.47s | | 2. Oleg Tverdokhleb | UKR | 49.00s | | 3. Peter Crampton | GBR | 49.26s | | 4. Vadim Zadoynov | MDA | 49.30s | | 5. Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 49.31s | | 6. Marc Dollendorf |  BEL | 49.34s | | 7. Ruslan Mashchenko |  RUS | 50.47s | | 8. Michael Kaul | GER | 51.30s |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Stephane Diagana | FRA | 49.29s | | 2. Vadim Zadoynov | MDA | 49.51s | | 3. Peter Crampton | GBR | 49.71s | | 4. Michael Kaul | GER | 50.04s | | 5. Piotr Kotlarski | POL | 50.04s | | 6. Daniel Ritter |  SUI | 50.16s | | 7. Carlos Silva | POR | 50.88s |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Pedro Rodrigues | POR | 49.05s | | 2. Gary Cadogan | GBR | 49.55s | | 3. Pawel Januszewski | POL | 50.01s | | 4. Vesa-Pekka Pihlavisto |  FIN | 50.12s | | 5. Marko Granat | SWE | 50.28s | | 6. Tom Mcguirk |  IRL | 50.84s | | 7. Giorgio Frinolli | ITA | 51.16s | | 8. Costas Pochanis |  CYP | 52.07s |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Oleg Tverdokhleb | UKR | 49.20s | | 2. Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 49.45s | | 3. Marc Dollendorf | BEL | 49.45s | | 4. Dusan Kovacs | HUN | 50.01s | | 5. Lawrence Lynch | GBR | 50.24s | | 6. Miro Kocuvan |  SLO | 50.30s | | 7. Inigo Monreal |  ESP | 51.51s |
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| Heat 4 | time | | 1. Edgar Itt | GER | 49.62s | | 2. Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 49.71s | | 3. Jozef Kucej | SVK | 49.91s | | 4. Jean-Paul Bruwier | BEL | 50.28s | | 5. Aleksey Bazarov |  ISR | 50.31s | | 6. Petteri Pulkkinen | FIN | 51.05s | | 7. Salvador Vila | ESP | 51.18s | | 8. Marek Helinurm |  EST | 51.87s |
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| Heat 5 | time | | 1. Sven Nylander | SWE | 49.71s | | 2. Ruslan Mashchenko | RUS | 50.28s | | 3. Ismo Hameenniemi | FIN | 50.44s | | 4. Oscar Pitillas | ESP | 50.50s | | 5. Stephane Caristan | FRA | 50.84s | | 6. Ashraf Saber | ITA | 50.87s | | 7. Helge Bormann | GER | 51.49s |
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