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Date: 24 September 1988 / 25 September 1988 / 28 September 1988
Heats
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Steven Lewis | USA | 43.87 |
| 2 | Harry "Butch" Reynolds | USA | 43.93 |
| 3 | Danny Everett | USA | 44.09 |
| 4 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44.55 |
| 5 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 44.72 |
| 6 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 44.94 |
| 7 | Ian Morris | TTO | 44.95 |
| 8 | Mohamed Al Malky | OMA | 45.03 |
| Semi-finals | |||
| 9 | Thomas Schoenlebe | GDR | 44.90 |
| 9 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 44.90 |
| 11 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45.08 |
| 12 | Gerson de Souza | BRA | 45.27 |
| 13 | Howard Davis | JAM | 45.48 |
| 14 | Devon Morris | JAM | 45.68 |
| 15 | Brian Whittle | GBR | 46.07 |
| 16 | Tomasz Jedrusik | POL | 46.17 |
| Quarter-finals | |||
| 17 | Sunday Uti | NGR | 45.33 |
| 18 | Cayetano Cornet | ESP | 45.39 |
| 19 | Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 45.44 |
| 20 | Gabriel Tiacoh | CIV | 45.49 |
| 21 | Lucas Sang | KEN | 45.72 |
| 22 | Patrick Delice | TTO | 45.75 |
| 23 | Miles Murphy | AUS | 45.93 |
| 24 | Todd Bennett | GBR | 45.96 |
| 25 | Robert Stone | AUS | 46.04 |
| 26 | Anton Skerritt | CAN | 46.08 |
| 27 | Elkana Nyang'au | KEN | 46.09 |
| 28 | Ousmane Diarra | SEN | 46.23 |
| 29 | Troy Douglas | BER | 46.28 |
| 30 | Dawda Jallow | GAM | 46.35 |
| 31 | Elvis Forde | BAR | 46.59 |
| 32 | Takale Tuna | PNG | 47.48 |
| Heats | |||
| 33 | Ismail Macev | YUG | 46.37 |
| 34 | Slobodan Brankovic | YUG | 46.59 |
| 35 | Elijah Nkala | ZIM | 46.60 |
| 36 | Richard Louis | BAR | 46.80 |
| 37 | Felix Sandy | SLE | 46.82 |
| 38 | Yoon Nam-Han | KOR | 47.02 |
| 39 | Elieser Wattebosi | INA | 47.10 |
| 40 | John Goville | UGA | 47.11 |
| 41 | Muhammad Fayyaz | PAK | 47.13 |
| 42 | Antonio Sanchez | ESP | 47.18 |
| 43 | Jaime Nharimue | MOZ | 47.33 |
| 44 | Seibert Straughn | BAR | 47.37 |
| 45 | Douglas Kalembo | ZAM | 47.44 |
| 46 | Yousef Aouf Abdi Rahman | IRQ | 47.45 |
| 47 | Filipe Lomba | POR | 47.57 |
| 48 | Sunday Maweni | BOT | 47.97 |
| 49 | Gustavo Envela | GEQ | 48.11 |
| 50 | Lin Kuang-Liang | TPE | 48.18 |
| 51 | Sulaiman Al-Habsi | OMA | 48.30 |
| 52 | Ernest Tche-Noubossie | CMR | 48.31 |
| 53 | Desi Wynter | ISV | 48.39 |
| 54 | Jean-Didace Bemou | CGO | 48.46 |
| 55 | Hadi Bakr Al-Qahtani | KSA | 48.53 |
| 56 | Ali Faudet | CHA | 48.69 |
| 56 | Joseph Rodan | FIJ | 48.69 |
| 58 | Mohamad Hossain Milzer | BAN | 48.76 |
| 59 | Yaya Seyba | MLI | 48.83 |
| 60 | Abdallah Ali Ahmed | LBA | 48.89 |
| 61 | Alfred Browne | ANT | 48.92 |
| 62 | Jonathan Chipalo | ZAM | 48.97 |
| 63 | Enock Musonda | ZAM | 49.21 |
| 64 | Nordin Mohamed Jadi | MAS | 49.52 |
| 65 | Odiya Silweya | MAW | 49.73 |
| 66 | Willis Todman | IVB | 50.11 |
| 67 | Ahmed Shageef | MDV | 50.61 |
| 68 | Jorge Fidel Ponce | HON | 51.11 |
| 69 | Michael Williams | VIN | 51.22 |
| 70 | Maher Abbas | LBN | 51.29 |
| 71 | Carlton Usher | BIZ | 51.42 |
| 72 | Akossi Gnalo | TOG | 51.46 |
| 73 | Baptiste Firiam | VAN | 51.77 |
| Did not finish | |||
| Sergio de Menezes | BRA | ||
| Disqualified | |||
| Mwana Bute Kasongo | COD | ||
| Did not start | |||
| Derek Redmond | GBR | ||
| Porfirio Mendez | PAR | ||
| William Taramai | COK | ||
| Luis Neto | ANG | ||